In This Issue:
Laser Great Lakes Championships
Around Alone Report- Soldini goes to the front
Red Fox Regatta- Termite Wins
New Sailing World and Cruising World CD's
Cam Lewis and Team Adventure USA
Trans Atlantic Windsurfers- Race Finished
New Sharon Green Ultimate Sailing Book
Modern University for the Humanities- Update
Sydney Harbor Regatta- Mixed USA Results
San Fransisco Big Boat Series- Class Winners
Knickerbocker Cup- Gilmour maintains top form

Laser Great Lakes Championships
    This regatta took place in Muskegon
on Muskegon Lake September 26th and 27th. Heavy,
puffy air and 1 mile course legs made for tough conditions.
    Winner of the regatta was Marty Essig who sailed
to finishes of 2-2-3-1-1 for 9 points. Christopher Cook
was 2nd with finishes of 1-1-2-2-3 for 9 points, losing
on tiebreaker. 3rd as Jeremy Crowder who sailed to 3-3-
1-7-4 finsihes and totaled 18 points.
    Complete results will be posted Wednesday afternoon
at: http://www.torresen.com/laser/glresults.htm

Around Alone Report
    Last update Soldini's bullet like
progression through the fleet was noted. 
Well, on the fleet's 5th day at sea Fila
is still a sea going bullet train. 
Soldini now has her at the top of the
table for both Class I and the fleet! 
His lead over 2nd place PRB is now 13.8
miles, and he gained 16 miles in the last
six hour time period.
    In Class II Cray Valley and skipper
J.P. Mouligne continue their 1st place showing.
1st place in Class II looks like this from
on board: "The night has been very peaceful
I have seen a few ships passing by far away
but no sign of other competitors since
spotting Gartmore yesterday morning." 
Magellan Alpha is 2nd, with Balance Bar 3rd. 
During the last 6 hour time period, Magellan
gained 22 miles while Balance Bar moved 13
miles closer to Cray Valley.
    The variation in courses had grown
today. Two boats in particular are noticeable. 
Somewhere is steering 050, or north east. 
Obviously after losing 35 miles in the last
schedule, Somewhere wants to get back in touch.
South Carolina is steering 041, and also lost
45 miles perhaps prompting this course change. 
Seems as though both are heading north to get
more wind.   Both class leaders to the north
with good wind are steering more easterly
courses which get them closer to the mark.
    Weather wise, the northern position is
still expected to pay.  A high pressure system is
expected to move out from Cape Cod and end up
around 30 degrees north.  This makes it look
like boats on the north side of the fleet
will continue to sail extra distance, but at
much greater speed (at last report Fila was
making 11 knots). Meanwhile on the south side,
Modern University for the Humanities continues
to sail closer to the rhumb line but in much
less wind (at last report 0.9 knots).
    Tactically Neal Petersen on No Barriers
summed it up: "I should of stayed about forty
miles more north." That in essence is the lesson
learned in the first 4 days.
We will see what the next big moves are.
    For continued updates please head to:
http://www.torresen.com/aroundalone/aanewshtm.htm
then just click on the link for that days news.

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Charlevoix Yacht Club Red Fox Regatta
By John Schumacher
    Lake Charlvoix brought light winds
to the Friday night Crawford Trucking Triangles. 
The regatta is a warm-up for the annual Labor Day
Red Fox Regatta.  Forty-eight boats competed in
six classes ranging from the 1969 Cal 20 to
state-of-the-art One Design Thirty-fives.
    Sailed in the western end of Lake
Charlevoix, rewards for concentration were
less numerous than the rewards of good
fortune. 

Friday's results; top three finishers in each class:

Booma           Carles Gosling
MI-Joy          Mark Pirie
China Red       Kevin Maki

Bandit          Gar Atchinson
Original Sin    Mike Miller
Blasen          Karl Juries

Pig Dirty       Don Thwing
Swine Flew      David Strawbridge
Hussy           Mark Snyder

Code Red        Geoffery Harris
Babe            Richard Lepman
Farrago         Gary Gadreau

Hoo-aah         Bill Kenifeck
Under Shot      Edward Russel
Gotcha!         Mike Dow

Surprise        David Irish
Major Woody     Stoudt/Schumacher
Risky Business  Doug Wipperman

