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Vol 9, Issue 8

June 18, 2015
Burdick Family Storms to the Front of the Fleet to win Nationals!


57 boats rolled into Carsons bay to prepare to compete for the golden C atop their sails. Friday brough heavy to medium breeze decreasing throughout the day. Three gorgeous races were sailed on Friday. The motor boat chop was down and the sun was out. There are few days in sailing that were as perfect as the first day of C nationals this year. The end of the first day had the MO-44, Jon Martin winning the regatta. Racing was followed by pizza and beer and the fleet meeting (notes below).

Saturday brought lighter breezes with two races in the morning. While the intention was to try and get the last race in Saturday, the wind fizzled out around lunch to never return. No wind on Sunday left he Burdick family in the lead. Finn and Mya gave wonderful acceptance speeches (good practice for all the speeches to come I am sure) and were showered with alcohol free champagne. The crowd roared as top master, Ed Eckert walked up receive his trophy as one of the newest members of the master's club. Kate Klement took the top girl trophy finishing the regatta in 6th and winning the last day with a 3-5.

Full results are below.

Place Sail # Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total
1 I-45 Andy Burdick 10 2 15 1 12 40
2 A-136 Ed Eckert 18 4 11 5 10 48
3 B-317 John Porter 19 1 14 13 4 51
4 B-12 Kent Haeger 1 8 16 14 13 52
5 E-16 David Smith 31 7 17 8 2 65
6 B-111 Kate Klement 21 18 19 3 5 66
7 A-14 Paul Reilly 28 23 4 9 3 67
8 A-22 Jim Tews 41 16 1 4 11 73
9 V-137 Jim Gluek 13 30 20 12 1 76
10 B-18 Brian Brickler 27 9 27 7 7 77
11 OO-99 Dave Keck 3 3 47 10 15 78
12 E-111 Matthew Prange 9 6 28 21 17 81
13 B-217 Joe Skotarzak 5 37 5 27 9 83
14 N-181 Peter Keck 7 10 18 19 36 90
15 MO-44 Jon Martin 2 15 2 34 45 98
16 N-47 Ryan Grosch 35 12 45 2 8 102
17 V-171 Fred Miller 8 32 24 25 19 108
18 P-4 Christopher Rierson 11 13 40 20 28 112
19 B-117 Christine McNeil 15 25 3 49 21 113
20 OO-5 Connor Trepton 16 29 22 18 29 114
21 M-5 Hans Zinn 22 14 25 29 27 117
22 M-10 David Strothman 20 20 30 35 14 119
23 M-17 Jason Ostbye 23 39 7 30 26 125
24 B-1 William Haeger 14 27 43 24 20 128
25 B-6 Martin Barr 17 22 36 32 25 132
26 B-23 Andrew Bohl 38 17 21 17 40 133
27 M-25 Chris Andert 39 11 38 22 24 134
28 B-22 Glenn McMurray 46 44 8 23 16 137
29 A-77 David Baldus 36 50 26 11 18 141
30 LP-1 Ben Burgum 37 26 23 50 6 142
31 B-303 Frank Davenport 30 36 37 16 32 151
32 E-89 Tim Schmidt 4 55 6 46 42 153
33 V-722 Cody Ziegler 48 24 33 26 23 154
34 W-17 Steve Johnson 26 52 41 6 34 159
35 C-52 Greg Stauffer 29 19 13 41 58/ZFP 160
36 I-113 Vincent Porter 6 31 50 43 31 161
37 P-51 Steve Avery 40 28 12 42 44 166
38 MO-6 Spencer Brackman 45 45 10 39 33 172
39 OO-44 Dan Fink 50 40 31 15 39 175
40 M-2 John Packard 25 38 34 54 30 181
41 OO-324 Ben Otten 44 41 44 31 22 182
42 W-9 Scott Helmes 51 33 29 33 37 183
43 V-94 Andy Colombe 34 21 42 51 38 186
44 MO-4 Edward Robison 42 48 9 37 53 189
45 M-55 Tony Jewett 53 5 32 48 56 194
46 E-99 Chris Pinahs 32 42 35 40 49 198
47 W-23 Sean Wagner 24 49 49 36 46 204
48 V-711 Chance Dries 12 35 54 52 58/ZFP 211
49 OO-23 Kyle Stack 55 34 58/DNF 28 43 218
50 LD-100 Don Allebach 52 51 46 38 35 222
51 I-21 Will Huerth 49 43 53 45 41 231
52 M-11 Rich Budinger 33 57 51 47 47 235
53 M-39 Skip Dickel 56 46 39 44 51 236
54 LP-3 Tom Stadum 43 53 55 55 48 254
55 LP-88 Doug Burgum 47 47 56 53 54 257
56 LS-6 Bob Green 57 54 48 56 50 265
57 TM-6 Grant Moos 54 56 52 57 57 276

