volume 17 number 2 march - april 2005 50th key largo race ...multihull market is the larger and more...

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Volume 17 Number 2 March - April 2005

MASF Jack Shuh Perpetual Trophy winner Dave Calvert and Rick White on the hotnew Reynolds 33 cat.

50th Key Largo Race – A TwistingTale of Light and Heavy Airby John Van LeerThere were thirteen masf boats (sixRacing class and seven Cruising class)entered in this year’s Key Largo Race onApril 23rd, 2005. The day dawned brightand sunny for the 8 am start in a lightwesterly wind. There was a mixture ofbeach cats and larger multihulls millingaround before the start on the easternend.

Victor Mendlesohn on Catnip did a finejob starting and then sailing for the WestFeatherbeds.Tom Mestrits at the helm ofWalter Steinhard’s Don Quixote gotbogged down behind a beach cat whichseemed determined to steer his boat tokeep it under the bows for maximumimpedance.

Upon clearing the nemesis cat, Tomopted for a more easterly course throughthe main Featherbed channel. Two addi-tional stock Sea Wind Catamarans wereskippered by John Teloh on Tatanya andby Vice Commodore Clay Milan on TwoStep. Both opted for the westerly course.

Eric Roberts on RC30 Dream On got afine start and was first to finish (as usual)with an elapsed time of 4:41 hours. DaveCalvert and Rick White on the hot newReynolds 33 got a clean start andpushed Eric down the bay finishing withan elapsed time of 5:00 hours and wasfirst to finish in the masf racing class,winning the first Jack Schuh PerpetualTrophy.

A Duel to the Finish

The light air start petered out into a “noair” mid-race with folks chasing cat’spaws. Most of the boats in masfCruising Class dropped out of the raceto motor on for the rest of a holiday

weekend. (This is supposed to be funisn’t it?) Finally, an easterly wind filled in,which favored the boats near the Eastend of featherbed bank. This wind pre-sented those on the west side of thecourse a bit of a beat up to the CutterBank channel.

At this point Don Quixote had more thana 20-minute lead over CatNip but gavemuch of it away by not passing a tackingJ-24 in the Cutter Bank channel whilewe were under power. We were actuallyallowed to pass under power since theJ-24 was not in our division or class.

In this Issue . . .2005 Key Largo Race . . . . . . . . .Cover

Key Largo Race Results . . . . . . . . . . .4

February Boat Show Meeting . . . . . .5

Rolex Olympic Regatta . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Rogue Waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Racing News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Just Another Day on the Bay . . . . . . .8

How to Turn an R&R into an R . . . . . .8

Club Meetings & Minutes . . . . . . . . . .9

Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Membership Application . . . . . . . . .11

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Don Quixote’s lead was under 12 min-utes by the Card Sound Bridge. In spiteof Don Quixote’s less-favorable rating(due to her lighter weight), Victor’s largersail area was very effective in catchingup with consistently higher boat speedmade good to windward in about 20knots on the nose.

Seaweed on Don Quixote’s rudders mayhave been a contributing factor to herslower speed. In fact, from the CutterBank channel to the finish, VictorMendelsohn’s Catnip was sailing about

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one minute per mile faster than DonQuixote, but Victor was still unable tomake up for the time lost while flounder-ing in the west bay doldrums. In the end,the difference was shaved down to justunder 4 minutes at the Jewfish Creekfinish line, Catnip finished 3 minutes and46 seconds behind Don Quixote. Oncorrected time the difference was amere 22 seconds, with Don Quixotebarely holding for the victory over thehard charging Victor. �

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Clockwise from below: Vice Commodore Clay Milan’s TwoStep before the race, CatNip’s crew working the light breeze:Aleric Hernandez’s Island Marauder pursues Catnip to thewest Featherbeds; a good look at the narrow the beam on thewinning Reynolds 33; Tatanka and the Reynolds maneuverbefore the start; Eric Roberts RC 30 Dream On; and theCondor 40 Trident.

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Island Marauder (right) waits for the start,Sackville Curry (below) ponders the mainsheettrim in the light winds on Catnip.