         Saturday's wind was typical Red Fox. 
An eight knot southwesterly filled in during
the 88 boats in ten classes took starters
orders. The next leg was dead-down into the
north end.  From there the race takes off down
the lake to Hemingway Point. This begins a
windward/leeward loop in the middle of the
lake.  From Hemingway Point the boats head
downwind for Horton Bay, then back up to
weather to the "H" mark.  From there it's
back to Horton Bay to begin the sprint to the
east end of the lake.  The breeze had been
building all day.  Gusty conditions lead to
plenty of sail trimming as the drag race
ensued from Horton Bay to the industrial
plant near Boyne City.
        On shore, the shenanigans began
with a trailer full of beer and the
Mount Gay portable bar.
    The next morning was bright and sunny
with a light breeze out of the west. 
    Typical Sunday sailing began with a
thirteen mile beat to the west end of the
lake.  The breeze went from light at the
start to strong through the mid-point,
and light and flukey at the end.  As boats
beat up the lake the fleet splint to each
side avoiding the middle. This made
converging at the windward mark interesting
if some of your competition sailed on the
opposite side of the lake from yourself. 
The last three legs were a run, a fetch,
and a beat respectively. With more than
eighty boats on the course avoiding traffic
at mark roundings was a must.
    After putting the boats away the
crews set off to the Charlevoix Yacht Club
for refreshments and results.  The top
three boats in each class are listed below
along with their fleet finish.

Boat            Owner/skipper           Fleet score
China Red       Kevin Maki              14
Kodiak          Dan Spyhalski           22
Apothecary      Frank Ochs              43

Booma           Carles Gosling          17
Pygmalian       Ted Hatch               39
MI-Joy          Mark Pirie              48

Termite         Jamie Schwartz          1
Tireless        Mike Carland            6
Caberet         Jim Mielke              26

Pig Dirty       Don Thwing              2
Moisture Missle Tom Barnes              4
Swine Flew      David Strawbridge       11

Code Red        Geoffery Harris         13
Silver Streak   Bill Craig              38
Babe            Richard Lepman          53

Relentless      Mark Hagen              12
Under Shot      Edward Russel           29
Farrago         Gary Gadreau            46

Risky Business  Doug Whipperman         9
Gotcha!         Mike Dow                31
Hoo-aah         Bill Kenifeck           40

Cagey           Karen Gottwald          3
Heartbreaker    Robert Hughes           5
Bat out a hell  Mike Fisher             35

Surprise        David Irish             7
White Knuckles  Matt Hare               10
Kokomo          Wes Schulz              8

Multihulls

Strublized      Matt Strubble
Nacra 6.0       Robert Gaidos
Kaizan          Tim Hilk

Cam Lewis and Team Adventure/USA
    Tommorrow in San Fransisco CA, American
Yachtsman and adventurer Cam Lewis will announce
plans for the entry in The Race- Team Adventure/USA.
    Lewis is a world class sailor and
adventurer who won the 1993 Rolex Yachtsman of
the Year award. Lewis views his The Race venture
this way: "I'm working with the top boat designers
to create a catamaran that will carry me and
Team Adventure/USA to victory in the new millennium.
As the only representative of my country,
I hope to engage my fellow Americans in the
sporting event of the century."
    The Race is to be a no limits, non stop,
no assistance around the world race. It is expected
that the big boats built for this race will
circumnavigate in 65 days.
    Lewis and Team Adventure/USA plan to
build a catamaran for The Race. The boat will
be 125 feet in length, have a beam of 50 feet
and a 165 foot high mast. Prediction about
this boat say that she will cross the Atlantic
in 6 days and top out at 50 miles per hour of
boat speed.
    At this event Lewis will introduce the
members of the Founder's Group. These are
business leaders, yachtsmen, and adventuers who
are providing financial back to Team Adventure/USA.
    Sponors of Team Adventure/USA are:
Team Mclube, Phase One and Yale Cordage as
official suppliers and Corporate Sponsors
Schwartz Communications, Peabody and Arnold LLP,
and Concentra Corportation.
    Should you wish to attend, the event
is at 1300 at St. Francis yacht Club in
San Fransisco CA.
    For more on Cam and Team Adventure please visit:
http://www.adventurelearning.com

Trans Atlantic Windsurfing Race Finishes
    Monday September 21st saw the finish
of this race in Weymouth England. The 4 teams
began the race in Newfoundland on September 14th.
    Robert Territehau of the Liberty Team was
the first to cross the finish line. Second was the
Greek team, 3rd was the European team and 4th was
the American team.
    Race director Louie Hubbard has this to say:
"Its been a hard week but above all its been a
wonderful adventure that I hope will go down in
windsurfing history."
    For more information please see:
http://www.tawr98.com/html/news.html

Torresen Sailing Site Offers New Sharon Green Book
    Just in is the new Sharon Green Ultimate
Sailing Book. This is a 12" by 11" hard cover
book with the great action sailing photos of
Sharon Green. It is priced at $ 39.95. We
have them in stock and can ship upon
receipt of the order. To take a look at the
Ultimate Sailing book please visit:
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    Also, in stock is the 1999 Ultimate
Sailing Calendar. This calendar also features
full color action sailing photography. This
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and handling. To see the Ultimate Sailing
Calendar please go to:
http://www.torresen.com/ultical.htm
    Both of these products make good
looking gifts for the sailing inclined.

