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Conner Blouin (USA) wereldkampioen
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Conner Blouin (USA) wereldkampioen

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By Clara Getty. Photos by Regattashot.com Gustav Schmiege

Conner Blouin of Charleston, SC, captured the 2024 ISCA Worlds’ title, ending an impressive two-time Sunfish World Championship winning streak by Jean Paul De Trazegnies of Peru.

Blouin won with 44 points saying, “I just had to focus on not getting first every time but staying in the top ten – keeping my eyes out of the boat and, of course, had luck on my side.” Blouin is the Head Coach for the College of Charleston’s sailing team and an accomplished Laser and Wasp sailor.

Luke Ramsay fought his way into second with 64 points commenting that “conditions were challenging, it was a mix of everything, I had to bring it my all-focusing only on the shifts and ignoring the competitors.” Ramsay, a 2012 and 2016 Olympic sailor, fought his way to second place from 17th. Jean Paul De Trazegnies placed third with 79 points.

Maria Cucalon of Ecuador scored 112 points, winning the Women’s title and placing 7th over a male and female field of competitors from 14 different countries. Cucalon weighs only 120 pounds demonstrating how versatile and still competitive the Sunfish sailboat is for sailors of all sizes and ages when racing in the Sunfish One-Design Class.

One hundred boats competed in the five-day, 12-race regatta. Each competitor was permitted two throw-out races. The Sunfish Class scores the same as Olympic sailing on a low point basis. First place receiving one point, second gets two points, third three points and so on. The first day of racing was a harbinger for the regatta’s conditions. On day one sailors raced in sunny hot weather with shifty winds with the day starting at 18 mph and slowing down to 6 mph. The wind barely cooperated on the second day of racing with only one race sailed before the wind shut down as a cold front skulked in overnight. Day three kept the race committee busy with large wind shifts of nearly 60 degrees, limiting the day to three races. On the two final days of racing, Southeast winds predominated, allowing five more races.

Regatta Statistics: 14 Countries represented, largest is USA with 48 sailors; 17 women; average age 41; 18 sailors under the age of 19; Under age 30 – 32; 9 sailors had a 1st place finish with Greg Gust from RCYC [sailing a boat he got in 1976 when he was 12] (Great Grand Master) with a 1st in Race 7.

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Jean Paul weer wereldkampioen
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Jean Paul weer wereldkampioen

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Jean Paul de Trazegnies (PER) is voor de derde maal wereldkampioen Sunfish geworden. Het was een behoorlijk spannend kampioenschap. 12 races met 9 verschillende winnaars hebben we nog niet eerder meegemaakt. Na vrijwel elke race was er een nieuwe klassement leider. Uiteindelijk trok JP aan het langste eind, voor Jonathan Martinetti (ECU) en Conner Blouin (USA).

Bij de dames won Amanda Callahan (USA). Dit was vreemd genoeg pas haar 3e WK deelname (na 2012 en 2014). Maar de palmares is lang: 4x North Americans , 2x US Nationals en 1x Womens NA’s. Ze staat hiermee nu plaats 5 in de ‘Grand Slam’ lijst.

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WK2023: Team Bonaire
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WK2023: Team Bonaire

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Drie deelnemers uit Bonaire zullen begin december in Miami deelnemen aan het wereldkampioenschap Sunfish. Dedri Pedersen, Ton Nuijten en Ralf Theijse zullen namens de Bonaire Sailing School de competitie gaan zeilen. De school in Bonaire stimuleert de zeilsport en ziet misschien een extra kans richting de toekomst met de komst van een Olympisch zeilster op het eiland.

Van drie tot en met tien december gaan de drie zeilers proberen een zo goed mogelijk resultaat neer te zetten. De deelnemers zeilen in verschillende klassen. Een deelnemer lijkt in die klasse kans te maken op een medaille. Voor de anderen zal ervaring op doen het belangrijkste doel worden: ,,Overall gaan we geen medailles winnen”, aldus Ralf Theijse. ,,Toch ben ik heel blij dat we deelname hebben vanuit Bonaire. We gaan al jaren, maar dit jaar hadden we moeite om boten te regelen. Een boot verschepen van Bonaire naar Miami is heel kostbaar. Gelukkig kunnen we daar boten huren. Daarnaast hebben we sponsoren kunnen vinden op Bonaire. Zij helpen ons om de kosten laag te houden”.

