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Report by Vince Brun 2004 Etchells North American's San Francisco offered great challenge with a full range of conditions, with winds varying from 8 to 22 knots. Here's the top 10: For more information on the regatta or Etchells sails, please contact our experts.
Interview by Chris Snow
NSOD: First of congrats on a truly sensational week. We were watching the results and this certainly has to be the most impressive Etchells Worlds win ever. How did the regatta pan out? From the results it looked like you were always sailing by yourself. What were your races like and how do you get a good start in a 93 boat fleet like that? Thanks. And it clearly was a dream week in which everything we touched turned to gold. Of course when you have a week like this there are plenty of lucky breaks that you incur along the line, but the fact remains that I believe we were really prepared going into the regatta. Our boat, team, strategy, sail plan---all was thought out early in the summer with the Worlds in mind. We were sailing by ourselves on the first beat a lot because we learned a ton from the Long Island Sound Championships two weeks prior. First, it is imperative in these boats to hit the line going faster than normal upwind VMG. The old “luff on the line, pull in and go” just doesn’t work in Etchells. Hit the line going faster than normal upwind speeds gives you a bow out position right off the bat and you can do what you wish from there. Secondly, we made it a priority in light air to limit maneuvers especially on the first beat. You lose a lot tacking in these boats in under 8 knots. So—when in doubt be patient and wait for a real reason to have to tack
NSOD: Your crew Scott Norris and Karl Anderson, first of all what was your combined weight and how did you guys divide up the responsibilities on the water? Who did what? Well, I am convinced that people knew we meant business right off the bat when they posted crew and boat weights after measurement was over. Our crew weight was .5 lbs under maximum. Our boat weight was exactly spot on minimum. Preparation. Preparation. Preparation. Karl Anderson had a scale at his shop that he calibrated and a week before the event I spent a day at his shop with the boat. One of the days projects was to rig the boat and weigh it. We knew then that it was only a couple kilo’s over minimum. So, we went around the boat and took off every cleat or block that we didn’t absolutely need. Even cut a few bolts off. Not that it really makes a difference in the overall performance but in my mind it did—and when the competitors saw our final crew and boat weights they couldn’t help but think that we had our act together. Karl is the boat guru. His shop does an amazing job of prepping the boat. The boat was new at the end of 02, but we waited until the end of the summer to do a real wet sand to the hull. It was incredibly smooth and the three of us polished the day before the regatta started until we rubbed off our finger prints. Again, mentally we were convinced we had the best boat at the regatta after all the hours put in. Karl does the bow, and the two of us have sailed together on and off for nearly 20 years. He knows my act. I know his. Chuck is the new kid. “Jr” as we called him. Coach of the URI sailing team. 28 years old. 225 lbs and strong. Soling background. Quite simply, he gets it. He fell into the “numbers” roll on the boat right away and we developed a dialogue throughout the summer. Chuck is really good on the boat and has a huge future in sailing ahead of him. It was a pleasure having him in the program. He was proactive and amazingly didn’t mind cleaning the bottom in the morning. I guess that comes with having the “Jr” label.
Okay. This is painful but I will come clean on how this all happened. The last big Etchells regatta I sailed was the North Americans that we won on Long Island Sound I believe in 1996 or 97. Andreas Josenhans, Karl and I had a great event and as it went along we were going faster and faster. We won the last race by a mile and we were going really fast. I was setting up the sails with more and more twist as the event went along. It was clearly better and I didn’t know exactly why. After the regatta ended we went in to the hoist and I jumped up in the forward tank to undo the headstay. And to my shock, there was about 2 threads remaining on the turnbuckle. It had unscrewed itself as I had forgotten to put a pin in the turnbuckle. The headstay was about to literally fall off. After getting over the original shock I came up on deck and quietly measured the rake. 48”!!! Rather be lucky than good any day. And as usual it was choppy on the sound at that event as well. After putting two and two together I decided that the boat really liked sailing fast through the water and not necessarily pointing high. I made a mental note back then—and knowing we were going back to the sound this year we started with a rake of about 47 ½” and never looked back.
