THE GROSSE POINTE WINDSURFING CLUB NEWSLETTER
August 24, 2007
This
newsletter is sent by email to members of the GPWC, and anyone else who wishes
to receive it. It is usually published twice a month during the summer sailing
season, occasionally at other times, or whenever the editor or a guest editor
gets around to it. Please contact me if you wish to have your name added
to or removed from the mailing list. Comments, contributions,
announcements, trip reports, etc, are welcome. Nathaniel Siddall,
editor. nsiddall@earthlink.net phone
(734) 678-5625. Visit our website at http://gpwc.jimminet.net
THE GROSSE POINTE WINDSURFING CLUB
We
are a group of amateur boardsailors who usually meet once a week during the
summer to sail together, practice and hold informal races on a small
course. Many of us compete in race events regionally and around the
country, and we sometimes go on group trips to shortboard sailing destinations
such as Hatteras. Some prefer free sailing to racing, but enjoy learning
and sailing with other windsurfers. Some of us are beginners, some are
fairly experienced. Anyone is welcome to join us. If you've never
raced, but are curious about it, we will show you how, teach you the rules and
get you started. Loaner boards may be available for people who can
windsurf but don't have race gear. (But--we aren't instructors or a camp;
you have to take responsibility for your own safety.)
We
are part of MOWIND The Midwest Organizers for Windsurfing, and the U.S.
Windsurfing Association.
HIGGINS LAKE REGATTA SEPTEMBER 8-9
Our Fall regatta is coming up very
soon. A race notice is attached--send it in now to get the
pre-registration discount, and call to reserve campsites. (Info is in the
notice.) It's a fun event--we have a campfire and party each night at the
event site, and most people stay at the campground. Steve Grody has
volunteered to create a gourmet pancake breakfast for us once again. We
need another one or two volunteers for race committee, registration,
etc--please let me know if you can help. Volunteers get free admission to
the event, a fabulous custom event t-shirt, and much appreciation.
PRODIGY CHAMPIONSHIP FORT WALTON BEACH
The Liquid Surf and Sail event
will be the Prodigy Championship again this year, October 26-28, in Fort Walton
Beach, Florida. I'll be driving down, and offering board transport
service. The Texas Prodigy group is expected to turn out in force this
year, and I hope we can put together a team to compete with them. This
event is open to other hybrid boards, and Formula, as well. Let me know
if you are interested in this.
WEEKLY RACING UPDATE
We've had some good sessions at
Patterson Park, and the Pontiac Yacht Club. Glen has been doing great
work organizing race committees for the latter, and he has results posted at www.pyc54.org. We more or less do
alternate weeks, Mondays at PYC and Wednesdays at Patterson, but check our
website the night before to see if there are announcements concerning the next
day sailing plans. Next Monday will be a session at PWC, weather
permitting, and I believe that will be the last one for the season.
ALUM CREEK REGATTA REPORT
Report from Jim Donahue:
On an unseasonably warm weekend
for mid May, the Ohio regulars and one guy from Michigan headed to Columbus, OH
for the Alum Creek Regatta. This regatta was dominated by the long boards,
even Rod Clevenger dusted off his old Equipe for this one. On Saturday the
wind started off light but continued building through out the day. In fact the
wind had pickup up so much that after the conclusion of racing, Eric
Rahnenfuehrer and Steve Burkey got out their short boards and went for some
screaming fast rides. Despite a late start we were able to get 5 races in on
Saturday.
The race organizers even
experimented with new race technology, the 'Auto Race Time Compensating Mark'
(patent pending). This race mark automatically extends the length of the
course to compensate for higher wind speeds to prevent the race from finishing
too quickly. The course designer placed this mark at the end of the downwind
leg, and on the final race on Saturday, when the wind speed exceed 20 MPH, this
new technology race mark swung into action. Unfortunately it did not restrict
its course changing abilities to the time between races and thus this
technology was deemed not ready for prime time.
On Sunday race organizers were
faced with a problem, the race committee boat had engine problems and was out
of commission, thus they were unable to set a course. But have no fear, the
committee came up with an alternate plan and devised a long distance race.
Thus 3 long boards, 1 formula, 1 Prodigy and 1 Kona raced to the north end of
Alum Creek and back. The racers quickly separated into 2 groups, the long
boards and everyone else. Despite the length of the race there were 2 close
finishes, with Joe Belhobek just inching out fellow long boarder Rod Clevenger
and Brad Segro on his Kona finishing just ahead of Jim Donahue on his Prodigy.
Race Results:
Formula - Eric Rahnenfuehrer
Masters - Brad Segro, James
Donahue
Seniors - Joe Belhobek, Rod
Clevenger,Steve Burkey, Brad Petot, Dennis Brengartner
IMCO - Paul Sandstrom, Don
Dunphy
Novice - Del Vergon
Racing action at Alum Creek: Rod Clevenger in foreground,
unidentified sailor behind yelling "Starboard", Paul Sandstrom in
back, with one of the few remaining IMCO sails, still going strong.
CLASSIFIED ADS
Note: You can also place classified ads at our
website. http://gpwc.jimminet.net/
FOR SALE:
Sailboard, Sails, and Accessories
Due to a personal injury I am selling my sailboard and all
associated sails and accessories. Everything is in excellent condition and
priced to sell. You must be willing to pick up what you are interested in in
Ann Arbor where I live, I will not be shipping these items. Please feel free
to contact me at hesh2@comcast.net for
information or to set up an appointment to view these items.
