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Report by Andy Burdick
Chris Jewett Wins E Inland Championship For more information on our E Scow Program, contact our E Scow Experts! To order our fast E Scow sails, click here.
Report by Sam Rogers E-SCOW EASTERNS – BIG BREEZE, BIG WAVES and TONS OF FUN! 29 E-Scow teams made their way to Lake Chatauqua, N.Y. to compete in the 2005 ECESA Eastern Championships. The fleet saw two days of ideal racing conditions with breeze in the 15-20 mph range allowing for five solid races. Erik Johnson (LE-18), with his two sons Clay and Reid held off a strong push from Vincent Porter (1-49) in the last race to claim this years Championship. Chautauqua Yacht Club and the Race Committee ran a top notch event with great racing and fun social gatherings. Photos and results can be found on www.e-scow.org. Top 5 Finishers:
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Report by Andy Burdick 32 E scows raced in this years Lake Geneva Spring Championship. 5 races in winds ranging from 10-20. Excellent E scow racing!! The new E mains with the top full batten look very nice and many people noted this. North Sails are still the best sails for your E scow. Very user friendly and very fast upwind and downwind. Proof is in the numbers. Here is a look inside the numbers. Inside the numbers: Peter Friend raved about the North Medium/Heavy jib. He purchased a new jib for this season and used it on the last day of the regatta where he dominated the fleet with a 1,2. This was the first time he had every used a Medium/Heavy design and he could not believe how much better it was. Obviously, to go fast in the breeze you need this shape in your inventory! For more information on our E Scow Program, contact our E Scow Experts! To order the faster E Scow sails, click here.
Crayton - This year we had an early Easter, which always makes us nervous. A lot of fronts seem to blow through in March, and depending on the days of the regatta relative to the fronts, we have the chance for a lot of different race conditions. Despite the limited number of races this year (three versus our usual six), we were lucky to get them in. Light breezes of 8 to 10 kts out of the southeast for only about two hours were all we got on Friday. Saturday saw a better 10 to 12 kts steady breeze out of the east for a few hours before it died. It was all tied to the front which absolutely drenched us with 5 inches of rain on Easter. The current was a strong ebb tide for both days which always gives the lakes guys a tough time. We were always trying to be towards the pin end area to get the current on our lee bow at the start, which helped later with some nice left shifts up the course. You have always been a big part of Charleston Sailing. You have seen all the classes over the years. The Carolina Yacht Club has three strong classes now with the E Scow, MC Scow and Melges 24. Tell us about scow growth at your club and in the area. Charleston Harbor seems to be a perfect fit for Scow sailing. Crayton - It really is. E Scows have always been big in this area. I can remember Barry Lux and a group of guys from Columbia and some from Savannah always brought them to Charleston for the summer regattas years ago(25). We thought they were massive. One day, about twelve years ago, Ross Griffith and some guys bought one and talked us into buying one. That was three boats ago. There are now close to twenty in Charleston with some new boats in the fleet. Tommy Harken really took the reins for the MC class and built it to be a significant part of Charleston and southeast sailing. Of course, the Melges 24 class here is strong with some great leadership. They have hosted the nationals and a lot of district regattas. We know over the years you have done some pretty exicting things in the world of big boats including 12 Meters. Tell us a little more about some of those expierences. Crayton - I have been truly lucky. My job has given me enough time to do some great programs. I started sailing with Edgar Cato about twelve years ago on his first "Hissar", a Swan 70, in Sardinia at the World Cup. We sailed that for a couple of years doing Swan events and races like the Marblehead/Halifax. After that, the Farr 40 was ramping up and we sailed that "Hissar" for a few years, doing all the major regattas. Mike Toppa was kind enough to take me on another boat, Irvin Laidlaw's "Highland Fling", where we sailed the Swan 60 and eventually the Farr 60 in a lot of European and Caribbean events including the World Cup and the Maxi Worlds a few times. Edgar has always enjoyed warm weather racing, so it seems we are always doing the Caribbean circuit in the spring on one of his boats or a charter. Edgar also took the 12 meter, KZ5, one of the fiberglass 12's of Michael Fays for the late 80's Americas Cup, and put it back together a few years ago to sail in The Americas Cup Jubilee in Cowes in 