NSOD: Again on the set up. The position of the mast butt always seems to be a point of confusion for many people. Can you tell us how you located the position of your mast butt, and how you decide when and how much to move it. Very simple. We had two different positions. 1” apart. Aft in light air up to 8-10 knots. Forward in med/hvy air—over 8-10 knots. The actual position was determined by the amount of blocking we used to get the correct main shape and headstay sag. Trying to end up with the location of the mast at the partners nearly to the back of the partners. We wanted to sail with the mast about ¾” from the back of the partners all the time with appropriate blocking. This gave us flexibility if the wind went up or down during these really long races. Where the mast sits when blocked correctly vs. the back of the partners is the trick to the mast step position.
NSOD: Along the same lines how about the blocks at the deck level what are some indicators you use to know you need to adjust the blocks. Blocks determine mainsail depth and headstay tension. Very often in lighter air I use the block to tighten the headstay vs. the backstay. Gives the main a little more bite and keeps the headstay from jumping all over the place. I think most Etchells sailors sail around with too much sag in light air. Actually going beyond making the jib deeper and actually starting to suck out luff curve. Then in a breeze I put in as many forward blocks as we can get away with from a mainsail depth stand point. Stiff mast fore and aft means tight headstay. Simple theory really.
NSOD: Let’s talk about sails for a minute. You used our standard stuff except for the light jib (the new LM-2) which was a sail that our designer Ched Proctor had been working on for quite a while. I know it was a very last minute decision to use this sail. Can you tell us what you saw in this sail and why you liked it so much. When I developed my sails back in the old Sobstad days what I always looked for was versatility. I wanted jibs with large overlaps, so the light jib could go to 20 knots if needed and the heavy jib could go to 12 if needed. The LM2 that Ched designed did exactly that. Very balanced and powerful. Easy to drive too so I could look around tactically more. Just a simple sail to trim and drive too. I love this sail. It fit the bill to our sailing style.
NSOD: On the mainsail, all our mains come with two top battens, light and stiff. Did you switch back and forth and if so how did you decide when to switch? We would start a race always gearing up for the first beat. Never thinking of the wind forecast after that when choosing battens. The top batten has quite an effect on the overall mainsail shape. Our rule of thumb was if we had two of the three of us on the rail, we would use the stiff batten. If two of the three were in the boat, it was light batten.
NSOD: I heard from Vince Brun that you really liked the VMG Spinnaker (narrower and flatter in the head) which not many people use regularly. When did you use it and again how did you decide when to switch to it. What are your impressions of that sail. Our two conditions in which I believe our speed was quite dominant was downwind in under 8 knots and upwind in over 13. Ask Dave Curtis or Robbie Doyle how our light downwind speed was. We rounded the top mark in a very light air last race 10 feet behind Dave and 10 feet ahead of Robbie. By the leeward mark, sailing in the same water, we were a couple hundred yards ahead of both. Then we passed Peter Duncan on the last run to win the race. He offered to buy the chute half way down the run! It is a special sail. Used effectively until about 11 knots of TWS.
NSOD: Helm always seems to be a big topic of discussion with Etchells sailors. With such a small rudder I’ve heard that having some helm in an Etchells is a good thing. Can you tell us what you think on this and how you can tell when the amount of helm is correct. I like sailing with a bit of bite all the time. Twist with lots of rake and the traveler used as the fine tune adjustment to get the right amount of helm. Don’t be afraid to sail with the traveler up. I learned that the hard way sailing against Phil Garland this summer. He sailed with the traveler up higher than I thought you could and was quite fast.
NSOD: What advice could you offer the middle and back of the fleet guys on how to move up to the next level (besides buying new North Sails J) ? Any common mistakes you see? Stop Pinching! Get the boat going fast and the height comes later. Memorize and duplicate settings. If you feel like you are going fast you have to be able to duplicate settings. This is why we don’t have a jib halyard fine tune. Brings a bunch of variables to the sail plan. Keep your eyes on people going fast and don’t hesitate to copy what you see if it is working. I think most of us at the top of the fleet are completely open to talking about our set ups. Heck. My greatest lessons of the summer were from calling Vince at NSOD!