De zeilsport is een dure aangelegenheid. Toch ziet Theijse kansen om ook jeugd op een laagdrempelige manier de kans te geven om te leren zeilen op het eiland. ,,Voor een ieder is hier een kans om te leren zeilen. Ook als je niet vermogend bent om je kinderen de sport te leren”, aldus Theijse. ,,We hebben allemaal optimisten en SunFishes hier liggen. Trainingen worden wekelijks hier gegeven. Daarnaast zie ik nog een andere kans. Olympisch zeilster Marcelien Bos de Koning woont sinds kort op het eiland. Wij hopen dat zij misschien ons eens wil helpen om een aantal jeugdtrainingen te geven. Op deze manier hopen we de sport hier nog populairder te maken”.

2023 Worlds verplaatst naar Florida
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2023 Worlds verplaatst naar Florida

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De 52 Sunfish Worlds zou gezeild worden in Ecuador maar doordat Laser Performance geen boten levert gaat dat niet door. Het evenement zal nu georganiseerd worden door de Coconut Grove Sailing Club, zuid-west van Miami (Florida). Er wordt gezeild van 5 tm 9 december 2023. Het wordt een Bring Your Own Boat regatta.

De Sunfish Worlds is een ‘invitational’ regatta; je ontvangt een uitnodiging/ de inschrijving verloopt via de NSCA’s (in Nederland: de SRCN). De inschrijving voor de WK van 2023 is inmiddels gesloten.

Wil je aan een WK deelnemen, laat dit dan weten via het contactformulier op deze webstek. Er zijn voor Nederland jaarlijks maximaal 5 plaatsen. In de praktijk kan dit minder zijn, bijvoorbeeld als er beperkt boten beschikbaar zijn. Als er meer belangstellenden zijn dan NL plaatsen, dan organiseren we tijdig (in verband met boeken van reis en verblijf) 1 ‘sail-off’ (kwalificatie wedstrijd) op nader te bepalen vaarwater.

Voorlopig zijn dit de beoogde locaties in de komende jaren:

2024: Rushcreek YC, Texas, USA

2025: Ecuador

2026: St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

2027: Bonaire (dit wordt juni 2024 beslist)

51e Sunfish Worlds
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51e Sunfish Worlds

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De afgelopen week vond in Torbole aan het Gardameer het 51e wereldkampioenschap (‘Worlds’) Sunfish plaats. Gedurende 6 dagen werd er gezeild, waarbij 14 landen vertegenwoordigd waren en het verschil in leeftijd tusen de oudste en de jongste deelnemende zeiler 58 jaar bedroeg. Van meet af aan was Jean Paul Trazegnies van Peru elke race vóór in het veld te vinden en het was dan ook logisch en verdiend dat hij er met de begeerde titel vandoor ging. Jean Paul was ook al in 2011(Curacao) jeugd-wereldkampioen en in 2018 (Carolina YC) wereldkampioen. Eerer dit jaar heeft hij het Noord-Amerikaans kampioenschap gewonnen (een veld met bijna 80 deelnemers).

Peru leverde ook de wereldkampioen bij de dames; voor het 2e jaar op rij ging de titel naar Caterina Romero.

De omstandigheden waren sterk wisselend, van windstil tot windkracht 7 à 8, waarbij lichte en oudere zeilers moeite hadden hun Sunfish onder controle te houden. In de uiteindelijke top tien waren zeven van de veertien deelnemende landen te vinden: Peru, Guatemala, Aruba, Curaçao, USA, BVI en Colombia.

Tijdens de practise race bleken er problemen met de eindcaps op de giek. Deze bleken uit de 3D-printer te komen. Bij de minste geringste kracht op de onderlijk trok de control lijn het oog doormidden. De deelnemers moesten dit zelf fixen. Met versterking kreeg je RDG anders niet.

Voor Nederland kwamen Paul van Alphen en Eugene Hendrikx aan de start. Paul had gelijk bij het optuigen al issues met de endcap. Zijn practise race ging zeer goed: 11e. Van de 10 echte wedstrijden echter 4x RDG vanwege materiaal pech (ook het val oog brak), 1x naar de verkeerde bovenboei gezeild (samen met Team Bonaire) en 1x aan de verkeerde kant gestart. Dus eigenlijk maar 4 lekkere wedstrijden gezeild, met een 43e plaats overall als resultaat en 2e in de categorie Grand Master (60-69). Die categorie is gewonnen door Alex Zimmerman (ook al Peru), de Master Wereldkampioen van 2019 (Bonaire).

