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Title:SAILING
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Created:Wed Jul 01 1992
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1060.0. "DN Worlds - Burlington, Vermont" by CSSE32::BLAISDELL () Tue Dec 06 1988 08:31

In an earlier note I was asked to post the schedule for the DN Worlds.

The 1989 Gold Cup World DN Championship Regatta is scheduled for:

	January 23 & 24, 1989
	 with January 25 as a make-up day
	Lake Champlain
	Burlington, Vermont

The exact course location will be determined the night before. There are 
alternate sites in the Burlington area and elsewhere. Race headquarters is the 
Econolodge in South Burlington.

Immediately following the World's will be the DN North American Championship 
Regatta. The North American Championship is also a two day regatta plus a 
make-up day.

Hopefully one of our Burlington sailors will be kind enough to post the 
results.

- Bob
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1060.1DN Worlds Start Today - Monday 23-JANCSSE32::BLAISDELLMon Jan 23 1989 07:5213
As of Sunday evening, the DN World's Hotline is reporting that conditions are
good at Burlington and racing is sceduled to start today. The race site is
Sand Bar State Park which I'm told is reached by taking I89 North to Exit 17. 

Non-racers are requested to park on-shore in the parking lot and not to drive
onto the ice. This is intended to keep runners sharp by keeping sand off the 
ice. (Now if we could only keep the ... snow machines off the local lakes.)

I would appreciate any Burlington area sailors posting race news and results 
in this note.

Thx, Bob
1060.2DN Race Results - Sorry it took so longBTO::MONGEON_PFri Feb 03 1989 11:0388

		WORLD GOLD CUP

GOLD FLEET
----------

Place	Name			Country		City, State
---------------------------------------------------------------------
  1.    Mike O'Brien            USA             Neptune, N.J.
  2.    Tiit Haagma             USSR
  3.    Jan Gougeon             USA
  4.    Ron Sherry              USA
  5.    Walde Stefanowic        Poland
  6.    Peter Hill              USA             Burlington, Vt.
  7.    ?
  8.    Stan Macur              Poland
  9.    Piotr Burczynski        Poland
 10.    Ain Vilde               USSR


SILVER FLEET
------------

Place	Name			Country		City, State
---------------------------------------------------------------------
  1.    Dave Terwiliger		USA		Westford, Vt.
  2.    Sebeald Korn		USA
  3.    Douglas Harvey		USA
  4.    Doug MacFarland		USA
  5.    Eric Armstrong		USA


BRONZE FLEET
------------

Place	Name			Country		City, State
---------------------------------------------------------------------
  1.    Peter Schellhorn	Germany
  2.    Glen Atwood		Bermuda
  3.    Richard Cobb		USA
  4.    Monroe Allen		USA		Charlotte, Vt.
  5.    Jerome D'Arcy		USA



		NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP

GOLD FLEET
----------

Place	Name			Country		City, State
---------------------------------------------------------------------
  1.    Ron Sherry		USA
  2.    Gregory Smith		USA
  3.    Jan Gougeon		USA
  4.    Stan Macur		Poland
  5.    Mati Kulmann		USSR
  6.    Meade Gougeon		USA
  7.    Andreas Bock		Germany
  8.    Ted Flack		USA
  9.    Tim Grogan		USA
 10.    Mike O'Brien		USA		Neptune, N.J.


SILVER FLEET
------------

Place	Name			Country		City, State
---------------------------------------------------------------------
  1.    Richard Cobb		USA
  2.    Louis Loenneke		USA
  3.    Vern Kantlon		USA
  4.    Eric Armstrong		USA
  5.    Richard Lemberg		USA


BRONZE FLEET
------------

Place	Name			Country		City, State
---------------------------------------------------------------------
  1.    John Harper		USA
  2.    Jay Spaulding		USA
  3.    Brian Haumerson		USA
  4.    Richard Dempnock	USA
  5.    Duncan Brown		USA
1060.3ThanksCSSE32::BLAISDELLFri Feb 03 1989 12:3312
Thank you very much. As an fyi, Mike O'Brien has an article in February SAIL
describing his experiences at last year's World's in Leninigrad, USSR. This
means Mike has won three years in a row and I'm not sure this has ever been
done before. I plan to check tonight. For more reading, the current issue
of Wooden Boat also has an article on building DNs.

I'll find out eventually via my DN newsletter, but do you happen to know how
many DNs raced? I'm guessing that it was over 100 based on a maximum of 50 
boats per fleet and three fleets.

Thx agn, Bob
1060.4Overall, the numbers were goodBTO::MONGEON_PFri Feb 03 1989 16:0913
    Bob,
    
    	Unfortunately, the local paper did a poor job of covering this 
    world class event.  I know that the local DN Club members were rather upset.
    
    	I do know that there were about 140 boats racing, and the ice
    conditions were fair, depending on who you asked.  The Europeans
    and Soviets thought very highly of the ice (as quoted in the Burlington
    Free Press) while local sailors felt quite different.  Yet, a few
    of the local boys up here did pretty well...
    
    -pete
1060.5thanks againCSSE32::BLAISDELLMon Feb 06 1989 08:3513
Pete,

Thanks again. 

Mike O'Brien is indeed the first sailor to win this regatta three years in a
row; but there have been two other three time winners. Last year's worlds had
poor ice and Mike actually used his "slush runners" while winning last year's
regatta. These are runners made of 3/4 by 3/4 by 1/8 stainless steel angle and
are used on soft, slushy ice. The local sailors may be used to better ice
(especially this year), but perhaps this is why the visitors liked the ice. 

- Bob