In this Issue:
Governors Cup Results
49er East Coast Championships
Soling Worlds Conclude
Around Alone News
1998 Transatlantic Windsurfing Race
Admirals Cup- All Sailors Welcome

1998 Governor's Cup
    This annual regatta was sailed
Saturday and Sunday in above average
weather. Muskegon Yacht Club had the
racing fleet sail 5 races using PHRF
to score the results. The jib and
main fleet sailed 2 race and also were
scored with PHRF.
    Section winners were as follows:
PHRF 1 Lunatic Fringe Nelson Marek 36
PHRF 2 Aftershock J/35
PHRF 3 Carmaba Andrews 27
PHRF 4 Addicted J/24
s2 9.1 Stimulator
Jib and Main 1 Rumors Islander 40
Jib and Main 2 Whatchamacolit Pearson 32
Jib and Main 3 Moxie Sabre 34
For complete results see:
http://www.torresen.com/races/1998_governors.htm


49er East Coast Championships
    The Plexus 49er East Coast
Championships were sailed September 5th
and 6th in Middletown RI. 10 races were
completed with 2 drop races allowed.
    Spring Lake's Chad Hough and
David Fox sailed their best series of
the summer season ending up 4th, with
a total of 42 points. This calculates
to an average finish of 5th.
    Winning the regatta were Tyler Moore
and Scott Ikle with 8 points.
    The next regatta for Hough and
Fox will be the Pre Olympic Trial Regatta in
St. Petersburg FLA. This will be at the
same venue as the Olympic Selection trials
which will take place in 1999.
    Certainaly this latest result gives
hope that Chad and David can be the winner
of the Trials. To give them a boost you may
send your tax deductable contribution to:
SLJA (Spring Lake Junior Sailing Association)
P.O. Box 965
Grand Haven MI 49417


Soling Worlds- Close Regatta Concludes
    Saturday at 1652 the last race of the
Soling World Championship regatta became
official. At this point, Shaiduko/Komarov/Volchkov
from Russia clinched the Soling world title. They
racked up the following finishes: 13-(24)-8-16
-1-10-2-11-15. Only 2 top 10 finishes in 9 races,
and they still won the regatta. This attests to
the tremendously competive fleet.
    Finishing in 2nd were the Ukranian team
of Pichugin/Korotkov/Timokhov. They were only 2
points out of 1st. 3rd were Cian/Fornelli/Colaninno
of Italy. They were a further 5 points back.
4th was where the top United Stats boat finished.
Sailing USA 838 were Harry Melges III/Hans Melges
and Brian Porter. They accumulated 122.7 points,
putting them 10 out of 1st. Although this team
had 4 top 10 finishes, they also had to keep
some deeper finishes such as a 21 in their
final score line.
    For complete results see:
http://www.milwaukeeyc.com/soling/raceresults.htm


Around Alone News- Damaged Boats
    Thursday nite, threatening weather
hit Charleston and the assembled Around Alone
fleet. The weather was courtesy of Hurricane
Earl.
    During the storm Around Alone competitor
Neil Hunter's Paladin II was dismasted. What
bad luck to have sailed her on her own bottom
from Australia and then to lose the mast in a
freak dockside accident.
    Neil is making progress on finding a
new mast and hopes to be ready for the September
26th start. If you know of a mast that would fit a
Farr 40 please call the Arond Alone Office at
843 853 1500. If you wish to send a donation
you can mail them to the following address:
Neil Hunter C/O Around Alone
478 East Bay Charleston SC 29403.
    Meanwhile, the damage report is in.
Mike Golding's Class I entry Group 4 was
damaged when it was blown off its cradle
August 31st.
    The main aspect of the damage is a
5 foot by 5 foot hole near the stern. This
is more cosmetic than structural damage.
    Also, damaged were a deck spreader
and a rudder. The goal for Group is to be
back in the water and sailing on Sunday
September 20th, 6 days before the start of
Around Alone.
    Russian entrant Modern University for
the Humanities has arrived in Charleston.
Fedor Konioukhov had a tough trans atlantic
voyage as he had an encounter with Hurricane
Danielle. In particular his engine swallowed
some salt water and is not well. Repairs
have begun and Modern University for the
Humanities is expected to be on the line
September 26th. For a first person report from
Fedor please see:
http://www.torresen.com/aroundalone/090998_fedor.asp
    Finally Josh Hall's Gartmore Investment
Managers is still en route to Charleston. Her
current location is 680 miles from Charleston.
Hall fully expects to be in port by Friday.
    For further Around Alone information surf to:
http://www.torresen.com/aroundalone/around_alone_index_page.asp



1998 Transatlantic Windsurfing Race
    Saturday September 12th will see
the start of the first ever Trans Atlantic
Windsurfing Race. The 4 teams of 4 sailors
each will sail from St. John's Newfoundland
Canada, to Brighton England. It is expected
they will cover the 2900 mile distance in
11 days.
    There are to be 4 teams of 4 sailors
each. The teams are: USA, Liberty Team, France
and Greece.
    For more info please visit:
http://www.tawr98.com


Admirals Cup
    The Royal Ocean Racing Club, organizer
of this every other year event, has lifted
restriction on the amount of professionals
that can sail.
    This retains the status of the regatta
as a fully open event at which any sailor in
the world can compete.
    For details please see:
http://www.rorc.org

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