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2005 Miami to Key Largo Race ResultsMultihull Racing Class

Finish Time Elapsed Corrected ClassYacht Name Yacht Type Skipper Actual Time Time Rating Finish

Reynolds 33 Dave Calvert 13:00:06 5:00:06 5:42:06 -72 1

Trimatic F-24 Andy Roedig 15:04:45 7:04:45 6:21:00 75 2

Toro 2 Stiletto 23 Mike Powers 15:43:36 7:43:36 8:02:51 -33 3

Trident Condor 40 Keith Gully 16:58:41 8:58:41 8:58:41 0

Matador F-31 Rick Tobin 17:01:06 9:01:06 9:13:21 -21

Stiletto 23 Dave Coster DNF 33

Island Marauder Custom 40 Tri Alaric Hernandez DNF 45

Multihull Cruising ClassFinish Time Elapsed Corrected Class

Yacht Name Yacht Type Skipper Actual Time Time Rating FinishDon Quixote Seawind 1000XL Tom Mestrits 16:51:14 8:51:14 7:46:29 111 1

CatNip Seawind 1000XL Victor Mendelsohn 16:55:06 8:55:06 7:46:51 117 2

JoliSpot Gemini 105 Paul Roberts 17:53:20* 9:53:20* 8:38:20* 150 3

Tatanya Seawind 1000 John Teloh DNF 120

Two Step Seawind 1000XL Clay Milan DNF 120

Nyango Fontaine Pajot 42 Michael Biro DNF 120

* Times taken at the Card Sound Bridge


1st Annual masf Miami Boat ShowMeeting & Multihull Conferenceby Clarke Blacker

! Multihull Magazine

! Performance Cruising

! Reynolds Catamarans

! Maine Cat

! African Yachts

! Seawind Yachts

For the very first time masf altered itsfirst Wednesday of every month meetingschedule to hold our first annual specialMiami Boat Show Meeting & MultihullConference. This meeting was held tocoincide with the Miami Boat Show andmasf was proud to welcome to ourpanel discussion Multihull MagazineEditor and Publisher Charles Chiodi, aswell as representatives from Maine Cat,Seawind Yachts, African Yachts,Performance Cruising, and Reynolds asour featured speakers

Program Chairman Walter Steinhardwas on hand to introduce Mr. Chiodi andhis panel members: Dick Vermeulen,Maine Cat; Tony Smith, PerformanceCruising (Gemini and Telstar); RoryMcGuinness, Seawind Yachts; SeymourFriedel, African Yachts, N.E.; and SteveBohlmann, Reynolds Catamarans.

Mr. Chiodi gave the standing room onlyaudience his views on the future of mul-tihulls and turned to podium over to thepanel of builders and manufacturers rep-resentatives, each of whom gave thecrowd their thoughts on the multihullmarket in general and on their compa-

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nies latest developments that were fea-tured at the 2005 Miami Boat Show andthat we could expect to see from them inthe future (see Meetings & Minutes).

After the panel’s presentations therewas a spirited question and answer ses-sion with the audience. As usual, multi-hull sailors are an independant groupand there was no shortage of opinionsand challenges from the audience. Itwas clear to all that the future of themultihull market is the larger and moreluxurious cruising catamarans becausethat is what the public demands. Unfor-tunately for those more performance ori-ented buyers there is little or no indica-tion of a market willingness to buy high-er performance boats, especially cata-marans. The Corsair trimarans haveenjoyed much success both in the mar-ket and in racing over the past fifteen orso years, but the money appears to be inthe luxury catamarans primarily built forthe charter business. �

Multihull Conference continued from page 5.

(clockwise from left): (peering into his laptop computer) Seymour Friedel, AfricanYachts, N.E.; Steve Bohlmann, Reynolds Catamarans; Dick Vermeulen, Maine Cat;Tony Smith, Performance Cruising; Rory McGuinness, Seawind Yachts.

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Beginning in 2000, a Euro-pean Union project calledMaxWave conducted a three-year research project effort toexplain how rogue wavesoccur, how frequently theyappear, and whether their for-mation might even be predict-ed.

