F.I.S.L.Y. NEWSLETTER 10
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F.I.S.L.Y. NEWSLETTER 10
F.I.S.L.Y. NEWSLETTER 10 FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE de SAND et LAND YACHTING edition World Championship Terschelling 2000 F.I.S.L.Y. President’s word Dear Landsailors, Dear sailors It is an honor to present you the 10th Edition of FISLY News. We started this initiative September 1991 to improve communication in landyachting. Till today due to the cooperation of many authors, it was possible to edit an issue at the evening of each European- or World Championship and in meet of, than we could give information and news from all over the world about what was going on in landyachting. At the other hand we have to stress, that we only have in the UK (The landsailor), in B (De Gyper) and in the USA (Nalsa News) a newsletter or magazine on a regular base. A common world-wide magazine should be very good to promote our sport and improve communication in our landyachting world. But to do this, we need a significant amount of resources, but maybe in the emergent e-world why not edit an electronic magazine diffused through our website ? All we need is correspondents all over the world to give the necessary information to the editor. Why not ? Talk about this issue with your delegates ! world. We have to honor the organizers and their teams for their efforts, because it is them who make these events possible. So many thanks on behalf of FISLY and please express your appreciation to all of them during these events. Eric ENGELBRECHT President of FISLY • World Championship 2000. We thank the isle of Terschelling for their hospitality and we wish all pilots a beautiful landsailing week. • Results EUROCUP 1999: • Dates counting for the Eurocup 2001: Class 3 1. Marita Vermeulen 1. Bertrand Lambert 2. Johan Sobry 2. Benny Dezeure 3. Peter Allemeersch 3. Marc Dumont Class 5 & Standart: no pilots meet the standard of participating to at least 3 races. On behalf of FISLY I want to express our appreciation to all who collaborate to the realization of the issues of FISLY news. Y-2000 is also a historical year due to two main landyachting events. In March 2000, 120 land yachters from all over the world sailed in Ivanpah Dry Lake (USA) the PAC-RIM World Cup. In October 2000, 150 pilots come to the Island of Terschelling (H) to sail the 7th World (and … European) Championships. The organization of two world events in one year proves the growth of landyachting all over the Class 2 Date Place Race Classes 4/11/00 Berck 6 Hours 2+3 10+11/03/01 De Panne Krabrally 2 for UK 21+22/04/01 Terschelling Brandaris Chal. All 3+4/06/01 St. Peter Pfingstenregatta All 11-12/08/01 Lytham Fylde International 3,5,S 8+9/09/01 De Panne Potjesregatta All PRESIDENT: Eric ENGELBRECHT, Groene Biezenlaan 57, B-8660 De Panne, Belgium tel.&fax +32 (0)58 411545, tel. +32 (0)92404750 (office), fax. +32 (0)58411545 (home) [email protected], [email protected] SECRETARY: Han LAGERWEY, Zuiderplantsoen 2,NL-3454 ES De Meern, The Netherlands tel. +31 (0)306666851, fax. +31 (0)204074875, [email protected] TREASURER: Philippe Schapman, p/a FFCV, 19 Rue des Sables, F-62600 Berck sur Mer, France tel. +33 (0)321899910, fax. +33 (0)321899919, [email protected] FISLY COUNCIL MEMBERS (Representatives of the Full-Members) : Germany: Thomas Leithoff, Hans Werner Eickstädt, Christian Düber / Belgium: Eric Engelbrecht, Jan Leye / France : Philippe Schapman, Jean Yves Gauthier / Netherlands : Ben Pley, Han Lagerwey Great Britain: Adrian Gage, Chris Wright / New Zealand: Mervyn Hurley / United States: Phil Rotrock FISLY MEMBERS CM = Corresponding member / FM = Full member (October, 2000) ARGENTINA (AR) CM Jaime de LARA, Universidad 2392.0, San Juan 5400, Argentina, tel. +54 230751 (home) Pablo REYES, La Prinsa 784 B, Pueyrredon, 9000 Commodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Arg., tel