NSOD: Kenny,thanks for your time and congrats again on a great regatta. Will we be seeing you in the Etchells some more? Absolutely. I know we got half a dozen offers to by USA-1262 after the Worlds. I am working really hard on convincing my partner in crime Karl to not sell the boat. But even if we do, we will do a new one for next year. Our Newport fleet is growing and it is a blast to be able to sail Tuesday nights during the summer with a bunch of boats. And my 7 year old daughter loves to come along. In fact, she is the only undefeated sailor I know.
Report by Chris Snow Ken Read and team win event by 49 points!
Ken Read and his team of Scott Norris and Karl Anderson walked away with this event by a record setting 49 points. Of the seven races they counted in their final score they had 6 firsts and a second for a total of 8 points. Their discard race, in which they were OCS they finished third. Ken and team used all the latest designs from North Sails One Design North America. Their inventory consisted of the PC+ main, new LM-2 jib, GM 6.5 jib, Full Radial Runner and VMG spinnaker. North Sails were also on the third, fourth, sixth, seventh and tenth place boats. Kenny and his team were quick to credit the constant ongoing sail development work done by North’s Ched Proctor and 2000 World Champion Vince Brun. These guys have been hard at it for the past few years sailing in the class and developing and testing new sails for the class. North Sails have won the last 4 consecutive World Championships. Since a victory like this does not come along very often we want our clients to know exactly how Kenny and his team did it. Obviously they were doing a few things right to have such consistently great finishes. Watch this space closely for a in depth interview with Ken Read. Congratulations and we are proud to have made the sails that dominated the regatta so convincingly. North Sails is currently offering 10% off on the same sails that won the Worlds. Click here for details or contact our North Sails Etchells experts. Photo Tom R. Ragland
Report by Vince Brun Vince Brun with Tim Lynch and Matt Cassidy as crew, won the 2003 Pacific Coast Championship in Richmond, by one point over San Francisco Craig Healy. Current fleet 12 "high point" leader was third overall. The regatta was decided on the last race, with Healy dominating most of the race but loosing to Vessella near the finish line. Top three boats finished within 10 seconds on a 12 miles race. For wind conditions, we were blessed with the usual Berkeley Circle strong breeze most of the times.
Report by Ched Proctor The New England Championships were sailed this week end as part of the anual Newport regatta. The Newport regatta was sponsored this year by Wolkswagen. Ken Read using North One Design's PC+ Main LM1H jib and Full Radial spinnaker won without having to sail the last race. Second was Bill Fortenberry also using North sails exclusively. Eight races were sailed in conditions ranging from 5 to 22 knots. Karl Anderson and Chuck Norris sailed with Ken. Many Etchells hot shots attended this reagtta including Dennis Conner, Jud Smith and Dave Curtis. For further information on North One Design Etchells sails contact our Etchells experts. Top 5:
(*) North partial inventory
(*) North partial inventory
Report by Chris Snow The San Diego NOOD wrapped up yesterday and once again the NOOD format proved to be a great success. The event attracted 156 boats raced on 5 courses spread throughout the San Diego area. This regatta was a real festival on one design sailboat racing with many diverse one design classes taking part. Classes ranged in size from the fast and developmental International 14 class all the way up to the large and powerful J/120 class at over 40 feet long. The regatta was headquartered at San Diego Yacht Club. Conditions for this event were very atypical for San Diego. A major low pressure system moved through Southern California on Saturday, the middle day of the event drenching the fleet and bringing strong showers, high winds and waves to this typically moderate wind venue. Racing on the ocean courses was postponed for an hour at the dock Sunday morning to allow the seas to subside somewhat and the breezes to build. Sailors using North Sails brought home the majority of the silverware at the end of the three day event. Some highlights were:
Etchells Class Vince Brun of North Sails bested the 25 boat Etchells class, sailing with Bill Bennett and Chuck Sinks Vince used the PC+ main, LM-1H jib and Full Radial spinnaker. North Sails’s clients dominated this fleet with Craig Fletcher in third, Dave Champion, fourth, David Jones, fifth, Fredric Lafitte, sixth, Brian Camet, eighth, Gary Philbrick, ninth and Kevin Hoyt in tenth.