Early in the project theEuropean Space Agencydonated a chunk of time andresources by offering syn-thetic aperture radar scan-ning of the Earth’s oceans

from its ERS-1 and ERS-2orbiting satellites.

During the three-week opera-tion about 30,000 separateimagettes were captured andlater analyzed. What scien-tists found were more than 10individual giant waves thatmeasured more than 82’.

While rogue waves weresighted in some of theexpected places, such as inthe notorious AgulhasCurrent off the east coast of

southern Africa, they werealso found apparently ran-domly around the globe,

though usually near weatherfronts and low-pressure sys-tems. �

Rogue Wavesby Tom Mestrits

Racing NewsTwo teams of MYC members sailed in the St.Petersburg NOOD regatta held Feb 18-20, 2005, andbrought home first place tropies. Robert Onsgard &Robert Reemers were first in the Corsair F28R classand Mike Powers and Kenny Pierce sailing with AndyRoedig on Andy's Trimatic Corsair F24 were first inevery race. �

Orange II Smashes World RecordJules Verne Trophy - Orange II and Bruno Peyron'screw have just set a new round the world record of 50days, 16 hours, 20 minutes, achieving an averagespeed of 22.2 knots. �

Every year the Olympic Classyachts must race at severallocations around the world toget international experienceand earn the right to repre-sent their country. Our nicewinter climate and gorgeousBiscayne Bay make Miamione of the premier locationson their schedule. This yearthe Miami series was held onJanuary 24-28th and most ofthe local yacht clubs hostedand ran various classes.

Miami Yacht Club hosted theTornado catamaran classwith MYC volunteers runningthe races for five days. masfmembers helped out by fur-nishing boats for the RaceCommittee and serving asrace committee crew. RogerStrube sailed his OceanCatamaran 48 from PuntaGorda to Miami. MillenniumDragon’s large deck and wideplatform made an ideal RaceCommittee pin boat and TomMestrits’ Skeeter was usedas the windward mark boat.

We were rewarded by seeingsome of the world’s top

Tornado sailors compete invarious conditions. Unfortun-ately on Wednesday andThursday there was notenough wind to run any races(at least 6+knots of breezerequired) but on Friday itmade up for it! The coursewas set up offshore with 4-6ft seas and winds of 18-20knots gusting to 27 knots.

These catamarans areextremely fast and underthese conditions they weredoing 20+ knots, jumpingwaves, and providing excitingsailing. USA Olympic silvermedalist John Lovell andCharlie Ogletree ran awaywith the series, with 5 firstsand one second finish.

We want to recognize andthank all the masf memberswho helped out; RogerStrube and Tom Mestrits fortheir time and use of theirboats for 5 days, ChuckHuber, Eric Tullberg, LeeHertz, John Van Leer, VictorMendelsohn, and PeterGimpel. �

Rolex OlympicRegattaby Tom Mestrits


It was just another day on theBay. Nothing special about it,really. We were engaged inour typical weekend getawayon Two Step, our 36’ Seawind.For those not familiar with thename, the two-step is a popu-lar country and western dancein Texas. We are from Texas,hence the name of the boat.

We spend most weekends onthe boat sailing the Bay. Weusually over-night anchoredoff Coon Point at Elliot Key. Inour previous life as mono-hullers, we lived aboard. Infact, a boat was the only homeour seven year-old son, Luke,knew until he was almost five.Friends nicknamed him“Crew”.

I remember Luke once spend-ing the night with a kinder-garten friend and exclaimingwith surprise that, “Jacksonlives in a house!” Since every-one he knew at the time livedaboard, Luke naturallythought that everyone elselived on boats too.

On this particular weekend,we had arranged to ren-dezvous with friends whowere coming down on their

Hatteras. After a terrific mealon Sugar Shack, we visiteduntil late and then everyonewent off to bed.

The next day we planned totake our friends sailing; how-ever, Luke decided he wouldrather ride on Sugar Shackso he could drive the bigboat. The solution was forPaul and Luke to go on theHatteras while Sarah and Itook Donna sailing on TwoStep. Luke took his positionon the flybridge and steeredlike an old pro while TwoStep and Sugar Shack“raced” around the Bay. Wecontinued down to PumpkinKey where we stayed the fol-lowing night with Luke brag-ging about winning the race.