home: +54 297 4451010 tel&fax work: +54 297 4474683 or +54 297 4445502, [email protected] Roberto BALLESTERO, Pte. Roca SN, Barreal, San Juan 5405, Argentina AUSTRALIA (KA) CM President Australian Land Sailing Association : Martin R. BELL, 3, Acorn Court, Morphett Vale, South Australia 5162, tel. +61 8 3848111 (office), tel. +61 8 3813731, fax +61 8 2341742 (office), [email protected] Secretary : Barry DIXON, 2, Rawe Court, Redwood Park, South Australia 5097, tel. +61 8 2979255 (office), tel. +61 8 2649959 Fisly Representatives Bob DYER, 9, Kilpa Street, Woomera, South Australia 5720, tel. +61 86 737643 (home) BELGIUM (B) FM President : Michel BERLAIMONT, Vogelzanglaan 115, B-1150 Brussel, tel. +32 2 6729215 Secretary : Dimitri BRYS, Oude Pastorijstraat 14, B-8510 Kooigem, Belgium FISLY Representatives : Eric ENGELBRECHT, Groene Biezenlaan 57, B-8660 De Panne, Belgium, tel.& fax +32 58 411545 Jan LEYE, Pannelaan 23, B-8670 Koksijde, tel&fax: +32 58 517644, [email protected] Belgian Federation: [email protected] BRASIL (BRA) CM FEDERAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE CARRO A VELA President : Rudi WIESBAUER, Rua Manuel Leao 95/06, 91760-560 Porto Alegre, Brasil, Tel: +555 12483351, fax: +555 12213461, [email protected] FISLY Representative: Carlos Maya Simões, 1217 Rue Visconde Do Hepval, CEP-91760 730 Porto Alegre, Brasil, [email protected] Commodore : Lodovico A. BRUNETTI, Rue Farrapos 79, 04638-100, Sao Paulo, Brasil. Tel: +55 11 5439834 (office) - fax : +55 11 5319202 Jorge Bercht, R. Visc.do Herval 1217, CEP 90151 131, Porto Alegre, Brasil Tel: +55-512170564 Fax: +55-512193819 Email: [email protected] DANMARK (D) CM Romo Strandsejler Club : Preben NIELSEN, Buskhojvej 33, 6330 Padborg, Danmark, Tel. +45 74673156 Fax. +45 74673256, [email protected] Anders BOSSEN, Strandmeden 3, 6280 Hojer + Eigil MICHELSEN, Stormenvej 20, 6792 Romo, Danmark DJIBOUTI CM Ali LIAQUAT, BP 3451, R.D.D. Djibouti, Djibouti, tel/fax: +32 2 7723464, tel: +253 354695 Email: [email protected] FRANCE (F) FM President + Secretary : Philippe SCHAPMAN, FFCV, B.P. 165 F-62605 Berck sur Mer, Tel. +33 321842769 Fax. +33 321847355, Email (French Federation): [email protected] FISLY Representatives : Philippe SCHAPMAN, Jean –Yves GAUTIER, 1 rue de la Trainellerie, F50340 Les Pieux, tel+fax: +33 233 525517 GERMANY (G) FM FISLY Representatives : Hans Werner EICKSTADT, tel. +49 4027076236, [email protected] Christian DUBER, Lauenburger Str 76, D-21502 Geesthacht, tel. +49 4152835633, G2Dueber@aol. com / Thomas LEITHOFF, Leibnizstrasse 74, D10625 Berlin, Tel. +49 303121980, [email protected] UNITED KINGDOM (K) FM Chairman : Bob GREEN, Riverdale Farm, Flaxton Road, Strensall York Secretary BFSLYC : Mike HAMPTON, 23 Piper Drive, Long Whatton, Loughb. Leics. LE12 5DJ, tel & fax : +44 1 509 842292, [email protected] FISLY Representatives : Chris WRIGHT, 8 Winnow Lane, Boston Spa, Wetherby, Yorkshire, ph. +44 1 937844769 [email protected] Adrian Gage, 15 Thatcham Court, Ieovil, Somerset, BA21 30J, tel. +44 193572583 British Landsailing: 9 Derwent Park, Wheldrake, York, YO4 6AT www.britishlandsailing.co.uk IRELAND (IR) CM President : Irvine CAMPBELL, T50 Craig Road, downpatrick, Co Down N. Ireland BT30 9BG, tel. +44 1 396830855, fax. +44 1 396830976 FISLY Representative : John MAGOWAN, 100 Princetown Rd, Bangor, Co Down N. Ireland BY20 3TG, Gr. Britain JERSEY (JY) CM President : Peter LEBLANCQ, Fairfield, le Coin, St. Ouen-Jersey, Channel Islands, Gr. Britain, tel. 82384 (home) Secretary : Sue LEBLANCQ, Fairfield, le Coin, St. Ouen-Jersey, Channel Islands, GB. FISLY Representative : Chris LE BOUTILLER, la Cassine, Vinchelez, ST. Ouen-Jersey, Channel Islands Gr. Britain NETHERLANDS (H) FM President + Fisly Representative : Ben PLEY, Haagwinde 28, NL-2201 ST Noordwijk, Netherlands, [email protected] Floor LAGERWEY, P.O. Box 15, NL-8880 AA TERSCHELLING WEST, Netherlands, Tel: +31 562444066 email: [email protected] Fisly Secretary General + Fisly Representative : Han LAGERWEY, Zuiderplantsoen 2, NL-3454 ES De Meern, tel +31 306666851, fax +31 204074875, [email protected] NEW ZEALAND (NZ) FM New Zealand Land Yacht Association Inc. President & Fisly Representative: Mervyn Hurley, 4 Widdison Place, The Landing, Albany, Auckland 1331, New Zealand, tel: +64 9 4435737(day) +64 9 4152331 (evening), fax: +64 9 4436282, Mob: +64 21 759189, email: [email protected] QATAR (Q) CM Secretary : Ken HOLDEN, Qatar Sand Yacht Club, PO Box 1854, Doha - Qatar UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (EM) CM Emirates Sandyacht Club : Tim LACEY, PO Box 3366, Dubai / U.A.E. tel. +971 237100 (off.), tel. +971 481568 (hm), fax. +971 281201 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US) FM President NALSA North American Land Sailing Association : Bob Dill, 21 Marian St Burlington VT 05401, USA, [email protected] Secretary : Curtis OBI, 435 43rd. Avenue 301, San Francisco, California 94121, USA., [email protected] Treasurer : Mark Harris, 2027 Valencia, Sparks NV 89434, USA, [email protected] Fisly Representative: Phil Rotrock, 2228 NE 22nd, OR-97217, Portland, Oregon, USA +1 5032819711, [email protected] FRANCE • • • • Les organisateurs des championnats du Monde de Terscheling n'ayant pas obtenu les autorisations de roulage pour les classes 7 et 8, un championnat est organisé pour ces mêmes classes en France, du 31 octobre au 4 novembre 2000, sur les côtes du Cotentin (Manche). Ce championnat regroupera au total 12 nationalités, un record en la matière ! La FFCV met en place un espace char à voile au Salon Nautique International de PARIS. 170 m² sur lesquels seront regroupé tous les acteurs du char à voile : constructeurs, écoles, clubs, FFCV... Nous espérons vous retrouvez nombreux à cette occasion, venez nous rejoindre sur l'espace char à voile. La Vendée prépare déjà le championnat d'Europe 2001(septembre) qui réunira pour la première fois l'ensemble des classes du Char à Voile. Une rencontre international de classe 8 avait eu lieu en mai 2000, 10 nationalités, 54 pilotes Européens, une réussite !! cet événement a de grandes chances d'être reconduit en 2001, avis aux amateurs... INVITATION au QUOI: Les 6 Heures de Berck, course internationale de Char à Voile, la course d'endurance la plus importante en Europe ! 35ème édition! QUAND: Les 4 et 5 novembre 2000 OU: Sur la plage de Berck sur mer (Pas de Calais) COMMENT: Par équipe de 2, les pilotes se relaient pendant 6 heures. QUI: Classe 3, 2 et Formule A EOLE CLUB, Esplanade Parmentier BP 5, 62601 BERCK Cedex, Tel 03-21-09-04-55 http: / /www.multimania.com/eole club/ mail: [email protected] LA LÈGENDE Qu'a-t-elle de spécial cette course? Simplement qu'elle est la plus ancienne course d'endurance et certainement l'une des plus belles. En 1965, lorsque Jean-Jacques SCHWARTZ et Henri-Guy PARENT fondent l'Eole-club, ils veulent aussi créer une manifestation qui n'existe nulle part ailleurs. Ce sera donc la naissance de la première course d'endurance en Europe. Ce qui donnera sa renommée et sa force à cette manifestation, c'est d'une part son palmarès; en effet depuis plus de trente ans ce sont toujours les meilleurs pilotes européens qui ont gravi la plus haute marche du podium; d'autre part la plage elle-même participe à cette réputation. Quand on prend le départ des "6 Heures" on sait qu'il y aura de la casse et on prie pour que ça n'arrive pas à chaque tour de piste! Les pilotes souffrent, mais le matériel encore plus: la moindre poulie, le moindre boulon mal vérifié et c'est l'assurance de faire parti des abandons! Pourquoi? Parce que la plage est difficile, il faut trouver son chemin, ne pas rater les changements de bancs sous peine de se retrouver dans une zone de trous digne des tranchées de Verdun, repérer les "caniveaux", éviter les bancs de sable trop mous. Et