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Gabe Ferramola and Melody Wong lead downwind in the 2014 Nationals at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. Nas Solanki Photo
January 2015
Position Name Telephone Email
President Butch Michel (209) 480-1970 [email protected] President Steve Klotz (209) 327-8438 [email protected] Jeanne Smith (949) 725-9780 [email protected] Terry Johnson (562) 301-2585 [email protected] Measurer Tom Estlow (310) 457-9691 [email protected] Tony Billera (206) 605-2650 [email protected] Bruce McDevitt (530) 637-1761 [email protected] Greg Boudreaux (714) 514-4336 [email protected] D. Martyn Bookwalter (323) 401-8404 [email protected] Director Julia Jaynes — [email protected] Director Tom Schock (951) 277-3377 [email protected] President Steve Potter (805) 208-7440 [email protected] I Secretary R. Bruce Wasson (562) 434-9864 [email protected] II Secretary Harold Ho (408) 873-7912 [email protected] VI Secretary Mark Ohara (541) 579-3982 [email protected] VII Secretary Kathy Muenz (614) 325-3326 [email protected] Secretary Sharon Young (714) 437-1370 [email protected] Wave Editor Nathan Dalleska (626) 755-5403 [email protected]
Lido 14 Class Association www.Lido14.com @Lido14Class
2015 – 2016 GOVERNING BOARD
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT
FROM THE EDITOR
A New Chapter in My Lido Book I want to thank the membership for the opportunity to serve the Lido Class as your President. I will not even come close to filling the large shoes that have been left in front of me by all our previous class presidents. I can promise you all one thing; I will give this 110% of my best effort in moving forward. I also would like you all to know I'm just a spokesperson for all of you, as I want your wants and needs taken care of. As I think about this, if we all work as one, stand as one, togeth-er, we will continue making this, THE LIDO CLASS, a class for many to want to join and become involved!
As most of you know by now, I have grown up with the Lido class starting back in 1964, as a junior. I'm a second generation Lido sailor, and working on a 4th, who may be sailing in a few years. (as soon as she can reach the hiking straps :-). I also want to thank the Board members and volunteers for their service as well. It's a real pleasure watching all of our fleets work-ing together to benefit the Lido Class. Our class has a rich history of people who have kept it active for over 58 years! Lido sailors are very competitive yet also enjoy the social part of our class. I have found, over the years, most Lido sailors have no problem sharing their secrets to success.
All of us know that change is a constant in our lives. We always seem to be trying to make it better for fu-ture Lido sailors. During the last two Class Champion-ships we have witnessed the growth of what I'm going to call our 19-39 year old group. We even got all those fine young adults to join us up front at the awards din-ner when handing out the Grand-Master Award. Thank you guys! (I was told not to call you kids). To me, it is important and is what works in keeping the Lido Class strong. Hopefully we can make changes where needed, to continue growing our class. We all know we have a boat with a very special group of sailors. They are always willing to share knowledge, and help each other to go faster, while at the same time, having fun.
I would like to challenge all of you to travel to a new venue one weekend this next year. Traveling helps support your fellow Lido sailors and their clubs. Thank you to all of you who already do this, as we need to get traveling back in the class again. I love sailing with you all, and love seeing you at our different regattas.
Thank you for this extraordinary opportunity to serve you and our class. It is a privilege and most of all a pleasure. I look forward to further growth in our fine Lido family! Butch Michel
Dear Readers,
In this issue we’ve tried to provide some coverage of the 2014 Nationals, remember some of our fellow Lido sail-ors who passed over the bar in the middle of the year, and document what some of our fleets were up to this year.
I’ve spent some time reflecting on what is the purpose of the Bow Wave and how does it fit into a world of websites and tablets, Tweets and Facebook posts. Back in the dark days of the last century most clubs relied on printed and mailed newsletters to tell their members about upcoming events and to report events as news. Clever newsletter editors would create an attractive one-page calendar and grateful readers would put it up on their refrigerator – a family could easily plan all events around their club, church or school. Today most of us are using a “device” to view a calendar stored in the cloud. We learn of events by announcements pushed
out to us through Facebook and Twitter. With a newslet-ter that is on a quarterly cycle it becomes very difficult to transmit news of such events. Clinics and races are now conceived, scheduled, planned and executed in the time in between issues. Articles that show how to repair or sail your Lido have been largely supplanted by videos on Youtube. Even corporate documents such as election ballots and annual reports are distributed electronically.