 Bij Eugene liep het bepaald niet zoals in 2019, waar hij 5e eindigde. De eerste race was gelijk UFD, da’s nooit een lekker begin. Uiteindelijk een 46e plaats gezeild. Deze verslaggever heeft verder nog geen diepte-interview met hem hierover gehad. Is er nieuws, dan vul ik dit artikel aan.

Uiteraard volgen we de prestaties van de zeilers van de ABC eilanden nauwlettend. En die resultaten waren indrukwekkend: 5e: Just van Aanholt (ARU) , 7e: Tijn van der Gulik (CUR). Van Bonaire vielen met name de prestaties van George ‘Kabes’ Soliano op: 47e overall en 11e bij de Masters.

Tot slot kan gemeld worden dat de ISCA World Council opnieuw (na Greet Dekker in 2019) een niet Amerikaan benoemd heeft tot “Lifetime member”… namelijk mijzelf. Extra jammer dus dat ik er dit jaar niet bij was, maar soms laten agenda’s zich niet plooien.

Volgend jaar is het WK (Invitational, Youth en Masters) in Ecuador (Salinas Yacht Club in Salinas). Vooralsbnog daarna in 2024 USA (Rush Creek YC), 2025 Bonaire en 2026 de US Virgin Islands.

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2022 Sunfish Worlds report – Italie
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2022 Sunfish Worlds report – Italie

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After ten races held in very varied conditions, first with medium-light southerly winds and then with gusty, stronger northerly winds, especially on the last day, the 51st World Championship of the Sunfish class came to an end.

Peru’s dominance at the Sunfish World Championships: overall, women’s and grand masters’ victory respectively with Jean Paul Trazegnies, Caterina Romero and Alex Zimmermann. USA hat-trick in the masters, while it was Ecuador with Stefano Andre Pensola de la Torre who won among the youths.

On Garda Trentino ten regattas in five days with winds varying from light to strong to award the world titles of the most popular class in the world, the Sunfish.

Organised by Circolo Vela Torbole, Garda Trentino Vela Consorzio and Federazione Italiana Vela, the event attracted 94 sailors, mainly from South America and the United States, together with Italy and Holland. From a technical point of view it was certainly a complete championship for the different wind conditions found, starting from 8 knots up to gusts of 20 in the last two races on Saturday morning.

Deserved and overwhelming victory for the Peruvian – already world champion in 2018 with 11 participations in all – Jean Paul De Trazegnies, very regular and often protagonist of great recoveries: he discarded a tenth; for the rest of the championship he always remained in the top 5 with 3 first partials.

The northerly wind of the last two days compromised the final overall result of the other Peruvian, Caterina Romero, who was confirmed first of the women, but after four days in which she gravitated to second overall, with the last four races she gave way to Guatemalans David Hernandez and Juan Maegli, who finished second and third overall respectively.

Hernandez, who finished 32 points behind winner De Trazegnies, ended the event with a second and a first; compatriot Maegli, eight points behind, with a first and a sixth. Caterina Romero did very well in the medium-light wind, but with the violent gusts from the north she was unable to maintain the pace of the first days: she nevertheless finished in a splendid fourth place, winning in her category; second woman was the American Caroline Young and third Philipine Van Aanholt (CUW), 32nd and 33rd overall.

Keeping in the top ten was the winner of the masters category, the American David Mendelblatt, eighth overall, while the first youth, sixteenth overall, was Ecuadorean Stefano Andre Pendola de la Torre. Peruvian victory also in the Grand master cetegory with Alex Zimmermann (to his credit, participation in 16 Sunfish World Championships). The Italian colours did not shine: first blue and 31st overall Davide Lavafila.

The event was experienced in a nice family atmosphere, as the Sunfish class likes to define itself. Tourism, sailing, and sport were once again a winning combination to experience a Sunfish World Championship in an area like Trentino and Lake Garda, which satisfied the needs of both racers and their companions and families: a formula that allows foreigners to come to Italy and enjoy the natural beauty and more.