Capri 22 Sailing the only boat in the fleet with North Sails the team of John Real and Chris Nesbitt had consistently good boat speed and keep grinding throughout the weekend to win the NOOD/Capri 22 Western Regionals by one point over Steve Ross. John and Chris have been working with us to help us develop our sails for the Capri and the results are showing. Our genoa is modeled after our successful J/24 design and uses Pentex/Mylar cloth in its tri-radial design. Our mainsail design is a modified version of our J/22 mainsail and has been refined to fit the mast and characteristics of the Capri 22. We are currently working on a improved spinnaker design for the Capri 22 and at further improving our mainsail and genoa designs. Congratulations to Team Freebird for a great victory.
J/24 The J/24 class was won by North’s One Design’s Chris Snow with a crew of Kent Pierce, Steve Pickel, Liz Hall and Ken Vermuelen. North Sails were on the Top three boats in this class with Gary and Julie Mitchell’s Geraldine taking second overall and Matt Beattie steering Tony Wetherbee’s, Commotion taking third overall.
Melges 24 Samuel “Shark” Kahn won the Melges class using a partial North inventory over his dad Phillipe. This small but competitive fleet is prepping for the upcoming Melges Worlds in San Francisco this Fall which promises great conditions and big turnout of Melges 24 sailors from the United States and Europe.
Soling The former Olympic class Soling is alive in Southern California with a nice group making the trek to the NOOD. Steve Smidt sailed BYCOR to victory here using all North Sails. In second overall was Steve Brownsea of San Diego used all North Sails.
North Sails also won these other classes at the NOOD: OD 35 1st John Wylie, Tabasco Corsair 24 1st Prussia/Medley, C-Creature Corsair 31 1st H.L. Enloe, Lei Loe
For complete San Diego NOOD results please visit www.sailingworld.com.
Report by Vince Brun North Sails boats dominated the event with top four boats using exclusive North inventory. The sails combination used on the top teams were: PC plus main, LM-1 jib ( minimum weight class legal cloth ), LM-1 Heavy jib (made with 6.5 oz cloth ), the Full Radial and VMG model spinnakers. The winner Brian Camet was consistent throughout the five races series to win by one point over second place Dennis Conner. Top 15: With most teams using their newer set of sails ( therefore
flatter shapes ), we have learned that it was necessary to aggressively
ease the lower
shrouds ( about 1 inch of mast sag at the spreader ) and long tabs
on jib for generating power. With the sail limitation rule, we tend
to forget how beautiful a "new" sail looks and how well it
will perform. (*) North partial inventory
We are pleased to announce that North Sails has just won our forth
consecutive Etchells World Championship. 98 boats contested the regatta and North sails dominated the top ten
taking 1,2,3,5,6,8,9,and 10. For more information on the World's fastest Etchells designs contact
our Etchells experts.
Report by Chris Snow More details to come but I wanted to pass on that Dennis Conner along
with Peter Burton and Al Pleskus won the 2002 Etchells North Americans
in Long Beach, CA. over the weekend using North One Design sails. They
used our standard stuff: PC+ main, L/M-1 jib, GM 6.5 jib, FullRadial
Runner and VMG spinnakers.
Report by Ched Proctor North Sails finish 1st and 2nd!!!
The Etchells fleet enjoyed South West winds each day. Friday's first race started after one general recall in 12 knots of breeze. The strong west flowing current, made starboard tack favored upwind and port jibe downwind. This race was won by John White of the new Annapolis fleet. This was the first time John has traveled to a regatta. We'll probably see him at many more regattas in the near future. For the second race the mark was considerably shifted to the right making the course much more square with the current. The wind increased to a lovely 14 knots. In this one John Ulbrich from Ft Lauderdale Florida lead the way with Ched Proctor in second. At the end of the day with finishes of 7-3, John Roy from Halifax was at the top of the score board. Saturday morning the wind machine was in fine form as the Southwester
built to 18 by the 11:00 start of the first race. Later it was a solid
20 for the next two races, dropping to 12 for the last race. Phil Garland
of Newport found the conditions to his liking. With his North Sails
One Design GM jib and PC+ main, Phil with Moose McClintock and Tim Hodgkiss
won the next two races. The Garland team followed this up with a 9-5
in the last two races of Saturday to put them in a strong position on
the board at the end of Saturday with 19 points (Dropping a 9th). North
Sails One Design's Ched Proctor with Ben Kinney and Chris Johannessen
was looking strong with 18 points but dropping a 37 to emerge on the
top of the score sheet Saturday evening. The next 6 or seven boats were
within 5 points providing a close competition for Sunday's final races. Sunday morning, many Etchells sailors were walking a little stiffly
after Saturday's breezy workout but everyone agreed it was really worth
it because the racing was fantastic. Perhaps all were a little relieved
that the wind didn't build quite as much as on Saturday. The First race
was started in 8 knots after one general recall. On the General recall
the committee noticed that the fleet was crowding the weather end as
everyone probably was thinking go right which had worked many times
the day before. So they favored the leeward end by a few degrees for
the next start and used the I flag. This spread the fleet as they got
off with only Henry Springler over early. Henry restarted and did a
great job to climb back to a 6th place finish. Phil Garland played the
middle and seemed to be ahead early. However the second part of the
beat had many holes in the middle of the course. Jonathan Nye came out
of the left side with a large lead at the weather mark. On the second
beat there were considerable oscillations. John Ulbrich's team played
these to perfection to move from about 5th to the front to win the race.