Starboard GO 2003, excellent condition, 165 ltr., w/factory
fin $650.00
Sailworks Retro 9.5, used once
450.00
Sailworks Retro 6.0, used twice
350.00
Sailworks Revolution 5.0, new – never used 300.00
Mistral Vision 6.7, good condition 150.00
Neil Pryde Spirit 8.0, good condition 150.00
Powerex carbon mast, Z-Free 460, excellent condition 225.00
House brand partial carbon mast, 490 excellent
condition 100.00
Hawaiian Pro-Line “Race 215” carbon booms, excellent
condition 350.00
Chinook Booms, excellent condition 100.00
Dakine Harness, Hawaii large, excellent condition 50.00
Dakine Harness, Hawaii med., excellent condition 50.00
True Ames Weed fin 17.5
50.00
Curtis Weed 40 for Mistral, excellent condition 50.00
Fiberspar Reflex 26 cm extension, excellent condition
50.00
Chinook 45 cm extension, excellent condition
25.00
Chinook mast base, good condition 10.00
FOR SALE:
Great Lakes Demo Tour surplus. Great deals. Too
much to list.
David Batchelor
http://members.aol.com/dbatchr/djbhome/DEMO.HTM
DBatchr@aol.com
517 886 3823
517 927 1977
FOR SALE:
2005 3.3 Ezzy SE
2005 3.7 Ezzy SE
2005 4.7 Ezzy SE
2005 5.2 Ezzy SE (New) 2005 Chinook 2-bolt mast base with rubber universal
2005 Chinook 1-1/8" diameter boom (137cm - 198cm)
New and used harness lines AHD Diamond 67 Board (147L) with bag and fin
Hawaiian Proline 100% Carbon Comp boom (182cm - 238cm)(Excellent condition -
not even any cuts or scraps on the grip area) 460cm Ezzy RDM mast (new)
ProLimit waist Harness w/integrated bar (new - size small)
Larry Ruhstorfer 248-421-4086 larry.ruhstorfer@delphi.com
FOR SALE: Bic Sport "Race Tec" 310, with
rig. About 10 yrs old, excellent condition. Tnj_densison@hotmail.com
Phone 989 821 5167
FOR SALE:
Windsurf Trailer – 10ft x 5ft – with Yakima Rack –
Holds more equipment then any sane person would own - $1500 – EQUIPMENT
NOT INCLUDED kathleen.aro@sbcglobal.net
FOR SALE:
2002 Windski, $550. The windski uses a skateboard-like deck
with footstraps risen from a long special designed ski with a shallow skeg. A
windsurfing rig can be attached if it has a chinook base. It's amazing how
little wind it takes to zip off especially on hardpacked snow. I have been
demo'ing this and can pass it on locally if someone is interested. Mike
249-360-0859, ivanbanez@hotmail.com
FOR SALE:
Complete IMCO longboard package with 5.9 and 6.6
sails. Rob Jankowski (734) 667-2802
FOR SALE:
Alpha Courseboard, w/ 7.5 rig, make offer. Seatrend
9"2", make offer. John Foster, 734 433 9875.
FOR SALE:
1988 F2 Comet Short Board (about 110 liters)…. Great starter
board… 2 masts, 2 booms 5 North sails ranging from 3.2 meters to 6.0 meters…
all fully battened… harness clamp on boom… lightweight mast… whole set up in
great shape…. Over $5,000 of equipment asking $1,000 obo… Located Windsor
Ontario call Rob at (519) 253-5345 ext 1 or email me at Robbertandrew@aol.com
FOR SALE:
Race board: Pro tech Zajicek (Z-27).
Vol: 130 lt
Length: 279 cm
Superlight all carbon construction.
Condition: very good.
Price: MAKE A DECENT OFFER
Contact: Achilles, email: anastas@umich.edu
WANTED TO BUY:
Large board, package for beginner. Greg Elder, kaegre@bex.net
WANTED TO BUY:
RS:X. Eric Rahnenfuhrer erahnen@hotmail.com
OTHER WINDSURFING INFO AND RESOURCES
Grosse
Pointe Windsurfing Club webpage: http://gpwc.jimminet.net
Great
Lakes Demo Tour-- http://members.aol.com/dbatchr/djbhome/DEMO.HTM
Sailboard Alley, Toledo area--Rod Clevenger tel (419) 836-4010.
Amoka Windsports, Windsurfing and Kiting, NW Ohio--Scott Haas http://www.amoka.com/
Sail Sports Marine, Traverse City http://www.sailsportmarine.com/windsurfing.html
US Windsurfing Association: www.uswindsurfing.org
Prodigy Class Association www.prodigyonedesign.org
MOWIND
(Midwest Organizers of Windsurfing): http://www.amoka.com/mowind.html
Mark Maslar's Ohio windsurfing web page: http://www.ohwind.com/
Neal Farrow's Toledo area windsurfing instruction page: www.windsurftoledo.com
Bob
Schoen at rmschoen@aol.com
Beginner instruction in the Detroit area.
Lauren
Turner laurensturner@yahoo.com,
(313) 720 1047 Beginner
instruction in the Detroit area.
Paul
Sandstrom, Alum Creek Regatta http://ca.geocities.com/alumcreekwindsurfing/
University
of Michigan Sailing Club www.umich.edu/~umsc/
Michigan Windsurfing Yahoo Group http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MiWindsurf/
Send messages to: MiWindsurf@yahoogroups.com
Pontiac
Yacht Club, Cass Lake www.pyc54.org
Sail
Repair by Don Wolanchuk don@chesterboot.com