Besides providing a faster route to spread news, these internet tools have another effect. They consume the time and energy of the people who might have been creating the newsletter back in the old days. It takes effort to write the email blasts and post dates and docu-ments on websites. Keeping our website attractive and up-to-date lots of time, dedication and a high level of skill. The value is there for any organization – an in-formed and up-to-date membership is more likely to Continued on Page 6
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REGATTAS
Fleet Six Founder Attends Class Championships AwardsBack in the late 1950s a young man named Dale Berkihiser started sailing a new little fiberglass sloop on the waters of Alamitos Bay. “New ones kept pop-ping up in different colors – like Easter Eggs” he says of the early days. Dale’s efforts resulted in formation of Lido 14 Fleet 6, and Dale was on hand for the awards ceremony at the National Class Championship regatta this past August. Dale sat at a front table where several Lido sailors were lucky enough to get to chat with him and hear his stories. He was obviously moved to see
so many people still so excited about sailing the boat he loved fifty years ago, that he rose and went to the front of the room to say few words to us. Here’s a note he sent to Ed Spotskey of Fleet 6.
Hi Ed,
Thanks so very much for inviting
me and treating me royally at the
2014 Lido 14 Nationals.
An interesting thing is that when I was upstairs with the
whole group having dinner and watching the trophy presentation,
I was having an emotional experience, which I hadn’t counted on.
And after I was home and reflecting on the afternoon, I was even
more affected by the experience. It brought back so many memo-
ries, memories of that good part of my life.
I am both thrilled and impressed with the present day Lido 14
Fleet 6. What a great success! All of the officers of recent years
are to be thoroughly congratulated. It really makes my old
heart happy.
I hope that the sailors all heard me when I said that they are
making memories that they will remember forever.
Fair sailing and blessings,
Dale Berkihiser
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FLEET REPORTS
Fleet 6: Long Beach, CAFleet Six efforts this year focused on making the Lido 14 National Class Championship Regatta a big success. Hosting the event in our home waters brought many local Lido sailors back out for our Thursday Twilite races, and absence of the High Sierra Regatta also boosted attendance at the ABYC 4th of July Regatta. The ABYC Lido Fleet provides the staff-ing for the Labor Day regatta, making sure all of the other ABYC Fleets get a fun weekend on the water. Fall brings us a steady stream of regattas including the
Charity Regatta in September and the Halloween Regatta in October. This year the Lido Fleet also staffed the ABYC Turkey Day Regatta to give the Cal 20 Fleet a “make-up” for having missed last winter’s sailing, a result of the ABYC basin and yard renovations. As always we close out the year with our craziest race of the year—the Boxing Day Pursuit Race. Where else can a Lido 14 go up against Naples Sabots, Cal 20s, and F-18s all in the same race?
Fleet 8: Sacramento, CAFleet 8 had had a busy season with the Steele Cup, One-Design Series, and the Fleet 8 Championship.
Steele Cup, Folsom Lake Yacht Club
The Lake Washington members raced at beautiful Rancho Seco Lake near Galt on a clear August Day. The variable winds of the lake provided a challenge. Todd Craig and his wife Barbara as crew, led the pack throughout the afternoon. A wonderful potluck with BBQ finished the day. Congratulations Todd.
One Design Series
At Lake Washington, our Lido Fleet 8 had the best turnout this year with a total of 8 boats participating. There certainly were a variety of conditions to test the skills of the sailors. The second race had such strong gusty winds that a number of experienced sailors thought it best to stay ashore. Then races on day 4
had little to no wind. The dead spots dotted the lake so that sailors had to make their best guess of where to catch a puff. Bruce McDevitt with Butch Michel as crew duked it out with Steve Klotz and his daughter Olivia as crew for the lead. Bruce and Butch turned in the lowest score. Great Job!
Fleet 8 Champions are Bruce McDevitt with Butch Michel.