Phil Garland finished a strong third. The point situation going into the last race had Phil at 22 points
dropping a 9, John Ulbrich at 24 points dropping a 15, Then Proctor
at 30 points with 37 as a drop and John Roy at 33 points dropping an
11. Then there was a whole group with 47 points including Peter Duncan's
team with 47, 1998 World Champion Dirk Kneulman with 50 and the two
Garys, Gilbert/Jobson at 51. The wind shifted left and Marblehead's Rob Hitchcok Started to Leeward
of the crowd and went all the way to the left hand corner, to gain a
lead at the weather mark which he never relinquished. T.J. Pascalides
sailed a beautiful beat, winning the pin start, tacked early crossing
the entire fleet rounding the weather mark in second place. Proctor
followed in third with Kneulman and Jobson only a boatlength or two
behind. The final run to the finish had stonger wind from the South
which Gary Jobson took advantage of to catch Proctor. Proctor gained
an inside advantage on Pascalides, as the three boats vied for second
place. In a luffing duel and jibing match Jobson gained the advantage
to be second across the line, with Proctor third. Phil Garland finished
a strong 7th to win the regatta handily with Ched Proctor taking second
overall and John Ullbrich tenth in the last race to finish third overall. Both the winner and second place finishers used North Sails One Design's PC+ main, LM1H and GM jibs and all purpose radial spinnaker. These sails provided excellent all round speed. For further information on North Sails One Design's Etchells sails contact the North Etchells Experts.
Report by Chris Snow June 12, 2002 - We had the PCC's combined with the Orca Bowl here this past weekend at San Diego Yacht Club. 29 boats sailed, mostly locals with some teams coming from Seattle, San Francisco and Long Beach. Conditions for the weekend were actually pretty windy for San Diego. The breeze was really blowing offshore and we had a good breeze of 12-15 knots with a big sea a chop on top. Glad I wasn't steering! North Sails were used by the top nine finishers! In fact everyone of the boats was ALL North Sails not just a mixture. This is a real testimony to the speed of our sails! The regatta was won by Dave Champion, who has been putting a lot of
time into the boat. He used his 2001 Other notables were Marvin Beckmann who finished 5th. He is one of Ched's customers and just switched to using North Sails (he has a new boat). He is very happy with his speed and had finished 3rd in a local event here the previous weekend. 4th overall was Jim Moxham sailing a newly refurbished boat with past class president Bill Munster crewing. They had all newer North Sails. Top ten:
For more information on our Etchells winning program, contact the North Etchells experts!