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50e Sunfish Worlds
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50e Sunfish Worlds

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Afgelopen week is het 50e WK Sunfish gezeild bij Sarasota Sailing Squadron (aan de westkant van Florida). Het weer ging alle kanten op: op maandag een beste deuk wind (met zeer veel materiaal pech tot gevolg), op dinsdag weinig wind, op woensdag geen wind (en dus geen zeilen), op donderdag onweer (en dus geen zeilen) en op vrijdag gelukkig weer een zeilbare wind. Er waren 100 deelnemers uit 11 landen, waaronder 7 van Bonaire en 3 van Curacao.

Voor Jonathan Martinetti (ECU) maakte dat niet uit, hij zeilde naar een schitterende serie: 2-1-3-1-2-1-2-2-3-2-(26) . Hiermee werd Jonathan voor de 2e maal Sunfish Wereldkampioen na 2010 Italie. In 2009 (Bahamas) was hij de Jeugd wereldkampioen.

Volgend jaar september is het WK in Italie op het Garda Meer. Het is nog niet bekend of de World Masters er voor of er na vallen.

In 2023 zal Ecuador het WK organiseren. Voor 2024 zijn Rush Creek (USA. TX), Bonaire (!) en de US Maagdeneilanden genoemd.

Dit WK was uiteraard DE gelegenheid om te zoeken en vragen naar oude foto/film materiaal. Het allermooiste wat dat opgeleverd heeft is toch wel een geweldige filmpje (zie Youtube) vande 1e WK in 1970 op de Maagdeneilanden. Voorts zijn flink wat dia’s gedigitaliseerd (waarbij iemand niet heeft zitten opletten en dus zijn ze bijna allemaal in spiegelbeeld). Maar ook voor veel andere jaren ontving ik van alle kanten materiaal (Gijs-Willem van Omme, Alex Roose, Jurgen Schneider, Geert van Stokkum, Eduardo Cordero (!), Carl Knight (!!), Lee Parks, Paul Odegard, Paul Fendler, Gert-Jan Zeestraten, Steve Caulfield, Rich Chapman: BEDANKT!).

Het uitpluizen van de 1e WK stond daarna hoog op mijn lijstje. Wonderbaar hoeveel je met wat digitale research op internet kan terug vinden. Ik kopieer mijn Engelstalige Facebook teksten:

This is HEATHER KLEIN (VIR), The 1970 (1st) Sunfish Worlds Top woman! This photo entered instantaneously in my personal top 10 Sunfish photos. The hat contributes to that!

The sail is rather special: it is an Emilio Pucci design which she won with her first place. I could not find more info except 1 remark about its development.

Heathers husband Ken took 4th place at the 1st Worlds. So that’s another first: husband-wife at the same Worlds. Originally also Carol Griffin (partner of Dick) and Toya Andrew (partner is Art) would sail the Worlds. Heather was one of the first members of the St. Thomas Yacht Club and active on various committees. She helped organize the first Sunfish World competition, and she won various competitions in the Soling category. Heather died on April 1, 2000. The marvelous photo is from Pete Smyth for his book “A Guide To Marine Photography”. The photo was on the cover of the October 1971 issue of Motorboating & Sailing and in 1975 used for the book review.

Nav hiervan kreeg ik een reactie van David Connolly die exact zo’n zeil bleek te bezitten. Op mijn verzoek maakte hij er foto’s van op het grasveld in zijn achtertuin.

“The very first World Championship Sunfish Regatta is the brainchild of RUDY THOMPSON” (https://stthomasyachtclub.org/about/history). After being shipwrecked in Puerto Rico in the early 50’s he made his way to St. Thomas and operated one of the area’s first charter boats out of Yacht Haven. Rudy sailed Flying Dutchman at the 1968 Olympic Games. Garry Hoyt, Jorg Bruder and Per Dohm all sailed in the Finn class at that Olympics… did the Sunfish Worlds idea started there?

Rudy was heavily involved in getting the US Virgin Islands Olympic status. In January 1970 the “Virgin Daily News” did a very good job in informing the Islands on the progress of the event: i found over 10 articles. Rudy must have had a hot-line with the sports news desk! Rudy was a Past Commodore of St. Thomas Yacht Club. He participated in racing events from Trinidad to Puerto Rico for over 50 years. The passing of Rudy Thompson on Saturday, April 24, 2010 saddened the Caribbean sailing world.

