In This Issue:
49ers- Hough and Fox at NA's
Team Aventure USA expects to sail in The Race
The Race- 6 boats confirmed
Around Alone- Soldini Receives Awards
Reader Contest- What's your most memorable landmark
Steinlager Cup- Day 1

49er North Amercians
    18 49er class skiffs sailed
the 1999 49er North American Championships.
A total of 15 races were sailed in Guaymas,
Sonora, México.
    Continuing their campaign to be the
USA 49er represenative were Spring Lake's
Chad Hough and David Fox. This was the 1st
of 3 west coats regattas for Chad and David.
    Chad and David sailed consitently
in the 16 races. They ended the first days racing
11th and managed to gain 1 place in the next
3 days to finish 10th.
    A big part of their gain in the standings
was the last two races of the regattas 3rd day.
In these two races they scored a 2nd and a 6th.
In the race they finished 2nd they were beat by
regatta winners Morgan Larson and Kevin Hall.
Results like these show the progress that Chad and
David continue to make in these difficult to keep
upright boats. This is backed up by regatta winners
Morgan Larson's statement: "The other American teams
have really been working hard and have come a long way."
    Morgan Larson and Kevin Hall took home the
North American championship scoring 25 points and
winning 6 races. 2nd were Johnathan and Charlie
McKee with 33 points and 4 1sts. 3rd was Andy Mack
with 53 points and 2 important race wins. These two
wins helped break a tie and pushed Jay Renehand to 4th
as he won a single race.
    Next up is the Alamitos Bay Regatta in Long
Beach CA starting Friday and ending Sunday. After
that the guys will be back at is the 30th and 31st for
the Pacific Coast Championships also in Long Beach.
    For more please see:
http://www.orvinet.com/49er_north_american_championship_1999/&
http://abyc.org/

Cam Lewis' Team Adventure USA expects to make The Race
    America's Cup winner and international
record-breaking sailor Cam Lewis is completing
plans to build a 125-foot Gilles Ollier-designed
catamaran for The Race. Lewis' Team Adventure USA,
based in Lincolnville, ME, just outside Camden,
is heavily involved in a major campaign to raise
additional funds before starting construction.
His first choice of a building yard is Goetz Boats
in Bristol, RI. Ollier's research, planning and
engineering is far advanced, but first Lewis has
to secure the additional monies he needs
to build his $6-million mega-cat.
    "We have $3 million already committed to
build the boat but we won't start construction until
we have the full $6 million," Lewis said. "We have a
great deal of interest from private individuals and
from corporations and we have every expectation of
moving forward on scedule."
    The full cost of the Team Adventure three-year
campaign is $15 million. The program encompasses a wide
range of record attempts, goodwill tours and educational
voyages of exploration. For education voyages the boat
will be retrofitted with an "Expedition Pod" with space
for added communications
and a small research area.
    Lewis explained that individuals can donate to
his 501(c)3 tax exempt foundation. Major private donors
can buy shares in the Team's limited liability partnership
and will be able to skipper the boat on record attempts.
The $11 million for campaign costs will come from corporate
sponsorships.
    Lewis formally announced his campaign last October 1
with an announcement at the St Francis Yacht Club. His cat
will be 125-feet long with a beam of 65-feet and a mast that
is 165-feet high. The boat will be capable of speeds approaching
50 miles an hour.
    Lewis, the 1993 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year was part
of Bruno Peyron's Explorer crew that won the Trophee Jules
Verne for the first boat to sail around the world in less
than 80 days.
    He and his crew, including Skip Novak, Mark Rudiger,
Larry Rosenfeld, Bill Biewenga and Brian Hancock, will be
sailing the 85-foot Explorer on San Francisco Bay, April 10-13,
as they provide prospective supporters with a taste of high speed
sailing. For more see: http://www.teamadventureusa.com