Report by Ched Proctor The 2002 "Yankee Go Home" Etchells Regatta was held in Oriental, NC on April 20-21, 2002 and, although the turnout was disappointing, the 12 teams that did attend had a great time. The conditions for the 5 race series ranged from Saturdays 3-8 mph to Sundays beautiful 10-15mph. Sailmaker, Jud Smith with local Henry Fraser won the event over North Sails One Design's Ched Proctor with co-owner John Brendel. Friday night kicked off the festivities as Jerry Fulp aka "Pizza Man," cooked up a storm serving up some 2 Dozen pepperoni pizzas that were eagerly consumed by all the contestants. The Fraser/Smith team took an early lead in Saturday's first race,
by tacking to the right side first. Proctor took a while to find the
fast lanes rounding the weather mark fairly deep but moved to second
in the long In the second race, Proctor and Fraser vied for the favored leeward
end at the start. Fraser won the pin, to jump into an early lead once
again, and was never challenged. In the third race the Proctor team
won the favored pin end. Rounding the weather mark in second to local
Jerry Fulp, Proctor gained the lead on the run. In spite of strong challenges
from several boats in the shifty conditions, Proctor held on to win
the race. Fraser played the left side on the final beat, and with a
left shift moved from fourth place to second. Sunday's forecast was for a light Northerly, but the fleet found a
steady 15 knots when they sailed out into Pamlico Sound. The Fraser,
Proctor, Kneulman and Whelan teams had a close battle up the first beat
with Fraser eventually rounding the first mark with the lead. Proctor,
Kneulamn and Whelan arrived at the weather mark overlapped. Proctor
on Starboard tack had the advantage as Kneulman ducked on port and Whelan
hit the mark trying to tack clear ahead. Kneulman passed Proctor on
the run. On the In the last race, Marvin Beckman steered with Kneulman crewing. He
took an excellent start at the leeward pin end of the line and held
on to the left side not tacking until he was four lengths from what
turned out to be the lay line. Proctor and Fraser dueled further left,
with Proctor forcing Fraser beyond the lay line overstanding the mark
himself. This left Beckman/Kneulman in the lead, with Proctor second
and Whelan and Fraser battling for third at the weather mark. As the
wind shifted left, positions were pretty much locked in for the rest
of the race, although Fraser had to battle hard to wrest third position
from Whelan. North Sails One Design, is pleased to have had the opportunity to take
part in this great event. We look forward to helping our customers sail
their Etchells to best potential this season. For more information on
North One Design's fast Etchells sails please contact one of our many
Etchells Results 1 Henry Faze /Jud Smith 2 1 2 1 3 - 9
Report by Moose McClintock
After a summer of using a different sailmaker with indifferent results, Dennis was back to using North Sails. Dennis used a PC+ mainsail and an LM jib for upwind performance while his AIRX 500 Full Radial kite was extremely quick in the leftover chop of the second day. Tim used the same main and jib and also used the GM 6.5 heavy jib for his win in race 2. Tim used a Superlite kite which seemed very quick in the big waves and wind the first day.
Very encouraging for us was the fact that North Sails were on 5 of the top 10 boats, lead by the Burton brothers in 5th. The Burtons had a full inventory except for a heavy jib they used in one race. An OCS in race 5 cost them a good shot at 4th for the regatta.
Results:
1. Dennis Conner 1,2,1,3,2,6 9 pts. North
Sails
Report by Vince Brun August 22, 2001 - This past weekend we had the Etchells Orca Bowl Regatta in San Diego. The fleet is slowly coming back to the usual participation ( after the World's ) and did show a lot of new faces and also newer boats. The 5 races regatta was held under the usual San Diego light and choppy conditions. Topt 10: 1 Vince Brun - North Sails ( PC
main, LM-1 5.8 oz, VMG spinnaker ) For more information on North Etchells sails, or the Orca Bowl, please
contact Vince Brun at the San
Diego One Design office.
Report by John Gladstone San Diegan, Tim Lynch along with crew Paula Lewin (Bermuda) and John Gladstone (North Sails San Diego) won this years Sailing World’s NOOD Marblehead Race Week in the Etchells class by a comfortable 13 pt margin. Friday through Sunday’s racing was declared the Etchells Northeast Regional Championship, which was also won by Lynch and crew. Their consistent 2,1,(16),2,2,2,1,4 finishes were indicative of the superior boat speed they enjoyed in the predominantly shifty light winds experienced throughout the week.
This victory was particularly sweet in light of the fact that they were one of only three North Sail inventories in the competitive 26-boat Marblehead fleet.
According to Gladstone, they had enough speed to come back in the last race from being over early to finish in 4th place. “As the week progressed, we felt more and more comfortable that given any breathing room we could jump into contention. Several competitors asked where we got our local knowledge. Honestly, Paula Lewin, who sailed the Etchells Worlds in Marblehead, was a big asset, but when you have jets like we did, it’s easy to look like a local.”