A red L-14 will adorn Bruce McDevitt’s sails as he clinched the Fleet 8 championship for 2014. The best of 12 races gave Bruce the clear win with 17 points. His win is a result of excellent sailing at Lake Wash-ington. The competition in the next tier was close with Pat Sayer-Handley with 37, Michael Pascual with 39 and Matt Bailey with 41. We look forward to continued friendly competition next year. Pat Sayer-Handley
Fleet 20: Santa Barbara, CALido Sailing has been quiet on the American Riviera, but Fleet 20 is proud of our own Sarah Schaupeter for winning the 2014 Lido 14 Class Championships with her brother Mark. Lauren and Jon Bell welcomed Owen Cooper Bell into the world July 12. He is slated to start crewing as soon as his neck is fully developed. Fleet 20??? forecasts a Class Championship for Owen sometime before 2032. Fleet 20 will begin a big push to get a massive turnout for the North/South Invitation-al in the spring. Until then we’ll be trying to hit the road and participate in other fleet’s regattas as often as possible.
Jon Bell Owen Cooper Bell
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FLEET REPORTS
Fleet 62: Fremont, CAOne of Fleet 62’s founders, Doug Hamilton, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the age of 91. Please see the article elsewhere from fellow Lido Sailor, Joe Davis, who put everyone’s thoughts into words so well.
Fleet 62 continues to thrive. We've had growing par-ticipation in local races and, as promised, a 100% increase in participation in this year's Nationals. Earl, Luke, Maria, and I had a great time at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. No matter what the winds or weather threw at us, we were learning and having fun. When
we caught up with Steve Klotz as he was leaving, he asked me if I had learned anything. "Oh yes, a lot!" Some tips from the Gold (and Silver) sailors on how to point high, how to handle those wild gusts going to leeward, some go-fast tweaks to our Lidos. The list goes on and on. Steve responded, "So it was worth the trip?" Oh yes, without a doubt! We're looking forward to more from sailors from Fleet 62 joining us on next year's journey to Mission Bay.
Harold Ho
From the Editor (Continued from Page 3)
be an active membership. But with all the Facebook-ing and Tweeting you might not have enough human resources to continue to produce that newsletter. There are easily 100 hours of work that goes into the produc-tion of the Bow Wave. This includes tracking down articles, photos and regatta results; editing and fact checking contributions; finding, selecting and preparing photographs; and finally laying out the publication and proofreading it.
So is there a purpose still served by a printed Bow Wave? I think there is. There are many features I think belong in the Bow Wave. Articles about our Class Championships that many years later will tell us more than just who won. They provide record how Nationals were run and who was there. Articles about other regattas are good too. Have Lidos moved into new venues? We should feature profiles of the people new to the association and people who have been around long enough that the new people don’t know their history. And of course remembrances of those who have been part of making the Lido Class what it is, but are no longer with us.
Should we produce, print, and mail the Bow Wave to members four times per year? That’s the question the Board asked via a survey on the lido14.com. Unfortu-nately the survey got only 15 responses. So the Board and I are asking you to get on www.Lido14.com right now and participate in the survey. At the next monthly meeting of the Board a proposal that will be presented
by Terry Johnson and me to change the Bow Wave from a quarterly publication to a Yearbook produced after Nationals. Coverage of Nationals would be highlighted, as would District Champs and major events like High Sierra Regatta. Each fleet would have a page or two to share the accomplishments and good times. Terry and I would like to see pictures of as many of our Class members as possible included.
Please complete the survey by February 15th so that the board has your input. We need to know how best to get news of the class into your hands. Please bear in mind one of the driving issues behind whatever may happen is the limited availability of volunteer labor within the Class Association. I’m sure you recognize that statement as a prelude to a request for help.
I am extremely grateful for the work done by Kathy Weishampel in the production of this issue. She has taken the text and photos that I have collected from our contributors and put them all together creating a magazine that is greater than the sum of its parts. Kathy has done all of this for us but isn’t an active Lido sailor at the moment. She is a Sabot sailor at ABYC, but plans to join is in a Lido this summer. We thank her for helping a Class that is working to grow!
Likewise, if you like to write, edit, compose poetry, draw or take pictures we would welcome your contributions and help.
See you on the water, Nathan Dalleska
FROM THE EDITOR
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MEMORIES OF DOUG HAMILTONI am very saddened to hear about Doug's passing. Fleet 62 and the Fremont Sailing Club will never be the same without him.