2001. They also had a circuit all through Europe after the Jubilee. That was a great time. We still campaign KZ5 in Newport, Edgartown, and Nantucket. Edgar has now acquired another "Hissar", a Farr 60. We will do the NYYC regatta, Block Island, and Halifax this year prior to the 12 regattas later in the summer preparing for the 12 meter worlds in September. I still have to mention the Worell 1000 when I was 19. Never been on a Hobie since. You are a harbor pilot for one of the largest and most interesting ports in the U.S. . For those who have not been to Charleston they may not understand but can you give us some insight to the things you have learned about Charleston Harbor and how it has helped your sailing. For those of us from non-current situations we need all the help we can get. The Easter Regatta as we know always falls on the first full moon after the spring equinox. How does that effect the current. Crayton - After piloting about six thousand ships in and out of Charleston, I still have moments where I scratch my head about the current. We have a usual range of tide about 5.5 feet. During the spring equinox, we will see ranges of up to 7 feet. That is a lot of water in and out every six hours. Some of our currents run as much as 3 1/2 knots. I am always looking over at the racing area trying to see what the current is doing on any given time of the tide. In Charleston, you have two rivers, The Ashley and the Cooper, converging at the battery (some say to form the rest of the world), where they meet and develop tide rips which move across various parts of the harbor during different stages of the tide. Being out there every day certainly is an advantage, but the old Pros like Lenny Krawcheck are still the wise men about the harbor. We know you just switched to some new North Sails for your E Scow. What can you tell us about that expierence? Crayton - I have always used North in the past. My new (to me) boat came with a new set of other sails. Last summer I was disappointed in my speed. I sent the boat to Melges this winter and ordered a new Jib for the Easter regatta. I felt like the boat was a new show in town. I used the med/hvy jib the entire weekend. We were fast off the line and able to keep our speeds in all wind pressures. Our gauge, of course, was Augie Barkow. After Saturday, I felt we were as fast and sometimes lifting off him with speed in the same breeze. (Of course, he told me how to trim) My chutes were always North, and even with two year old sails, we were moving nicely. Those boats I lost downwind had nothing to do with the horrible jibe and my inability to sit still on the low side. The best part of all this racing has been the people that Edgar and Mike have put together to form some incredible teams. I have been able to sail with some of the most talented sailors in the world as well as develop some very close friendships that will last long after the last race on Sunday afternoon Again, from everyone at North Sails One Design and Melges Performance Sailboats we congratulate you on the outstanding performance at the 2005 Charleston Easter Regatta. The last race win was a great race victory. Photo: Crayton enjoying a day on Charleston Harbor with Fort Sumter in the background. That is where the war of Northern aggression started.
DAY 1
48 Scows are sailing this year’s event here in Charleston, South Carolina. If you have not experienced Charleston much less at Easter time and during spring break it is something else. The Carolina Yacht Club and the town itself have rolled out the red carpet for everyone at this early spring event. Full moon tides and some rain were the order of the day today. Harvey McCormick and his race management team did manage to get one good race in before the winds went away and races were called off for the day at 2pm. The race today was held in a light southeast wind with a heavy ebb tide rolling out to the east towards Ft. Sumter and the Atlantic. This made for a very fast beat and pretty long runs. Lots of tough mark roundings and some 360s and 720s on the course. Good sportsmanship prevailed though on both courses and we all made it back to the Carolina Yacht Club with no work for the protest committees. Like Ed Durant and I always say with a laugh, “nobody got hurt” The E Scows started about 7 minutes in front of the MC Scows and they sailed a 2&1/2 while the MC Scows sailed a 1&1/2. In the MC class we saw a clean start with Jeff Annis jumping the crowd and being the only boat on the line. The current had everyone on edge as it was easy to be over with the current pushing sailors to windward. By the time we made it up to the weather mark there were 6 or 7 boats that rounded in a very tight pack. The trick downwind was to stay to the right and get out of the current. Jamie Kimball , Lenny Krawacheck , Dr. Charlie Usher , Jeff Annis and EHood led the group down the first 2/3rds. Then Annis