Six The Race Projects Underway
    Scheduled to start 31 December 2000 The Race
of the Millenium now has six boats entered. There is still
six months for teams to start building their giant
multihulls and make the starting line. The Race will
circle the globe. There is no limit on boat size.
    Only one of these boats has been launched. This is
American Steve Fossett's 105 foot catamaran Play Station.
Next you have British sailor Pete Goss' 120 foot Thompson
designed catamaran which is building in Britain. Goss
Challenge will be launched the end of this year.
    Also under construction is Millenium Challenge for
British mariner Tony Bullimore. Millenium Challenge is
actually one Jules Verne Trophy record holder Enza.
Under the supervision of her designer Nigel Irens Bullimore
will have a 100 foot catamaran. Launching is scheduled
for this fall.
    Two projects are scheduled to being construction
next month. One is a 100 foot Gilles Ollier designed
catamaran for Polish yachtsman Roman Paszke. Roman's
catamaran will be launched in April 2000 and will be
named The Race 2000.
    Another 100 foot Ollier cat will start building
at the Multiplast Yard in France on April 2nd. Owners
of this boat are an unidentified International Group.
Design paramaters for this boat will be secret until
this September. March 2000 is the splash date.
    The final project is a sistership to the one
being built for the International Group. Both
boats will be from the same moulds. Construction starts
September 1999 with completion the end of June 2000.
    It is believed that a further two large multihulls
will be confirmed within the next few months. Additionally
10 projects including trimarans and large monohulls are
being studied and chasing funding.
    With 6 firm projects it would not be unreasonable
to expect a total of 10 boats on the line for the Race for
the Millenium.
    For more see: http://www.therace.org/english/index.htm
www.petegoss.com, www.teamadventureusa.com

Around Alone- Soldini receives awards
    Italian sailor and Around Alone race leader Giovanni
Soldini has received two prestigious awards for his resuce of
feloow Around Alone Sailor Isabelle Autissier. The recue
occured in the depths of the Southern Ocean during Leg 3 of
Around Alone from Auckland New Zealand to Punta Del Este
Urugay.
    From his home country Soldini recieved a medal
commenerating the rescue. Presenting is onboard an
Italian Navy sail training ketch was the President of
the Italian Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. You know
this important when a sailor like Soldini dons a blue
blazer and tie.
    Soldini has also received the HMS Hurrican Trophy
from the HMS Hurrican Association and the Imperial War]
Museum of England. This trophy honors the HMS Hurricane
a World War II destoryer which resuced over 1500 people.
    Back on the race course 3 official entrants and
2 former official entrants remain. All but Robin Davie's
South Carolina have rounded Cape Horn. For the sailors
reaction to Cape Horn please see:
http://www.torresen.com/aroundalone/leg3/capehorn.htm.
    Next to finish will be Neal Petersen on his 40 footer
www.no-barriers.com. This finish will occure today.
    For daily reports on Around Alone please see:
http://www.torresen.com/aroundalone/leg3/toc.htm

What the biggest landmark you've sailed past?
    As Leg 3 of Around Alone has progreesed
the sailors have reaceted with great feeling to
rounding Cape Horn. Cape Horn is the most famous
sailing landmark in the world and to round it
is special.
    Still Cape Horn is a long way from most of us.
However most sailing areas have significant Capes, Points,
Islands, Buoys etc. Whether it's the Maintou Islands
during a Mac race or Fastnet Rock in a Fastnet or
a buoy that you have found in pea soup fog or a
lighthouse that looks just right all sailors round
signifigant landmarks.
    Let us know what the most signifigant rounding
has been in your sailing. We'll hold a random drawing
from all submissions. The winner can choose from: a
Torresen Marine hat or a torresen.com T-shirt.
    The best entries will be published in next
weeks Around the World of Sailing

Steinlager Cup- AC implications
    Beginning today in New Zealnd is the
Steinlager Cup. This match racing event is filled
with America's Cup teams and pre race pecking order
implications for these teams and their sponsors.
    After a qualificaion series the Steinlager
Cup field is at 10 boats. Representing America's
Cup teams are: Paul Cayard of America One, Francesco
de Angelis of Prada, John Cutler of America True, Dean
Barker of Team New Zealand.
    The 1st days racing saw 13-15 knots of breeze and
with a powerful tide to add to the tactical fun. Paul
Cayard and Dean Barker ended up with the best results. Cayard
and Barker posted 6 wins and 1 loss. Among Cayard's victories
were: de Angelis, Cutler, and Baird all AC nominated skippers.
Barker beat among others Dickson, de Angelis and Baird.
    Finishing with 5 points was Ed Baird. With 4 was
Gavin Brady. John Cutler, Dean Salthouse, Chris Dickson posted
3 win days. Chris Law and Francesco de Angelis managed only
2 wins. Finally there was Swede Magnus Holmber with one
victory.
    Racing continues through Sunday. For more infomation
http://www.americaone.org - http://www.americatrue.org &
http://www.steinlagerline7cup.co.nz/