As you can tell from thephoto, we couldn’t haveordered better weather. Wehad a great visit with ourfriends and everyone hadfun getting to do what theymost enjoyed, especially“Crew”. I couldn’t help think-ing afterwards that, althoughit was just another day onthe Bay, we created memoriesthat would last a lifetime. �

masf’s R & R scheduled for the 27th ofMarch had promised to be another greatgathering of the multihull breed with a lit-tle R (race down the beautiful BiscayneBay) and then the other R, the raft-up.Winds were to be 5-10 out of the ESE,slight chance of a shower with anexpected 5 cats showing up to partici-pate in the R & R and one, The Beast,

arriving for the raft-up on their return tripfrom the Upper Keys.

Well here’s how it went down; The onlyboats to show were Steinhard’s DonQuixote and Mendelsohn’s CatNip. Thewind was out of the ESE but 18-20 plusgusts to 25kts.. So we went to the fareast side of the bay and in the shelter of

Biscayne Key we had a gathering of twoSeawinds with nine enthusiasts. Thecompany was funny, the weather wasfantastic and the water was very nice at77°. The Beast arrived at around halfpast 1 and joined in until we (the threecats on one anchor) started to drift dueto the windage that The Beast addedand the shift of wind to 25 kts. �

How to turn an R & R into an R by Victor Mendelsohn

Vice Commodore Clay Milan and his family enjoying an after-noon sail on Biscayne Bay in their Seawind 1000 XL Two Step.

Just Another Day on the Bayby Clay Milan


masf meetings / minutesArnaud FoucartRecording Secretary

General Meeting, 1st Boat Show Meeting,February 16, 2005, 8:04 pm64 members, 2 guests present

Meeting called to order byCommodore Jon Nitkin.

General Business:

The next Rendezvous Regattaswill be the 27th of February, the27th of March and the 9th ofApril. There will be a MASF raft-up after the Miami-Key LargoRace.

The program of the night startswith Charles Chiodi, publisher ofMultihull Magazine, talking aboutthe future of multihulls.

He began with the evolution ofmaterials - plywood to compos-ites - over the past 50 years, andthen the evolution of rigging -rigid rigging, aero rig, and then ?

Thanks to Eric Martel, whobrought a Privilege for charter tothe Caribbean about 20 yearsago. The new "condomarans"filled the gap between the mono-hull and multihull for sailors.

Dick Veruelen talked about theMaine Cat 41 and explained howthey have been able to to saveweight out of the structure.

They have a new building, whichwill allow them to double theirproduction. Their next project willbe a 25' affordable cat.

Walter Steinhard introduced TonySmith, who designed and builtthe Gemini -which he and his sonsailed across the Atlantic - andthe Telstar - which he starteddesigning in 1969 - in a familybusiness. Tony thought aboutbuilding cats after moving to theU.S.and is currently building atrailerable trimaran.

Rory McGuiness talked aboutthe new Seawind 38, the evolu-tion of the 1000, and is looking tobuild affordable, light and funboats around 30'.

Seymour Freidel sailed a 431African cat in 43 days fromDurban. It is a light and fast boatbuilt with infused epoxy. It hasnarrow hulls and a lightweightinterior that is still comfortable

and has a king-sized bed.

Steve Bohlmann talked about theReynolds 33 which did 24 knotsin 14 knots of wind with Charlie atthe helm (silver medalist onTornado and very welcome at themeeting). Steve who sails theReynolds 33 and the Tomcat 9will be on the starting line for thenext Miami-Key Largo Race. AReynolds 44 (containerable) is inthe works as well as a trifoiler.

Some questions followed.

Our guests provided gifts for theraffle: Tom, Clarke and Alericeach won a subscription toMultihull magazine.Victor, Paul,Clay, Jack and Arnaud each wona T-shirt and it was a cap forJulio.

The Commodore ended themeeting at 10:32 pm.

Board Meeting February 24, 2005, 7:40 pm8 members present


There was discussion about theBoat Show meeting, which will beannual. Jon Nitkin went to theBoat Show to check with ourguests, who seem ready to comeagain next year.