Doug is responsible for getting me into racing at the local pond. I had gotten my first Lido and had sailed it around for some time and could get from one end of the lake to the other without too much of a problem, but was intimidated by racing and was about to give up sailing and drop out of the club. He called one day and asked me to crew for him during our summer series many years ago. I sailed with him most of the summer and fall. I learned a lot from him and got over my fear of racing. After that I spent many years in my own boat chasing him around the lake. When I started to catch up to him there was always an encouraging word. When I started to pass him, he never was mad or unhappy, as he just loved sailing and wanted to be on the water. He was always excited for you when you did well.
Doug was always willing to help but he also knew how to run the fleet. I remember once when my stint as Fleet Captain was over Doug stepped in to take over the fleet. I had problems during my tenure to get people to volunteer with putting on events, but at the first fleet meeting of the year he had everyone lined up for all the events of the summer. It was as if everyone stood up, saluted and said “yes, sir!”
Another time I had broken my centerboard and he called me over to his house and we spent the afternoon in his garage getting a new centerboard ready to go so I didn't have to miss any of the Lido sailing events. He
was a fountain of sailing information and always had an encouraging word.
He loved to sail and was always willing to go. Once at our Midwinters at the pond the wind had come up over lunch and was blowing really hard. In fact most of the FJ's even called it a day and were not going to go back out. I looked at Doug and he looked at me and off we went. My crew even mentioned that if we went out we might break something and Doug just laughed and said it was a very distinct possibility. We went out and during the second
lap of the race, a huge gust went through. Doug lost a shroud and his mast came down. A few
minutes later my mast bent under the strain and came down. Doug just shrugged it
off and had his boat fixed up in time for the next race day.
Doug, I will
miss your upbeat
personality and kind words. I will
always go to a fleet meeting or club activity and expect to hear your laugh from across the room. We will miss you.
May you find fair winds in your travels wherever you may be.
Joe Davis, Lido 5121
Doug and Marlene
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FLEET REPORTS
Fleet 57: Powell, OhioFour Lidos took to the waters of Leatherlips Yacht Club on Saturday, August 17, for the 23rd Annual Minton Regatta. The regatta is sailed in memory of Dr. Minton, who was instrumental in establishing the Lido fleet in the Midwest. The weather was perfect and the wind was fair—but very shifty at the West side of the course—coming usually out of the South West between 7 and 10 mph with some 15 mph gusts. The sailing kicked off at 11:30 am, with a schedule of four quick races. Our resident Comet fleet provided a race officer and rescue boat crews.
Two of the boats were skippered by regular Leatherlips Lido sailors: John Lawmon and Kathy Muenz. Patrick Kapps, who has recently been crewing in a Lido, borrowed a club boat and sailed it with his brother Alec for the first three races and later singlehandedly
as the wind piped up. The fourth boat was sailed by Mike Clowes (he defected from the Daysailors again) and his daughter Molly who rolled straight into his boat from a redeye flight. Mike Bankiewicz returned to the water to crew for John Lawmon.
Race officer Dick Harmon kept track of the wind and adjusted the start line and temporary marks to follow the wind and provide excellent sailing on a beautiful day with the marks variously positioned in the South-ern end of the reservoir as shown in Figure 1. The final results are shown in Table 1.
A delicious spread prepared by Carol Lawmon provided an excellent end to a great day’s sailing, and accompa-nied a social hour and the prize presentations.
John Lawmon
Table 1 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Points Place
John Lawmon 1 1 1 1 4 1Mike Clowes 2 3 2 2 9 2Kathy Muenz 4 2 3 3 12 3Patrick Kapps 3 4 4 4 15 4
Figure 1 Sailing area for the 23rd Annual Minton Regatta.
Figure 2 Commodore Kevin Flanagan, John Lawmon, and Mike Bankiewicz with the Minton trophy.
Figure 3 Second placed Mike Clowes with Commodore Kevin Flanagan.
Figure 4 Third place Kathy Muenz and crew Susan With Commodore Kevin Kevin Flanagan.
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SEA SCOUT LIDO REPAIRLeatherlips Yacht Club (LYC) has an active Sea Scout’s pack that has sailed many of the boats at the club. They recently offered to help to repair one of the four club owned Lidos in return for fiberglass tuition to help them with “rank” advancement. Known structural damage, to one of LYC’s four Learn to Sail Lidos, shown in Figure 1, provided the basis for a training class.
Figure 1 Starboard side damage with remnants of protective duct tape.
Recognizing that it was not practical to provide the scouts with protection from flying fiberglass particles the area was pre-prepared, as shown in Figure 2, using an industrial random orbit sander and 60 grit paper.
