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In This Issue:
J 24 Great Racing Regatta
J 24 District 15 Super Regatta Results
Around Alone Report (1200 update)
Mack Boring Donates Engine
Atlantic Crossing Record Attempt to be made

J/24 Great Racing Regatta
    This event was sailed October 10th
and 11th on Lake Geneva. Host club was
the Lake Geneva Yacht Club. A total of
3 races were completed, 1 on Saturday and
2 on Sunday.
    Conditions on Saturday were described
this way: "winds S/SW/W/NW/N often at the
same time, speed 0-4 knots." Sunday's
conditions improved with moderate SE/S
winds and only 40 degree shifts.
    The 3 podium positions were all
taken by boats from Wayzata Minnesota.
First was David Breitner's Voodoo Lounge.
This winning yacht posted scores of: 1-2-7.
2nd were David Ferguson and Mark Bowers
in High Heels, scoring 11 points on
finishes of 9-1-1. 3rd was Chad Olness
and Tom Murphy's Zoom. They had finished
of 3-3-9.
    For complete results please see:
http://www.torresen.com/races/j24/1998_lakegeneva.htm

Ramscallion wins Super Regatta-
    The J 24 District 15 Super Regatta
includes 4 regattas taking place from May to
October. The regattas are: The Muskegon Great
Lakes Spring Regatta, the Verve Cup/District 15
Championships, The Ugotta Regatta in Wayzata MN,
and the Lake Geneva Great Racing Regatta.
    The winner after these months of racing
is Ramscallion owned by Steve and Tracy Wells.
Second was Slurred Not Spoken owned by Ken Gray
and skippered by Laurie Poppen. 3rd was Zoom
owned by Chad and Sue Olness.
    Results are as follows () indicates throwout
Boat             MKG Verve Ugotta Geneva Pts
Ramscallion 2            2          5          (14)      9
Slurred           6            1          (8)          4       11
Zoom           (DNC)      4          4             3      11

Around Alone Report for October 14th
updated @ 1100 eastern
    One change that was expected, Somewhere
losing ground in Class I has not occurred.
Another change that was not necessarially
expected, PRB moving into second in
Class I has occurred.
    Somewhere has retained the Class I
lead and lengthened it to 61 miles. PRB
is in 2nd 61 miles back. Group 4 ends
up in 3rd 70 miles out of 1st.
    Group 4's drop to 3rd place is a
symptom of some difficult doldrums sailing.
For one, Group 4 is without mast head wind
instruments which make the light air sailing
tough. This has meant an extra degree of
effort for Mike Golding. He describes it
this way: "It's a bit of a spiral, you try
to stay awake to keep the boat going,
get tired, and end up sleeping through
the boat slowing down." Another look at
this difficult sailing is provided by
Isabelle Autissier on PRB :"Yesterday was
really difficult, alternating between squalls,
calms, maneuvers, and hours and hours spent
in the sun at the helm."
    Cray Valley continues to pace
Class II. J.P. Mouligne has Cray Valley
positioned to the west. Likely he hopes the
westing will help him clear Brazil in one tack.
The 2nd place boat is Magellan Alpha. Magellan
Alpha has regained her 2nd place position in
the last 6 hours, moving from 9 miles back
of Balance Bar to 4 miles in front for a total
of 13 miles in 6 hours.
    The next group in Class II is led by
South Carolina which is 394 miles behind 3rd
place Magellan. Next is Neal Petersen
and www.no-barriers.com . Neal reports that:
"It is blowing about 22 knots apparent and
we are bouncing over some fairly large swell.
It is like riding a bucking bull.",
and that he is under main and staysail.
    Weather wise, the leaders are sailing
into tradwinds of 12 to 18 knots. Most of
the rest of the fleet should experience good
pressure as they sail south, until they
too have to deal with the Doldrums, which are
ranging as high as 10 degrees north.
    To read complete and daily Around
Alone reports please visit:
http://www.torresen.com/aroundalone/aanewshtm.htm

Mack Boring helps Historic Shipbuilding Project
    Mack Boring and Parts Co. recently donated
a 27 HP Yanmar diesel engine to the Essex
Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum
in Essex MA. The engine will power an historic
replica of a 32 foot Chebacco boat now being built.
    The boat, to be named Lewis H. Story, will
be a working vessel. It will serve as a travelling
educational tool for the museum.
    Although traditionally sail powered this
modern day Chebacco boat will have the Mack Boring
donated Yanmar 3GM30 for added safety and
maneuverability.

Mari-Cha III shoots for outright Atlantic Record
    As of midnite GMT October 15th this 145 foot
monohull will begin her record attempt, if a
beneficial low pressure system materializes. The
Phillipe Briand designed ketch with a 159 foot high
mainmast will shoot for several records.
    One is the outright record for a west to
east atlantic crossing of 6 days 13 hours 3 minutes
and 32 seconds held by the Ollier designed catamaran
Jet Services V. Jet Services set this record in
1990. If Mari-Cha III falls short of that she can
still attain one of the monohull record's. The
monohull record for yachts with powered sailing
systems (electric winches etc.) set by Phocea in
July 1988. Phocea's time was: 8 days 3 hours
29 minutes. The final record Mari-Cha II can
gain is the monohull record. This was set by
Nicorette in April 1997 in a time of: 11 days
13 hours 22 minutes and 5 seconds. In addition
there is Christophe Augin's unratified time of
9 days 22 hours 59 minutes 30 seconds set this
spring on his Open 60 Geodis.
    Skipper will be Frenchman Lionel Pean.
The yacht will receive weather routing assistance
from Pierre Lasnier of France. Lansier assisted
the catamaran Explorer in her recent
Yakahoma-San Francisco record setting voyage.
To keep up with Maria Cha's progress please visit:
http://www.winning-edge.org/MAINFRAME.htm