Treasurer's report: $2826

Clarke Blacker needs assistanceto produce the news letter. Ourmembers will be asked to writeabout some of their own experi-ences.

41 members have paid theirdues. Gary has been asked tocontact the late members.

There was discussion about theMASF rating: a MASF boat hasto be able to sleep 3, with anelectrical system and a perma-nent motor.

It has been voted in tonight: TheJack Schuh Trophy - correctedtime winner, MASF rated boatand the skipper must be a paidMASF member

The Fred Darlow Trophy -elapsed time(first over the line),MASF rated boat.

General MeeitingMarch 2, 2005, 8:05 pm22 members and guests present


The last Rendezvous & Regattasaw big winds during the race butno rafting. The next Rendezvous& Regatta should be held on the23rd of April.

Clay Milan recommends thesouthwest of Florida as heenjoyed it during his last cruiseon Shark River - go in the winterto avoid the mosquitoes.

Walter Steinhard introduces first,Tom Mestrits who sad that multi-hull designers are not going in agood direction by aiming only atcharter or higher end customerswho both want big comfort. Thatleaves nothing available for realsailors. Next was Chuck Cantor,who says that sailing is becominga lifestyle rather than a sport.80% of the new customers will belooking for a sailing summer cot-tage. Chuck admitted that hegradually slowed his Rocketexpress by adding an engine onthe dinghy, a watermaker.

Sackville Currie agrees as well,that catamarans are too heavy.Some of the pictures he showedus had weird designs such as: fathulls, insufficient bridge clear-ance, unprotected helms and 18"x 18" portholes too close to thewaterline. Sackville thinks thatthe production catamaran thatoffers the best compromise is theOutremer.

The next Board Meeting will beheld on March 17th.

Jon Nitkin ended the meeting at10:00 pm.

General Meeting April 6, 2005, 8:05 PM28 members & guests present

Meeting called to order byCommodore Jon Nitkin followedby the introduction of membersand guests. Chuck Kanter talkedabout his last trip to CentralAmerica, where he made a sur-vey of an Outremer.The next raft-up will be held after the Miami-

Key Largo Race at Pumpkin Keyon the 23rd of April. The nextBoard Meeting will be heldTuesday the 19th of April.

Walter Steinhard introduced JackNorris who talked about the nineboats he has. It is an eclectic col-lection that he described with agood sense of humor: an Esprit30, a transparent dinghy, a 16'kayak, a Porta-Bote, a jet ski, aHobie 17, a combo cat, a hydro-plane and a sea cycle were allbought with the same passionthat we all share. Why? I don'tknow either. John Van Leer, TomMestrits, Victor Mendelsohn andJon Nitkin all told stories aboutwhat hooked them to sailing.

Board MeetingApril 19, 2005Meeting called to order byCommodore Jon Nitkin at 7:55pm.

7 members present

Four improved courses havebeen chosen for the Rendez-vous Regattas. Please check thewebsite for details.

Tom Mestrits suggested having aweekend Rendezvous & Re-gatta, starting on a Saturday andovernighting in the Upper Keys.There could be some fishing andsome scuba diving.

Four Seawinds are expected toparticipate in the Miami-KeyLargo Race.

All board members are expectedto write a short paragraph for thenewsletter to help Clarke Blacker.

Kate, the Youth Sailing Director,is joining the board and is start-ing to promote catamarans at theMYC. There was discussionabout inviting MYC members toour Rendezvous & Regattas.

The motion was voted to help byscholarship.

Treasurer’s report: the clubaccount balance is $2826, with50 currently paid members.


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masf Board Contacts:

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Commodore Jon Nitkin 305-531-3834 305-374-2896 [email protected]

Vice Commodore Clay Milan 954-922-7839 N/A [email protected]

Treasurer Tom Mestrits 305-238-0508 305-232-7065 [email protected]

Secretary Arnaud Foucart (954) 764-7203 none [email protected]

Programs Walter Steinhard 305-932-6196 305-932-1160 none

Board of Directors Clarke Blacker 561-310-7394 call first [email protected]

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