Figure 2 Pre-Prepared surface after acetone wipe down.
paper (Tip: Resin does not penetrate the brown paper before it cures) that had been attached to the Lido hull as a temporary work surface.
Figure 3 John Lawmon demonstrating how to tear fiberglass mat.
Figure 4 Pre-wetting of the fiberglass mat
The repair was completed by stippling multiple layers of mat to position with consolidation at every step with a “ridged” roller as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5 Final mat consolidation. (Tip: Buy a roller with metal rolling elements as they can be more easily cleaned than one with plastic wheels).
The final part of the training was to discuss finishing and mix fairing filler with resin to help them develop a feel for different consistencies.
At completion the sea scouts taking part had moved another step forward in their rank advancement. Sea Scout Ariel Hunt now only needs to complete a 48- hour cruise to become a quartermaster (the marine equivalent of an Eagle Scout) and is planning to com-plete this at the Sea Scout base in Florida this summer. Sea Scouts is part of Venturing, which is part of Boy Scouts of America, and girls are allowed to join.
John Lawmon
Dan Mitchell and Ariel Hunt (figure 3) were shown how to tear fiberglass mat, to create a thin feathered edge, to help improve the final surface profile. Both scouts took turns wetting out the mat on a sheet of brown
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TEAM RACING
Let’s Start Lido Team Racing! – Mark Ryan, #2506If you’re lucky enough to have sailed in college, you have probably done some team racing. Team racing is an exciting part of our sport and it would be wonderful if we could bring it into our beloved class. It will take some time, planning, and a clinic or two, but I hope in the near future we can have some friendly team racing against one another in addition to our regular fleet race regattas. Team racing can be rather confusing but I’ll give it a shot in explaining it here. I’ve only sailed in a handful of team race regattas for Long Beach State, but it is definitely fun, fast paced and exciting.
Out on the race course if your teammate is in last place, you're losing the match
even if you are in first place.
In the simplest version, team racing is two boats against two boats. The team with the lowest combined finishing points wins a race, or match. For example, if Team Dodgers finished 1st and 2nd against Team Giants with 3rd and a 4th, then team Dodgers wins the match because their combined score (3) is lower than team Giants (7). So does a 1st and 3rd finish beat-ing a 2nd and 4th finish, too. You’ve probably already spotted a problem with the other combination. If Team Dodgers has a 2, 3 finish then team Giants has a 1, 4 finish. Both teams have 5 points. The Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix D Team Racing solves this dilemma for us. RRS rule D3.3 states “The team with the lower
total points wins the match. If the totals are equal, the
Three-on-three team racing has more combinations, but if your team score is ten
points or lower you’ve won the match.
team that does not have first place wins.” Out on the race course if your teammate is in last place, you're losing the match even if you are in first place. You need to figure out how to get your teammate up one place before crossing the finish line! So what do you do? You drop back and use the rest of the Racing Rules of Sailing to slow down one of your opponents enough to put them in last place!
Three-on-three team racing has more combinations, but if your team score is ten points or lower you’ve won the match. If you lock up 1st and 2nd places, or 1st and 3rd places you’re golden!
Most college team racing occurs on a N shaped course. There is a normal upwind start and you sail the first leg to weather. However, you round the weather mark to starboard unlike normal fleet racing.
Believe it or not, the Lido Class once had a Team Race Championships (see the Bow Wave,
Summer 2006 for a Team Race article written by Dave Carroll).
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TEAM RACING
Let's Start Team Racing – Mark Ryan, #2506 (Continued from Page 10)
Then there is a short reaching leg and the next mark is also passed to starboard. Then a downwind leg to a port rounding and a second reaching leg to another port rounding. The course ends with a weather beat to an upwind finish line. The three minute starting se-quence common in college sailing is also when team racing, but you can’t ‘engage’ with your opponent until the two minute horn.
To make it easier to see who’s on which team, many team races have different colored sails to distinguish teams. A fleet could purchase jibs of different colors, or even just one color and white for the other team. Different colored t-shirts that can go over life jackets also make it easier tell which boat is on your team dur-ing a match.
Believe it or not, the Lido Class once had a Team Race Championships (see the Bow Wave, Summer 2006 for a Team Race article written by Dave Carroll). In fact, there is still a team race trophy. The last winner was Fleet 7 in the 1980s. The Deed of Gift associated with the trophy states that the team race championships
are to be sailed using 3 on 3 team racing with each team consisting of a single fleet’s members.
