September

September/October 2000

On the cover: Taken at the WindRider/Rave National Championships in Fort Walton Beach, Florida by MM Publisher Charles Chiodi.

Contents:

News:
• The Catamaran Company Marches West
• Coast Guard Honors Boat/U.S. Skipper
• Availability of Simpson Designs
• Boat/U.S. Launches Recall Alert Service
• Catamaran Parts Online

Featured Products:
• Spectra Watermakers’ Santa Cruz
• Interlux Veridian for Outdrives
• Taylor Made Marine Port Lights
• Arne Jonsson Boatbuilders’ Saildrive 280
• Clamcleat’s CL262 Power Grip 2
• Pains Wessex SOS Precision 406 EPIRB
• Wave International’s Wavestream Filter
• Bainbridge International’s 17-4 Cast Ring

A Sea Scout Built Power Trimaran
by Thomas ‘Ohm’ Weaver
After five winters of Sea Scouts building an 18-foot Farrier sailboat, it was finally transformed into a 20-foot power boat – great for cruising on the Great Lakes and for salmon fishing.

Corinne’s Culinary Corner: Wake Up with a Smart Breakfast
by Corinne Kanter
• Oatmeal Crunch Cereal
• Buckwheat Groats
• Banana Cheese Toast
• Omelets
• Omelet Filling
• Pancakes

Letters:
• Patterson Perusing by Andy Mitchell
• Cat Clue by Greg Huwe
• Aqua Accusation by Chuck Smith
• Trial Tri by Leighton Lee III

Cruising:
Flo’s Atlantic Passage
by Gregor Tarjan
An 8-day delivery finds the 43-foot Outremer traveling from Key Biscayne, Florida to Long Island, New York.

Ghosts of Atlantis
by Jack Frankenthal
This is a story of the time Jack sailed his 36-foot Crowther-designed Witness from Charlotte Harbor, FL to the Bahama Islands and thought he was going out of his mind.

Designs:
KKG’s Victorinox
by Claus-Christian Plaass
When Swiss sailor Daniel Monnier and Victorinox (maker of the Swiss Army knife) needed a 50’ cruising/racing catamaran, they turned to designer Dr. Martin Mai of Katamaran Konstruktions GmbH.

Convertible Gemini 105Mc
Performance Cruising does it again with its new 2001 remolded Gemini 105Mc. This model boasts many new features, including: a larger galley, more storage space, new dinette, larger and enclosed pilothouse, taller mast, aft hammock, and much more.

Monashee II
The dreams of Ian and Valerie Munro come true when Simonis-Voogd Designs, Brent Gray Projects, and KSV Yacht Engineering get involved in building this 54-foot cat.

RACING:
Formula 18 Worlds
by Francois Richard
There were 140 entries, but the Dutch team of Mitch Booth and Herbert Derksen pull off a win in Erquy, near the St. Malo coast of France.

Round the Bay
by Mike Fahle
Breaking tradition, the 24-mile race started and finished in Maumee Bay at the western end of Lake Erie. There was a participation record turn-out of 37 beach- cats – Hobie 16s,18s & Inter 20s.

The 47th Annual Mug Race
by Bob Awtrey
Hosted by the Rudder Club of Jacksonville, Florida, this race runs from Palatka up the Saint Johns River to Orange Park. This year, 62 multihulls entered to add to the 127 monohulls.

Lock Crowther Memorial Regatta
by John Partridge
Held at the Royal Motor Yacht Club at Pittwater in Sydney Australia, during the 2000 Summer Olympics, the race had 26 eager entries ranging from 28' to 50'.

Round the Island Race
by Doug Harkrider
With over 70 entries, this long-distance race goes from Destin, Florida, down to Pensacola, and then back to Destin via the ICW.

Bedazzled
by Ann Bowden
The story of the crew of the 50-foot Dazcat catamaran Dazzler during the special 75th Anniversary Round Britain Race.

Tornado Gold: A Review of the 2000 Sydney Olympics
by Francois Richard
Out of the 16 Olympic Tornado fleet entrants, the Austrian team of Roman Hagara and Hans-Peter Steinacher emerged victorious, coming home with the Gold. Hot in persuit were Darren Bun-dock and John Forbes winning Silver for Australia, and Roland Gaebler and Rene Schwall taking Bronze for Germany.

Performance Race Week
Held off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, this race had a strong showing of beach -cats with nearly 80 entered. This event was sponsored by Performance Cata-marans, maker of all participating multi-hulls including Inter, Nacra and Prindle.

The RACE Updates
Without much time left before The RACE participants scramble to get their boats fixed, fine-tuned, and qualified.
• An Italian Joins the Club Med Crew
• Playstation Gets Her Hulls Extended
• Code One Is Launched and Gets a New Co-Skipper
• Tony Bullimore and Enza Sign with Legato
• Team Philips’ Masts Ready for Re-stepping and the Mike Calvin Issue gets Cleared Up
• Marseilles Named as Final Destination

The Case of the Broken Chainplate
by Richard Block
A story about the Transatlantic crossing of Polpharma Warta during its qualifying run for The RACE. Surprisingly, they still made it in time after breaking their chainplate and sailing under jury rig.

Polpharma Warta – An Old War Horse Resurrected
by Torbjörn Linderson
During his visit with the Polish RACE team, Torbjörn finds there is a lot to do in preparartion for La Course du Millénaire, starting on December 31st.

Rave National Championship
by Charles K. Chiodi
With 19 Raves and 15 WindRiders entered, this event proved that the “Wilderness family” can get along.

Fine-Tune Your Rave
by Mike McGarry
This article has some details about how to get the maximum performance out of the Wind-Rider Rave by using a couple of new systems which have been added as standard features on all new models.

31st Annapolis Boat Show
Report by Charles K. Chiodi
Once again, Charles finds himself amid the excitement of the Annapolis Boat Show, where he saw some old favorites and some new prospects.

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