The 1st Sunfish Worlds had 56 entries. 4 sailed at the 1968 Olympics: Hoyt, Bruder, Thompson and Dohm. 3 sailed the 1972 Olympics: Klein, Griffin and Kelly.2 Sailed at the 1976 Olympics: Andrew and De la Roche. And JOHN F. FOSTER sailed FIVE (!) Olympics (1972-1992). He also competed in the Bobsleigh event at the winter (!) Olympics of 1988. An interview with John and son is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX9P4urnUQk

4 Olympic sailors at the Worlds is not a record. In both 1972 and 1976 there were 10 Olympians competing.20 SF World sailors sailed more than 1 Olympics. At the top of the list: Hans Fogh: 6 times. John Foster 2nd (5 times). Paul Foerster, Peter bromby, Paula Lewin, Juan Maegli and Juan Torruella all sailed 4 times at the OG’s.I found 61 Sunfish Worlds sailors that sailed at an Olympics. Each now has a link to his/hers Olympedia page (the Olympic ring icon on the profile page). In case i missed you: let me now!Finally: 2 Olympic Gold winners sailed a SF Worlds: Serge Maury won the 1972 Finn class (5th at the SF worlds) and Paul Foerster won the 470 class at the 2004 Olympics and became the 2008 Sunfish World champion.

After writing about Heather Klein as 1st Top Woman, i decided to make that list complete. The “Worlds archive” pages now have an extra column “Top woman”, https://www.sunfishworlds.org/archive_o.aspx?

There are 31 women that claimed this title. 8 of them won more than 1 time: Jo Anne Weberlein, Dianne Harrisson and Gail Heausler did it twice. Yvon de la Fargue, Lee Parks and Caterina Romero three times, Leslie Weatherly four times. But the ever smiling JEAN BERGMAN won the title a staggering 7 (!!) times.

BTW: There is an interview on YouTube with Jean (and Dick Tillman) during the 2000 Worlds at Sarasota: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukerpvUFJNc

In the 1993-94 Fall/Winter Windward Leg issue I stumbled upon this remark about the Sunfish Worlds that year: “The top masters finisher was Jack Willy, of New Weymouth, MA, who not only earned a 1Oth place overall but was an honored recipient of the ‘bullet club’ bottle of rum.”

I searched the 60 (!) WWL’s for ‘bullet club’ and ‘bottle of rum’, but there is no other mention. I am just guessing that all members of this club at least won 1 race at a Worlds…?

The club has 119 members. The Top-10:

1.EDUARDO CORDERO (33)

2. Malcolm Smith (20)

3. Alonso Collantes de Riglos (19)

4. Paul-Jon Patin (18)

5. Alexander Zimmermann (15)

6. David Mendelblatt, Dave Chapin (12)

7. Donald Martinborough (10)

8. David Loring (9)

9. Cor van Aanholt and Jean Paul de Trazegnies (8)

10. Scott Kyle and Bruce Sutphen (7)

On top of the Sunfish Worlds “bullet club” is Eduardo Cordero with 33 #1 places. I found another way to show he is the Sunfish GOAT.

In different sports we know a “Grand Slam” (in golf “Majors”). The 4 most prestigious events. So for Sunfish i decided -totally subjective- that the 4 Grand Slam events are: Worlds, North Americans, South Americans and US Nationals/Midwinters. It was not a surprise that Eduardo would end up on #1 but look by what margin!

There is an interview with Eduardo on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5F70DY4NtA

Caroline Young requested a Women “Grand Slam” list. I decided to use: Worlds (49 Top Women), North Americans (39), Women North Americans (43) and US Nationals/ Midwinters (38). The numbers of regattas is almost equal to the male version: 169 vs 174. Still a (big) DISCLAIMER: the result database is not complete. Example: my NA results start in 1963 (!), the first NA with a woman result is for 1982… These older results may be important because we have two women competing for the #1 spot: Nancy Haberland and Jean Bergman.

https://www.sunfishworlds.org/rankinglist.aspx?

I found a 1971 Sunfish Worlds article “MotorBoating “. The photo/title is click-bait “avant la lettre”! There is a fun story about JORG BRUDER:

“The worst effect of the high winds was the disadvantage at which it placed the lightweight sailors. They were unable to hold the boats Hat, even with the most strenuous hiking, especially when others weighing much more and loaded with fifteen or more soaked sweatshirts, were hiking out. Rudy Thompson of the Virgin Islands, a hundred and forty pounder who did quite well last year, complained in his friendly way, “After last year, I was determined to really get in condition for this year’s championship. I did sit-ups until I was dizzy. When I got here I rushed up to Jorge Binder and said, Jorge, I can do five hundred sit-ups.’ What did he say? ‘How much weight?’.