I would love to see a team race event on the Friday before the High Sierra Regatta
with short courses!
The Lido 14 Team Racing Trophy is sitting in my garage at this very moment, waiting to be raised in victory once again! If some grass-roots interests develops in trying team racing at the Fleet level, maybe one day we could have a Team Race Championships linked to the National Championships. I would love to see a team race event on the Friday before the High Sierra Regatta with short courses! If we can’t muster enough participants for 3 vs 3 would could just do 2 vs 2. Team racing is fun to watch and even more fun to sail! Let’s get the e-mails, texts and phone calls blast-ing on this and try team racing out at the local level.
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Life in Lido Land is getting better every year. The fac-tory shipped 14 brand new Lidos in 2014. Parts and repair orders were up which means those carefully preserved vintage Lidos stored in side-yards are getting refurbished and going sailing again.
In addition to the 14 new Lidos out on the water, the Factory donated 10 used school Lidos to the Lido Class. These Lidos were beautifully maintained and ready to sail. The Lido Class leadership has distributed these Lidos to appropriate Sailing Programs. These 10 school Lidos are now in programs throughout Lido Land. This means that hundreds of new sailors will be getting their introduction to sailing in Lidos every year!
The number of active Lidos grows every year in every region of Lido Land.
W. D. Schock dealers are also supporting Lido Fleets in their respective regions. Mel Morrison’s Inland Sailing in Sacramento is making a big push to help support the Lido Fleets in Northern California. Steve Orsini’s
FROM THE FACTORYOne Design Plus continues his support of Lido Fleets in the Pacific Northwest. These dealers are the go-to experts for all things Lido. Their support helps make a lot of things happen in your Fleets.
W. D. Schock looks forward to another year of ever-growing Lido Love. What a great time to be sailing!
Fair winds and following seas, Sascha
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2014 LIDO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Fleet Six Hosts 2014 Class Championship at Alamitos BayThe 2014 Lido 14 National Class Championship Re-gatta (NCCR) was a great success, but it wasn’t the regatta that Fleet 6 proposed to the Board of Direc-tors in 2013. The problems started with uncooperative weather. Not the usual dinghy sailor’s complaint of either too much or too little wind. Instead, it was a complaint heard more often from skiers. That complaint was “not enough snow.”
Fleet Six had proposed to host the NCCR at Huntington Lake in California’s Sierra Nevada. Nestled in a valley at almost 7000 feet above sea level, Huntington Lake is the product of snowmelt and the ingenuity of early 20th century civil engineer John S. Eastwood.
A finish line upwind from the course enabled one flight to start while the
other was still finishing.
The water that we sail on in Huntington Lake isn’t be-ing stored there, it’s really just passing through. That’s because the main purpose of Huntington Lake is not water storage, it’s high-head (i.e. big vertical drop) hydroelectric power generation. Edison keeps the lake level constant by matching the flow into the lake, through the Ward tunnel, to the flow out of the lake. The outflow passes through a tunnel that drops 2131 feet to Big Creek Powerhouse No. 1. The Sierra snow-pack is what stores the water, and a deep snowpack can keep Huntington Lake full into September. But no snowpack can mean a nearly empty lake.
The announcement from Southern California Edison that the lake would not be filled came at the end of March. Fresno Yacht Club would have to cancel their High Sierra Regatta, and Fleet Six would have to relo-cate the NCCR. Fleet Captain Amanda Wayne had been monitoring the situation and knew there it was a high likelihood that the regatta would be cancelled. “My brother’s girlfriend works for the forestry department and was very close to the info. She told me that Edison had decided not to fill the higher lakes with water, as it was needed for agriculture in the Valley. So I had already been working with ABYC at a high level regarding dates just in case.”
Putting a regatta with 50 boats in the relatively small Alamitos Bay posed a big problem. How would every-one fit? “When we knew we were going to be in
Alamitos Bay we asked Bruce Golison to be part of the team. Bruce came up with a two part solution. First, run short races so that enough races could be com-pleted with only one flight racing at any time. Second, the course was modified to add a weather offset mark and a leeward gate to reduce the inevitable congestion of a large fleet on a short course. A finish line upwind from the course enabled one flight to start while the other was still finishing. Although there were some objections to the collegiate-like nature of the format, there were also obvious benefits: each flight would get a long enough break for lunch and using the restroom.