MIR Results - Kent Haeger wins MIR in one day

 

Browns lake held this year's MIR regatta. Five races were completed in 1 day as the forecast for Sunday was not very good. In the end Kent Haeger prevailed with no race below 5th in a 23 boat fleet.   

 

Pl Sail # Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total
1 B-12 Kent Haeger 2 2 5 1 4 14
2 BL-3 Patrick Lynch 4 4 1 9 1 19
3 B-18 Brian Brickler 8 6 4 3 2 23
4 B-303 Frank Davenport 5 3 3 4 8 23
5 B-88 Jay Hiller 6 1 19 2 12 40
6 B-22 Glenn McMurray 1 12 14 7 7 41
7 BL-0 Chris Impens 7 10 6 19 3 45
8 I-12 Bruce Cameron 10 18 2 12 11 53
9 B-333 Dave Davenport 21 7 10 5 10 53
10 B-7 Randy Schmidt 3 8 15 20 13 59
11 LL-0 Danny Madden 16 11 7 6 21 61
12 I-14 Michael Lynch 14 16 11 8 15 64
13 BL-27 Eric Lindell 20 21 9 11 5 66
14 B-23 Andrew Bohl 12 19 13 13 9 66
15 LL-18 Billy Madden 18 5 21 10 16 70
16 BL-13 Wally Brown 19 9 20 18 6 72
17 BL-7 David Lynch 13 14 12 16 19 74
18 I-111 Tom Pomierski 15 15 8 21 18 77
19 BL-32 Aaron Cruthers 17 13 18 15 14 77
20 BL-77 Marc Deriaz 11 17 16 17 17 78
21 B-77 Riley Schmidt 9 20 17 22 23 91
22 BL-19 Andre Deriaz 22 23 22 14 20 101
23 BL-6 Tom Felker 23 22 23 23 22 113
LaBelle Tune Up Results - Joe Byrnes swings into town, takes trophies

Three races were sailed during LaBelle Tune up. Medium to light breeze greeted sailors as they hit the water with X boat sailors to start the season. 13 C scows were on the line with the LaBelle fleet showing up in full force. After day 1 racing Joe Byrnes at the helm of the Swingtown had won both races. A wonderful post race celebration was help at the Harris house where the food and drink were plentiful. Sunday brought big breezes as the fleet hit the water. One race was completed and the wind continued to build. A second race was started but was called off due to too much wind. Full results below.

PL Sail # Skipper Crew R1 R2 R3 Total
1 B-117 Joe Byrnes Christine Porter/Karla Keck 1 1 3 5
2 OO-324 Ben Otten Zach Mommaerts 2 3 6 11
3 OO-824 David Harris Casey/Lynn Harris 5 8 1 14
4 OO-22 Brady Carlson Connor Carlson 3 5 8 16
5 OO-99 Dave Keck Bill Harvat 10 6 2 18
6 OO-23 Kyle Stack Brittan Keck 4 12 5 21
7 OO-7 Kurt Mihelich Charlie Kilander/Heidi Johnson 6 11 4 21
8 W-23 Sean Wagner Dan Guidinger 8 2 12 22
9 LD-100 Don Allebach Linda Allebach 7 7 10 24
10 OO-17 Kathy Tweet Bill Mihelich 11 9 7 27
11 OO-9 Jim Ruppenthal/Roger Plate Jim Ruppenthal/Roger Plate 9 10 9 28
12 NO-1 Billy Zlotacha Tammer Fadel 13 4 13 30
13 OO-20 Todd Jerred Nick Jerred 12 13 11 36

NCSSA Meeting Recap
6/12/2015

57 Boats attended this year's national championship. We thank all who attended.

The Emma Rosenheimer Trophy was located and awarded this year. It was found in Augusta. Thank you to Augusta for assisting in locating the trophy.

Bids for 2017 Nationals were voted on. The choices were Okoboji or Maxinkuckee. Okoboji won the vote.