With the exception of a new LM 6.5 jib, all their sails were a year old and standard off the shelf North designs.
Report by Tim Healy
We (Tim Healy, David Moffet, Bill Fortenberry Sat and Sun, Tim Dawson Fri) were fortunate enough to win the 18 boat Etchells fleet using the LM1(6.5) and GM 6.5 jibs, the Full Radial spin and the PC+ main. The conditions ranged from 6-18 with large chop throughout. The tuning guide is very good. We were able to change gears to suite the conditions fairly well. Our speed was excellent and the sails looked great. Brit Hughes won the 38 boat J24 class. He was using the Newport J24 sails and showed dominating speed. North Sails were on half of the J24s. Betsy Allison won the Yngling fleet
of 23 boats. This was the Pre World Championship and a US Sailing Team
Ranking regatta. Because of her win at this regatta she has secured
the top spot on the US sailing team for the Yngling Class. She was using
the LM-1 (3.8) and the HVY Jibs, the AP Main and the cross cut spin. For more information on the Newport Regatta or North programs contact Chuck Allen
Report by Ched Proctor We sailed the Long Island Sound Championship June 10-12, hels at American Yacht club in Rye New York, The Founders Cup in Toronto, June 23-4, and the Atlantic Coast Championships this past week end. Atlantic Coast championship: A very light shifty regatta. It took until Monday night to correct a mistake bay the race committee, but we ended up winning with Dernnis Connor in second. Dennis used North LM1 jib for the last three races and a North AP Radial spinnakers. In Toronto, the conditions were again light and shifty with some drifting.
We ended up in fifth in a 5 race series. Bruce Burton won using a North
jib. In both of these regattas we had good speed At the Atlantic coasts we were third behind Steve Girling and Russell Coutts. Conditions at this regatta were breezier. I was pleased that we developed very good speed in medium and heavy air for the first time. We have been using the PC+ main, Radial AP spinnaker, and a combination of the LM1_H jib and the GM65 for stronger wind. LIS Championship Founders Regatta 2001 (Toronto)
ACCs Shelter Island NY
Seattle Yacht Club hosted the Etchells PCC's May 18-20th, 2001.
Etchells PCC's top 4:
1. Brun/Bennet/Merriman 5-1-2-2-3-DNC 13 points - North Sails For complete results visit the regatta web site at www.sailnet.com/etchells/ Keep tunned for more details and information on this regatta!
For more information on Etchells sails, contact the North Etchells experts.
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1 Judd Smith Doyle (beat Anta on the tie breaker, since Judd won a race) 
2 Anta Razmiloviz 
Last week Ken Read, Scott Norris and Karl Anderson
won the 2003 Etchells Worlds by 49 points over the second place boat.
In their final score they counted 6 firsts and a second for the regatta
in a fleet of 93 boats. Ken who is a vice president of North Sails
used all North Sails developed by Ched Proctor and Vince Brun and built
by North Sails One Design in this impressive victory. Obviously victories
like this don’t come along everyday and we wanted to find out
the behind the scenes, depthj story of how they put it all together.
We talked to Kenny and he was nice enough to give us the inside scoop
on how he sailed the event and the boat. 
NSOD: 
93 Etchells convened in Greenwich, CT last week for the 2003 version
of the Etchells Worlds. Actually there were 92 boats racing and one
boat sailing in a different league!
Dennis
Conner showed the stuff legends are made of by dominating a 43 boat
fleet on the way to winning the 2001 Etchells North American Championships.
Combining very good starts with excellent boat speed, Dennis grabbed
the lead with a 1,2,1 on a very windy, wavy first day. In choppy, shifty
conditions the next day he followed up with a 3,2 to virtually sew up
the championship, posting a 6th the last day for his throw out. North
Sails’ Tim Healy sailed an equally consistent series in his first
NA championship to finish 5 points behind in second place. Tim showed
uncanny downwind speed in the wind and waves of the first day to post
a 3,1,3 while excellent all around speed kept him in the hunt with a
4,3 the second day. An untimely 720 the last day led to a drop of 20th
but overall this was very encouraging for his first year back in the
class after a 3 year hiatus.
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