Another innovation in the regatta structure was allow-ing sailors to opt into the Silver Flight, skipping the qualifying round. This was a boon for those unable to miss work on Friday, and for those not inclined to sail three days in a row. At the same time it reduced the number of qualifiers on the water, easing the job of the race committee and crowding on the course.
For the qualifying races boats were split into three flights – blue, black and yellow. Two flights would race together while one flight had a bye. So races of blue and black, black and yellow, and blue and yellow would be held. Repeating this cycle gave every boat 4 races.
If another race was signaled by the race committee and even one boat chose to race,
all not racing would be scored DNC.
The qualifying round was tense for those aiming for Gold Flight and a shot at the Championship. An OCS or penalty turns could cost a race and possibly be a sentence to the Silver Flight. But everyone relaxed when Friday evening festivities were started with a keg of beer sponsored by Gresham Boards. This paved the way for Lido Sailors from all the different Districts and Fleets represented to get to know each other. Many moved their conversation to the bar or other locations around the club to talk about racing Lidos and many other kinds of boats.
Saturday was a serious day of racing with many sailors still adjusting to the size of the fleets and the length of the starting line. After the boats were put away for the night most attended the annual meeting of the class association. Nobody looks forward to these as much
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2014 LIDO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSLido 14 National Championships (Continued from Page 12)
as they do a day on the water racing, but the spirited discussion was kept brief and none was late for dinner.
Sunday brought beautiful weather and newly sharp-ened fleet racing skills onto the water. Rotations between Gold and Silver were smooth with no conflicts between fleets. As the day drew to a close there was straw poll held among the Silver Flight as to whether or not a final race should be held. There was time for one more race to be started before the scheduled close of racing at 3:30, but many were tired and some wanted to get on the road. A luke-warm vote in favor of this plan was followed by a stern warning from Judge Latham Bell. If another race was signaled by the race committee and even one boat chose to race, all not racing would be scored DNC. Most sailors scurried back to their boats and headed for the starting area. Those who did were rewarded – or perhaps punished – with some of the strongest winds of the regatta. This did result in a couple of unplanned swimming adven-tures, but most stayed relatively dry while getting their adrenalin shot!
After the boats were back on trailers, most sailors gath-ered in the ABYC clubhouse for the awards ceremony. There they were treated to meeting perhaps the original Lido 14 sailor of Alamitos Bay, Dale Berkihiser.
“There is no way we could have done it without Bruce Golison” said Amanda Wayne.
Besides congratulations for the victors, there were warm rounds of applause thanking all of those who made it happen.
“There is no way we could have done it without Bruce Golison” said Amanda Wayne. “Bruce came up with the unique format of weekend, short course racing that attracted 44 boats. Bruce’s expertise, experience, and reputation are what kept it running from behind the scenes. On the water Martyn and the team of volun-teers kept everything moving so we got in enough races. My special thanks also go to Mark and Robin Townsend, Jennifer and Steve Kuritz, Steve Schupak and Butch Michel.”