2016 Nationals will be hosted by Monona. Tom Eckert is the regatta chair and Cedar Wisconsin will be co-hosting the event. This will be a great event and we hope all will attend.

Expenses vs. Income: The past few years we have made many large investments. Starting with our website and renewing the mast die we have made great strides in revitalizing the class and getting the excitement for C scows back on the upswing. We also have been funding a junior discount program where juniors (25 and under) get to sail for free. Last year we had 22 juniors participate in nationals. What a great problem to have! The recommendation to the class is to renew the mast die for the next run of masts to keep the masts competitive (wall thickness within a deflection tolerance). Through this experience we now know the life of a die. That being said we were not adequately prepared this run of masts to renew the die this frequently. We plan on working with Melges in the future to allow the mast royalty to cover the die expenses so we can continue to fully support our junior sailors. That being said we are asking for a suggested $50 donation to help us cover the mast die this time around. Please use the button below to contribute.

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17 masts have bent or broken in the last 12 months. Many questions were raised to Melges, the board, and the ILYA. In response to these questions Dave Porter wrote a recommendation for the fleet to produce all new boats with 5/32" jack stays. The recommendation was also for the whole fleet (in the spirit of one design) to move to 5/32" jack stays by a certain year (EX: 2017). Discussion around this showed that many people were not in favor of a forced change. It also led to discussion of galvanized vs stainless steel stays. A motion was put on the floor to only allow 1/8" galvanized stays or 5/32" stainless. This motion did not pass. In the end, the discussion was called to a close with no motions passing. The discussion will be revisited during the ILYA invite and ILYA Championship regatta. 

 

A new rudder design was presented to the fleet that met the current scantlings. Discussion occurred about the design, the current scantlings, and what problem we were trying to solve. The consensus of the fleet was that in the spirit of one design we should lock down the scantlings to avoid future surprises.  It was also recommended that sailors that would like to experiment should be able to follow a process for experimentation so the fleet can make the final decisions on whether or not the experiment is a good permanent change for the fleet. The scantlings are held by the ILYA so the recommendations from the meeting will be taken to the ILYA.

 

Christine (Porter) McNeil stepped down from the presidency of the NCSSA as her 2 year term has ended. Matt Prange has become the new president and Christine will continue to serve the board as the C World online editor and web master. Thanks for a great two years! 
C Mast Report

Dave Porter - Skipper B-17

Mast Die Report

Back in late 2012, for the 2013 season the C class purchased a new die for extruding masts. Three runs of masts have been produced with a total of 97 masts. Each group of masts was measured for deflection and serial numbers applied. Several of these were rejected for various reasons so a total of about 90 masts were available out of this group.

 

Figure 1 below is a histogram of the results of the tests. It shows that the first group was more flexible than the second and the second was more flexible than the third. These measurements were done before anodizing, this allows for acid etching after measurement.


Figure 1

Based on the increasing stiffness of the masts I am recommending that the class invest in a new die, this should cost about $3,000. Melges is on board with this suggestion. For those who do not know, the die is owned by the class and Melges pays a royalty on each mast they sell to the class.

 

Recent Mast Bending and Breaking

As many of you know, there has been a recent increase in mast problems. We have put together a list and identified 17 masts that have either bent or broken in the last two years. I believe that this is a result of inadequate stiffness/strength in the jackstays, jackstays too loose and sailing with over 475lb of crew.

 

I am recommending that starting in 2016, all new jack stays be 5/32" jack stays. Then in 2017, all existing C masts used in competition will be required to use 5/32" jack stays. This rule gives boats a year to comply by changing their jackstays to the stiffer 5/32" cable. The reason to require all masts to be upgraded is to not end up with some 1/8" jack stay masts that are considered "fast" when not every sailor has that option.

 

Two ways are available to upgrade existing boats. The first is to take the mast to a rigger like Melges. They can remove the old stays and put in larger stays. The second is to do it yourself. This would involve slotting the end of the spreader and drilling a small hole about 1/2" inside of the slot. The new stay is then put into the slot, and a copper or mild steel wire is used to hold the stay in the spreader. If this rule change is approved, we will put together a set of instructions for changing the stays yourself.