Unfortunately for Jorge, physical conditioning is only one aspect of racing; rules are another. Jorge ran afoul of them enough to he topped out of serious contention for the championship. He did, however, demonstrate how to sail a Sunfish well by taking the last two races of the six race series.”

Jorg was the first 3 time Finn World champion: 1970,1971 and 1972. In 1970 he sailed: 58-7-2-1-1-(58) , 68,5 points. One of those 58’s was the result of a protest by Garry Hoyt which was upheld by the Protest Committee. Had that not happened Bruder would have won, with Garry second.The 1971 Worlds started with 2 DSQ for Bruder. He then sailed 3-4-1-1 !

Jorg Bruder died in 1973 in Orly, Paris when travelling to the Finn Gold Cup. The IFA has since used the Jörg Bruder Silver Cup to award Junior World Champions of the class. In the 1972 Olympics Bruder competed in the Star Class. On the way out of the harbor, Bruder snagged a shroud on a piling and brought the rig down on their heads. They brought the boat back to the dock, brought down a spare mast, stepped it, rigged it and sailed out to win that day’s race.

The internet and social meeting do make wonderful things possible. High on my search list was CARL KNIGHT. A legend in the Sunfish Class and 1 of the original 10 people in the Sunfish Hall of Fame (1991). In the Windward leg fall/spring 1990 Derrick Fries speaks about Carl: “One of the things I always admired about Carl Knight is that one of Carl’s tricks was that he would play on your ego. Carl was intense and on shore he was always mysterious.””Often, he’d come over and look at my boat and say, “I don’t understand why you have this here.” I could never know if he was telling me something just to give me a bum steer or if he was telling me the truth. He’d just play with you …. I respected him because it was just part of the game. It did not end when he got off the water. For him, it was just the beginning”

I already explained how any search starts. That did not reveal much. But he is mentioned on the website of his neighbor Alison: “As she graduated from high school and entered college, she crewed at every opportunity on Carl’s sailboat in Lake Norman regattas. Being a former North American champion sailor, Carl was a great teacher. He was meticulous in handling his boat, relentless in his competitiveness, and his boat was rarely beaten in any race.”

Two clicks later i wrote Alison a chat message on FB. The answer came back in seconds: “OMG I love this. This man is the reason I am sailing around the world today. Melts my heart. Carl just celebrated his 90th birthday. “

And moments later i am FB connected with his wife! Then an email from Carl: “Ahoy, mate. I’m still active, with crisp memories and photos. I have left 9 decades astern, and am happy to share what I have to meet your needs.”

Next he shared some thoughts on the Venezuela Sunfish Worlds:” We raced the South American Championship the week before the Worlds. I seem to recall that Harvey Howell won that event. One Championship race was started and allowed to race with winds gusts from a nearby hurricane officially clocked at 56 knots. It was called off when none of us were able to right our capsized boats in mountain-like 12 -15 foot wave crests. We also held a World Team Race Championship event. Teams were 5 boats each country. USA won.

I held the first place in the final race with our places 1 3 4 5 6 at the start of the final leg. I didn’t want Larry Lewis (then in 6th place) not to be in the top 5, so I spent my last leg covering the opponent sailor who started that final leg in second place. I dropped to 5th behind Larry who moved up to 4th giving USA a perfect 1 2 3 4 5 sweep to the chagrin of my victim who dropped from 2nd to 6th..Andre Roache, the Regatta Chairman, held a remarkably perfect event on shore with boat storage rigging stalls, and launching. I think he was responsible also for the Hospitality chair lady, whose photo is attached, Pili Gonzales.”You can see Carl rigging and sailing in the 1972 Sunfish Worlds video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4UPNPRvzkk

History repeats itself!

During the 50th Sunfish Worlds prize giving Top Woman, overall place 10, CATERINA ROMERO (PER) received a Pucci Sunfish sail (donated by David Connolly) just like the 1st Top Woman HEATHER KLEIN (VIR) did in 1970!

Links:

Facebook Sunfishworlds: https://www.facebook.com/sunfishworlds

Facebook Sarasota: https://www.facebook.com/sunfishworldssarasota

Uitslag: https://www.sunfishworlds.org/results.aspx?e=O&j=2021

Foto/video van 50 jaar Sunfish Worlds: https://www.sunfishworlds.org/multimedia.aspx?