and Hood gybed out for what appeared to be better wind . What it turned out to be was current making the water look like there was more wind. This opened the door for our “New Guy” Andrew Swan, George Scarborough and Ed Durant to move ahead. Going up the last beat everyone just stayed left and middle left making sure not to hit the starboard layline which would certainly be disaster with the current pushing from behind and on your leeward quarter when sailing on starboard. The fast boats and there were about 10 with really quick speed in the light air, flat water were setup at 28’3” and pretty loose sidestays. The looser sidestays allows the mast to stay straight upwind giving you more power in the main. It also allows you to let you main out further downwind. Here are the results in order of finish. Here are the E Scow results. DAY 2 Everyone is packing up early this afternoon and getting ready for the famous party at 17 E. Battery at Sonny Mevers pink mansion. I think half the people that come to this event come just for Sonny’s party. Harvey McCormick and his large team of race committee volunteers really did a great job with starting lines and course direction settings in the big full moon tidal currents we had this weekend. Lessons learned for both fleets in heavy current racing are good starts. In fact the start is everything to do well at this event. Lots of timed runs at the line were required to get your timing down. Two new champions will be crowned later this evening at Sonny Mevers. There was a real good shootout in the MC Class and a new 1st time champion in the E Scow Class here at Charleston this weekend. Lenny Krawcheck a sailing legend for many years in Lightnings and Y-Flyers and now the MC Class battled it out with College of Charleston and scow Ace Jamie Kimball. Lenny won the battle in the end. It was great to see Lenny win against this very tough group. Well earned for sure with some great downwind moves to make it all happen. Pat Hughes sailing his M-21 along with Sam Rogers and Rick Kotovic won the day day today with two bullets to take overall E Scow honors. Pat and his team are sailing one of the class approved experimental sprit boats. Listed below are the complete scores for both groups.
Many thanks to the Carolina Yacht Club, Crayton Walters, Tommy Harken, Harvey McCormick and the many, many volunteers we had for this event.
North Sails, one more time, on top of the latest news for your E Scow. After many hours sail testing our newest E main this summer, we are proud to announce our new improved AP mainsail. Here are the reasons you should consider ordering your new E Scow mainsail now:
PLUS, GET 10% DISCOUNT IF YOUR ORDER IS RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 1st, 2004!!! For more information on our E Scow Program, contact our E Scow Experts! To order the faster E Scow sails, click here. If you haven't received in the mail yet the postcard announcing our new E Mains, don't worry.. Download a PDF version of it here!
Brian Porter - Powered by North Sails dominates E Scow National Championship
North Sails have kept their winning ways in the National E scow fleet. The dominance in this fleet can only be explained by the fact that the representatives at Melges make sure that the E scow sails designed and produced are easy to sail and fast upwind and downwind. The new sails proved this not only with the winner of the championship but throughout the entire 56 boat fleet. For more information on our E Scow Program, contact our E Scow Experts!
Leader of the Pack - North Sails ! The Lavallette Yacht Club hosted the E Scow Easterns Championship with a huge 100th year club celebration. Wow! What a party! All weekend long! The 33 boats enjoyed a lot of sailing and a lot of on shore activities. With the conditions the fleet was presented with you really need to use all 5 designs. The North AP mainsail, the Light-Medium Jib, the Medium Heavy Jib and then the fastest kites in the world - the E Runner and Reacher. In the end it was very apparent that North Sails were the choice of the winners. North Sails won every race of the Eastern Championship. North Sails were 1st - 5th. A very dominant performance.
There was wind for the majority of the event. So, people with this shape on their boat had a speed edge. Get a medium heavy North Jib - very quick! Here are the Top 5:
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North Sails Show a CLEAR Speed Edge!
The 2004 E Scow Invitational in Clear Lake, Iowa was one of the best E championships in the last few years. Good breeze, many races and some of the top names in the E scow class. Clearly, the North E scows sails showed their speed edge upwind and downwind.
May 17, 2004 -
When it comes to Scow Racing, this weekend was some of the best! Lake
Geneva Yacht Club in Fontana, Wisconsin hosted 46 E scows. The spring
championship consisted of 3 races in light conditions.