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Modern University for the Humanites
    For those of you curious of how the
Torresen Sailing Site sponsored Modern
University for the Humanities is doing,
here is the latest update.
    MUH skipper Fedor Konioukhov has
chosen a southern routing option.
As the Leg 1 finish in Cape Town lies to the
south east this a shorter route.
    So far, this option has not produced
either wind or much speed. Fedor currently
brings up the rear of the fleet. He is
6429 miles from the finish. However, the
good news is that the most recent 6 hour
postion report he had gained back
18.1 miles on the leaders.
    If you have a world map go to
29 degrees 36 minutes of north latitude
and 73 degrees 7 minuted west longitude
and that is where MUH is.
    Torresen Sailing Site will provide
daily reports on Around Alone and MUH.
To read these reports go to our Around
Alone News page at:
http://www.torresen.com/aroundalone/aanewshtm.htm
and then click on the link for the days
Around Alone news

Sydney Harbor Regatta
    This regatta served as a dress
rehearsal for the sailing facilities of
the Sydney 2000 games.
    In the 470 men's class the USA's
Paul Forrester and Johnahtan Farrar finished
7th. They scored a victory in race 10.
    Whitney Connor and Eliazabeth Kratzig
scored a strong 5th in the women's 470 fleet.
They won race 2. Courtney Dey and Alice Menard
were 11th in this fleet. They scored a race
8 victory.
    The USA had a strong showing in the
49er skiff fleet. In 2nd were Morgan Larson
and Kevin Hall. 3rd were Johnathan
and Charlie Mckee.
    In the Europe singlehanded dinghy class,
Hannah Swett placed 13th, and Danielle
Brennan 24th.
    In the Finn singlehanded class the
USA's Darrel Peck had a 14th place finish,
with fellow American Andrew Kern right
behind him in 15th.
    The USA had another good showing
in the Laser class. John Mydral sailed
to a 5th place finish. John Torgerson
the USA's other Laser rep was 26th.
    In the Mistal Men's sailboard
fleet the USA's finishes were:
15th for Mike Gebhardt, 17th for Randy Somnitz.
    The Mistral women's fleet saw
the USA finish 6th (Lanee Butler)
and 15th (Cara Reid).
    The Tornado is olympic sailings
multi hull division. Here the USA got a
10th from Richard Fenny and Brian Doyle and
a 14th from John Lovell and Charlie Ogeltree.
    In the Soling keel boat fleet
the USA finished the fleet racing portion
in 6th (Tony Rey/Tom Burnham/Dean Brenner).
In the first portion of the Soling match
racing competion the USA Soling won 4 and
lost 1. They then beat the Australian
team skippered by Matt Hayes. The
semi finals saw them up against the
German team skippered by Olympic
gold meadalist Jochen Schuemann. The
Germans won 3-0. The USA finished by
losing to the New Zealand's team helmed
by Rod Davis. The score of this was
also 3 race to 0.
    Really, the USA had only 2 top
3 performances, both in the 49er fleet.
It seems as though US Sailing still has
some developing to do if they want a
strong team in Sydney.
    For complete coverage head over to:
http://www.sydney.olympic.org/sailing98/sailing.fs

Knickerbocker Cup- Match Racing
    Peter Gilmour, the current Match
Racing world champion won this event
defeating Great Britain's Chris Law in
the final. Gilmour took the finals winning
3 races to Law's 1.
    The decisive factor in the final
was a combination of Gilmour's slightly
superior starts and his teams better
downwind boat handling.
    The overall final standings
(with money won) follow:
1. Peter Gilmour (AUS) $24,000
2. Chris Law (GBR) 14,000
3. Bertrand Pace (FRA) 9,600
4. Ed Baird (USA) 8,400
5. Tomislav Basic (CRO) 7,200
6. Francesco De Angelis (ITA) 6,400
7. David Dellenbaugh (USA) 5,600
8. Luc Pillot (FRA) 4,800

For more information please visit:
http://cignacup.com/results/default.html

St. Francis Yacht Club Big Boat Series
    This series took place on San
Fransisco Bay from September 23rd to
September 27th. Condtions were atypical
for the bay, with some light and shifty
conditions. Class winners were as follows:
Express 37- Eclipse
IMS 3- Flash Gordon 3 Farr 49
J/105 Thrasher
OD48- Numbers
RICHARDR Samba Pa Ti
STFYC A Misteress
STFYC B Savoir Faire
Maxi/Sport Boat Javelin
Keefe: Swiftsure II
Santa Cruz 52 Mardi Gras
ULDB 70 Taxi Dancer
    For complete results see:
http://www.stfyc.com/98race/sep/bigboatseries/results/big_boat_series.htm

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