ChampionsNational Champions.............................. Mary Ryan / Sarah SchaupeterSilver Flight Champions ....................... Gabriel Ferramola / Melody WongTeam Champions .................................. Christophe Killian / Jack Martin ............................................................... Bill Moore / Derek BuczynskiJunior Champions ................................. Sawyer Gibbs / Haley ThompsonWomen's Champions ............................ Kathy Reed / Cindy HeavrinGrand Master Champion (>65) ............. Steve Klotz
RaCe WinneRs1st Race ................................................ Bob / Lisa Little2nd Race ............................................... Chris Raab / Scott McKeiver3rd Race ................................................ Chris Raab / Scott McKeiver2nd Junior Race .................................... Sawyer Gibbs / Haley Thompson
speCial TRophiesRoy Woosley Trophy .............................. Jeanne SmithMost Ballast .......................................... Harold / Maria Ho (55.4 lbs)First Family ........................................... Mark Ryan / Sarah Schaupeter ............................................................... (Brother / Sister)First Woman .......................................... Terry JohnsonFurthest Distance Traveled ................... Steve Klotz / Andrew KlotzBarbara Carol Award (First Female Jr Skipper) ...................... Not Awarded This Year
2014 Lido National Class Championship Perpetual Trophies Alamitos Bay Yacht Club / Fleet 6
August 1 3, 2014 National Champs Mark Ryan / Sarah Schaupeter Silver flight champs Gabriel Ferramola / Melody Wong Team Champs Christophe Killian / Jack Martin Bill Moore / Derick Bucrynski 1st race winner Bob and Lisa Little 2nd race winner Chris Rabb / Scott McKeiver 3rd race winner Chris Rabb / Scott McKeiver Roy Woosley Trophy Jeanne Smith Most Ballast Harold and Maria Ho 55.4 lb First Family Mark Ryan / Sarah Schaupeter Brother/Sister Grand Master (>65) Steve Klotz
First Woman Terry Johnson Furthest Distance Traveled Steve Klotz / Andrew Klotz Jr. National Champ Sawyer Gibbs / Haley Thompson Winner of 2nd Jr Race Sawyer Gibbs / Haley Thompson Barbara Carrol Award (First Female Jr Skipper) Not Awarded this year Women's National Champ Kathy Reed/Cindy Heavrin
2014 lido 14 national ChampionshipsAlamitos Bay Yacht Club
Fleet 6
August 1 - 3, 2014
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42
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388
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Aman
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23
82
[8]
73
USA
250
6O
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Mar
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/ Sar
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56
3[6
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4U
SA 4
072
4072
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Littl
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Littl
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41
4[5
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5U
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665
2665
Bruc
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on /
Din
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139
21
[13]
126
USA
613
466
Mar
k G
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on /
Jenn
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62
4[6
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7U
SA 4
794
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Gre
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315
56
[15]
148
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630
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58
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73
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1610
USA
433
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411
5[1
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217
7[1
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12U
SA 5
024
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Kat
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116
16[1
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747
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77
10[1
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1014
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272
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510
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2717
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633
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1112
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912
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2014 Lido National Class Championship Perpetual Trophies Alamitos Bay Yacht Club / Fleet 6
August 1 3, 2014 National Champs Mark Ryan / Sarah Schaupeter Silver flight champs Gabriel Ferramola / Melody Wong Team Champs Christophe Killian / Jack Martin Bill Moore / Derick Bucrynski 1st race winner Bob and Lisa Little 2nd race winner Chris Rabb / Scott McKeiver 3rd race winner Chris Rabb / Scott McKeiver Roy Woosley Trophy Jeanne Smith Most Ballast Harold and Maria Ho 55.4 lb First Family Mark Ryan / Sarah Schaupeter Brother/Sister Grand Master (>65) Steve Klotz
First Woman Terry Johnson Furthest Distance Traveled Steve Klotz / Andrew Klotz Jr. National Champ Sawyer Gibbs / Haley Thompson Winner of 2nd Jr Race Sawyer Gibbs / Haley Thompson Barbara Carrol Award (First Female Jr Skipper) Not Awarded this year Women's National Champ Kathy Reed/Cindy Heavrin
2014 lido 14 national Championships
Alamitos Bay Yacht ClubNas Solanki, R. Bruce Wasson,
and Jim Staub Photos
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2014 Lido National Class Championship Perpetual Trophies Alamitos Bay Yacht Club / Fleet 6
August 1 3, 2014 National Champs Mark Ryan / Sarah Schaupeter Silver flight champs Gabriel Ferramola / Melody Wong Team Champs Christophe Killian / Jack Martin Bill Moore / Derick Bucrynski 1st race winner Bob and Lisa Little 2nd race winner Chris Rabb / Scott McKeiver 3rd race winner Chris Rabb / Scott McKeiver Roy Woosley Trophy Jeanne Smith Most Ballast Harold and Maria Ho 55.4 lb First Family Mark Ryan / Sarah Schaupeter Brother/Sister Grand Master (>65) Steve Klotz
First Woman Terry Johnson Furthest Distance Traveled Steve Klotz / Andrew Klotz Jr. National Champ Sawyer Gibbs / Haley Thompson Winner of 2nd Jr Race Sawyer Gibbs / Haley Thompson Barbara Carrol Award (First Female Jr Skipper) Not Awarded this year Women's National Champ Kathy Reed/Cindy Heavrin
2014 lido 14 national Championships
Alamitos Bay Yacht ClubNas Solanki, R. Bruce Wasson,
and Jim Staub Photos