By Eric Hood Absolutely beautiful weather and wind for this years annual Easter Regatta in Charleston at the Carolina Yacht Club in the old historic district of Charleston, South Carolina. The Carolina Yacht Club also had a pleasant surprise for everyone with the huge dock and marina expansion being completed before this years regatta. It really made things nice with two hoists, two ramps and plenty of room for the 25 MC Scows and 23 E Scows. E Scow sailor and regatta chairman Creighton Walters had everything ready for the group except himself. Creighton is a harbor pilot in the Charleston area and had to work during the event and could not sail his newly purchased late model E Scow. Many thanks to Creighton. One of the highlights of this regatta is not only the southern hospitality
and the old historic district of Charleston but also the Friday night
dinner
at Carolina Yacht Club and then the awards ceremony and cocktail party
at Friday nights dinner with 200 sailors and their entourages were entertained by Buddy Melges who flew in along with his wife Gloria for the whole event. The speech was fantastic . Buddy spoke about how Melges Boat Works put several D Scows in the area back in the late 40s and on into the 50s. He then spoke about scow sailing and the America's Cup. Also during both race days Buddy spent time with most of the sailors at one point or another both on the water and off the water. Veteran PRO Harvey McCormick along with his daughter Karen, Randall Swan and a large cast from both Carolina , Charleston and James Island Yacht Clubs did a fantastic job running our 6 races. We had three races each day. Great winds that ranged from 5 to 16 m.p.h. with some fun but very challenging current conditions. Lots of OCSs were handed out by the line cops for those not paying attention to the heavy current and jumping the gun. Everyone was still smiling at the end though as the sailing was great. I think the two biggest lessons learned this past week at least for the MC Class was to recognize staying with the group was very important. Especially the local sailors with experience in that current. That can be said for any sailing venue though. More times than not the local aces can be your guiding light when things get confusing such as a heavy current or unsettled winds. Chances are they have seen it before. Those who left the group usually got shot out the back pretty quick. The second big lesson was recognizing when you got into a current that was going against the wind and a chop devoloped that you had to power up quickly. Using your vang on and off to control the boom from bouncing in the chop during lighter winds was key to not losing all power from your sail when the sail got nervous from the wave bounce. Also , watching boats on the horizon even if they were not on the course gave some big clues to new winds coming. Our velocity this week was up and down , lots of gear shifting but you had to pay attention to anything you could to see these quick changes coming. The E Scows will see a full report on the E Scow class web page which can be linked to from www.melges.com . They had a tough group. Also present were two of the class approved experimental asymmetric spinnker oats. Exciting to watch for sure. In the MC Scows we saw Johnny Krawcheck jump off to a strong first
day start
with a 1,3,5. Jeff Surles had a good day with a 3,1,14 followed by
defending champ Dr. Charlie Usher with a 16,2,4. You can see by Jeff
and Here are some MC scores. Dr. Charlie Usher 16,2,4,1,1,4 = 28 Top Master - Ed Durant The E Scow results can be seen at the E Scow website along with a story from class secretary Dierk Polzin who sailed at this years event. Will Demand won the event with 34 points. Tim Faranetta was second losing the tie-breaker with with Will. Charles Colman of Lake Geneva was third with 35 points. The rest of the E Scows in order were Ross Griffith 36, Richard Ryon 35,Mark Jordan 43, Peter Dodds 46, Augie Barkow 48,Ken Wruk 58, Steve Schalk 61, Phil Barow 64, Henry McCray 65,Walter Prause 70, Peter Wright 72, Craig Bradley 86, Devon Hull 88, Richard Turner 96, Greg Barow 99, Steve Burns 111, Dan Perrin 112, Bill Storey 113 Experimental - Pat Hughes and Bill Nolden (sailed with rights but were not scored) - Actual scores will be available soon once the PRO gets them to the class for review. Again, thanks to everyone especially the team at Carolina Yacht Club, Harvey McCormick and his crew. Of course many special thanks to Sonny Mevers. Add this one to your calendar for next year. Easter in Charleston and the sailing are fantastic.
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Crayton congratulations on your outstanding performance at the 2005 Charleston Easter E Scow Regatta. Wow, winning that last race and keeping
up the sprit boat of Pat Hughes was very impressive. Give us an idea
of
what this years racing was like at Charleston.
George Scarborough 5-10-11
The top mainsail batten is now full length and goes from luff to leech.
The upper middle, lower middle and bottom battens are longer.
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