There will be discussions at the nationals at Minnetonka, at the ILYA C invite at Beulah, and at the ILYA championship at Geneva. Additionally, you can contact any member of the National C board or the ILYA C fleet committee to express your opinion on these issues.
C Scow Class Hats
C Scow Class Hats are here!  They are on sale for $20. If you would like a hat and are not planning on attending these events, contact Christine Porter ([email protected]) and we will try to get hats to you through your local NCSSA Board Member.
Rankings
National Rankings
2015 Ranking Sail Number Skipper Regatta 1 Regatta 2 Regatta 3 Total
1 I-45 Andy Burdick 1.000 2.769 9.591 13.361
2 B-12 Kent Haeger 3.825 4.000 5.539 13.364
3 V-137 Jim Gluek 4.796 9.000 23.703 37.499
4 B-303 Frank Davenport 5.926 15.301 31.000 52.227
5 B-117 Christine McNeil/Joe Byrnes 6.975 19.000 47.406 73.382
6 B-217 Joe Skotarzak/Anne Muller 13.000 27.654 33.234 73.888
7 B-23 Andrew Bohl 22.156 26.000 29.629 77.785
8 B-22 Glenn McMurray 22.952 28.000 33.570 84.522
9 OO-324 Ben Otten 13.950 35.555 41.000 90.505
10 LD-100 Don Allenbach 23.978 50.000 62.777 136.755

Road Warrior
Place Sail No. Skipper Total
1 B-12 Kent Haeger 95
2 I-45 Andy Burdick 100
3 V-137 Jim Gluek 106
4 E-16 Dave Smith 107
5 B-303 Frank Davenport 114
6 E-111 Matt Prange 116
7 A-136 Ed Eckert 118
8 B-217 Joe Skotarzak/Anne Muller 118
9 B-23 Andrew Bohl 118
10 B-22 Glenn McMurray 120
 
Need Scores - C Easterns
  If anyone has scores from the Eastern C scow Regatta, please forward to the editor [email protected]
Support C-Scow sailing - Join the NCSSA
 
The National C Scow Sailing Association (NCSSA) needs you! Please support your class association and its activities by submitting your memebership dues today. You can pay your dues online by accessing the MEMBERSHIP page at cscow.org. Along with supporting the class you will eligible to included in the 2014 National Rankings, and Junior sailors - you'll be able to take part in discounted or free regatta registration - but only if your are a paid member of the NCSSA.
 
Thank you to those that have already joined. We are actively updating the membership list as people join.
2015 Schedule
The 2015 schedule has been confirmed. Please share this with the board members at your clubs to allow your C scow sailors to travel to events without fear of missing lake races! Please note that the end of the year looks slightly later this year. This is due to the fact that the Fall regattas are scheduled based on weeks after Labor Day. Labor day is late this year falling on September 7th causing everything to be pushed back a week.

Date Event Name Host
April 18-19 No Frills Regatta Missouri Yacht Club, MO 
April 25-26 Spring(Field) Regatta Island Bay Yacht Club, IL 
May 2-3 Ice Breaker Cedar Lake Yacht Club, IN 
May 9-10 Mother's Day Regatta Spring Lake, MI 
May 8-10 Cedar Spring Regatta Cedar Lake Yacht Club, WI 
May 16-17 LaBelle Tune-Up Lac LaBelle Yacht Club, WI 
June 6-7 Eastern C Scow Regatta Chautauqua Yacht Club held at Chautauqua Institution
June 6-7 MIR Browns Lake Yacht Club, WI
June 12-14 National Championship Minnetonka Yacht Club
July 17-19 ILYA Invitational Lake Beulah Yacht Club, WI 
August 1-2 Interlakes TBD
August 5-8 WMYA Championships Torch Lake Yacht Club, MI
August 7-9 WYA Championship Okauchee Yacht Club, WI 
August 19-23 ILYA Championship Lake Geneva Yacht Club, WI
September 12-13 Maxinkuckee Fall Regatta Maxinkuckee Yacht Club, IN 
September 19-20 Fenton Fall Regatta Lake Fenton Yacht Club, MI 
September 19-20 Blue Chip Okauchee Yacht Club, WI 
September 26-27 Nan Norris Beulah Challenge Lake Beulah Yacht Club, WI 
September 26-27 Lotawana Fall Regatta Missouri Yacht Club, MO 
October 3-4 Polar Bear Lake Davenport Sailing Club, IA 
October 10-11 C Worlds Delavan Yacht Club, WI 



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