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Around the World of Sailing
24 January 2001
This weeks features:
- Finish Line
- Rowing Reporter
- Watery World News
Finish Line
2001 Key West Boat of the Week Atalanti XI received
Yachting Trophy Boat of the Week
2001 Key West PHRF Boat of the Week J/145 Strabo
Rowing Reporter
Rowing Reporter
Available on the Torresen Sailing Site at:
http://www.torresen.com/sd/january01/0124_frw.htm
The Rowing Reporter is a weekly column of commentary and
observations by Ike Stephenson, Marine Informationist. It
concentrates on the home waters of Around the World of Sailing Lake
Michigan and Muskegon Lake.
The first 20 readers to answer the Following Riddle win
Buy 1, get 1 free ticket coupons for the Grand Center Boat Show
13-18 February.
The Riddle is as follows: Since our planet is largely water
this activity is a worldwide phenomenon. You don't need gas or oil.
You can do it by yourself or with a team. In the Southern Ocean near
Antarctica or on the smallest of lakes. Fresh or Salt Water. On a
nice Monday afternoon or a rainy Saturday afternoon. You can travel
the world to see the sights, or travel the world to win trophies.
Based on these clues what activity am I?
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Readers Write
Steve Schiller wrote this past Saturday, "Arrow 188 was sailing
on Muskegon Lake today. 6" of ice at questionable areas." The recent .
warm temps and lack of snow have brought lakes in Michigan to a
satisfactory level for iceboating. Gull Lake in Kalamazoo hosted the
Central Region DN regatta this past weekend. For results see:
http://www.torresen.com/sd/january01/326.htm
A fellow TMI employee pointed out an additional useful feature
of the Fein Sander featured as a short tack last week. It also
doubles as a cutter that can be used on fiberglass or wood. It
makes an extremely fine cut. Additionally since it is a vibrating
cutter your are much less likely to cut yourself. For more see:
http://bsd.torresen.com/sd/january01/0117_st.htm
Another unnamed reader wrote with the following comment:
"Thanks - really liked the Muskegon Yacht Club story." You can
learn more about the Muskegon Yacht Club at:
http://www.muskegonyachtclub.org/
Gib F. Oneill wrote, I just want to thank you all for the
wonderful reports that you provide each week " Thanks Gib! In
addition to ATWOS you can subscribe to our additional free
newsletters at: http://www.torresen.com/newsletters/welcome.html
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Sailing Records Note:
From The Only Way to Cross by John Maxtone-Graham, a history of
Trans Atlantic liners. On page 43 I came across the following
reference: "On the last full day at sea with good weather the
Mauretania made a record run of 624 miles." This was achieved on
the maiden voyage in November, 1907.
In June of 2000, on its first transatlantic voyage The Race
Class cat Club Med made a record run of 625.7 miles.
The Mauretania was 790 feet and displaced 32,000 tons.
Club Med is 110 feet long displacing 21 tons.
Also a new sailing record has been posted. This for the
Cowes-St Malo race in the monohull category. See it at:
http://bsd.torresen.com/sailingrecords/wssc_dist.htm
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The Race How Long and How Fast
I am still awaiting an answer to the official distance of
The Race. Officials of The Race have not yet responded.
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Notes on Muskegon and Wexford
Currently at the Muskegon County Museum comparing Muskegon
County USA with County Wexford Ireland. The exhibit is a product
of an International Museum exchange program.
The exhibit consists largely of photographs taken by museum
personnel when visiting on their exchange programs. Below are a few
impressions gathered from the exhibit.
Wexford is in SE Ireland and has a pair of rivers, the Ballow
and Suir. Muskegon has a single river, the Muskegon.
Both places have a significant maritime presence. Wexford's
are affected by tides, as the photos showing sailboats sitting on mud
at low tide shows.
The Muskegon Yacht Club is featured. The picture was taken
after the fleet was hauled in the fall.
The Gulf Stream Current warms Wexford. In the winter
Lake Michigan warms Muskegon.
Wexford's port named Rosslare Harbour appears bigger and more
modern. Perhaps container ships visit there.
One of the Wexford harbors shown has sailboats moored 3-4
across in a narrow channel or canal. Unclear whether mooring buoys
or anchors were used. I have never seen this before.
Finally, Muskegon has Muskegon Lake that connects to Lake
Michigan. Wexford has Loch Garman meaning inlet by the sea-washed
bank, which borders the Atlantic Ocean.
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Rowing Reporter Interactive- The Rowing reporter seeks
comments, questions and suggestions. Send email in a bottle to
ike@torresen.com. If readers write we can start a dialogue about
rowing reporter writing. Send challenges, remarks, queries and they
will make you a part of this column.
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Watery World News
Watery World News is dedicated to our watery planet and the
things that people do on the water other than sail. Whether it's
tug-barges, kayaks, rowing shells, PWC's, swimming or other water
activities Watery World News will attempt to give the sailing audience
of ATWOS a look at other water activities.
Reports from France indicate there maybe a change in where
certain types of fish are living. Flying Gurnards, Moonfish,
Triggerfish, and tropical turtles have shown up along the Atlantic
coast.
These fish come from as far away as Africa. What's not clear
is why this change. Possible reasons include: global warming, new
feeding patterns or pollution. Such discoveries bring to mind the
Marine Life Census covered in the 6 December 2000 edition of Watery
World News. It will be interesting to see what other animals may have
up and moved. You can read the 6 December Watery World News at:
http://www.torresen.com/sd/december00/1206_frw.htm