puis la course n'est pas figée; quand la mer descend il faut trouver un nouveau chemin par le banc de mer qui pourrait être plus payant; quand la mer remonte, savoir choisir le bon moment pour ne plus passer sur ce banc de mer. Vous l'avez compris, c'est une course qui demande les meilleures qualités de pilotage, ce n'est pas forcément le plus rapide qui gagnera mais celui qui saura mettre ses roues là où il ARGENTINA Last News from Argentina South American Meeting: During the days 15, 16 and 17 of September the Landyachting Club of Bell Ville, Cordoba, summoned the sportsmen of the wind to participate of the 4to South American Landsailing Meeting with pilots from Brazil and Argentina. The event had as main objective to gather pilots lovers of the wind to continue working with a view to achieving a solid establishment at South American level, narrowing bonds with main characters of other countries. During the Encounter they were carried out different tests with funny purpose, ability and competition, in three categories, (Beginners, Promo and Free) with a spectacular weekend being disputed a score of series. In the general summary of the category Free Promo, the local Serra and Prestento, showed to be prophets of its earth, while Coria from Patagonia reached the fourth place.behind the one Brazilian Roberto Azambuja General classification 1° José Serra (Arg - Cordoba) 2° Roberto Azambuja (Brazil) 3° Luis Prestento (Arg - Cordoba) 4° Oscar Coria (Arg - Comodoro Rivadavia) 5° Roberto Azambuja (Brazil) 6° Luis Vivanco (Arg - Cordoba) 7° Enrique Lamothe (Arg - Cordoba) 8° Carlos Caccialuppi (Arg - Cordoba) 9° Oscar Serra (Arg - Cordoba) South American Championship in Rada Tilly - Patagonia Argentina The Asociación Patagónica de Carrovelismo (Patagonian Landyachting Asociation) continues working for the realization of the most important event of the last times as regards wind sport in South America In February of Next year and in adhesion to the Centennial of Comodoro Rivadavia, Rada Tilly's beaches will be sport centre of the bigger attraction for the lovers of the wind. The character of this event will be highly sport, for that the Association is working to arrive with all the details to this demanding organiza- tional challenge that seeks of uniting 40 pilots of different latitudes. Tests of endurance, normal regattas and challenges of speed will do. ESCUELA PATAGONICA DE CARROVELISMO - PATAGONIAN LANDYACHTING SCHOOL Again this Summer 2000-2001, he/she will start the season of the Infantile School of Landyachting This had their first season fulfilling all success the objective layout: To DIFFUSE THE LANDYACHTING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG. With 20 new small yachts 2.2 and 3.2 square meters, children from seven years until young of 15 years of age, the first promotion of Patagonian pilots completed the yearning Professors Claudia Correia, Ado Simunovich, Jorge Rodriquez and who writes, Pablo Reyes at the head, covered every day with four daily hours of training to the pilots, with regattas and trophy's on the wild coast, during two months and a half in a nice summer. The initiative won the recognition of Government's authorities that they saw this School like a tourist potential and healthy contention for the youth HOLLAND DENMARK RØMØ STRANDSEJLER CLUB INTERNATIONAL REGATTA ON RØMØ 29+30/07/00 CLASS DN: NR. 1 LIBERO MEDICI, RENDSBURG NR. 2 OTTO FIEBING, SCHACHT AUDORF Land yachting in the Netherlands starts this season with the Red Bull 7th World Championships Landyachting The year 2000 is special. In land yachting it is particularly noteworthy because precisely 400 years ago Simon Stevin from Brugge designed the first land yacht ever on behalf of Prince Maurits of Oranje Nassau. The year 2000 is all the more special to us because for the first time in history The Netherlands are to organize the World Championships. The Dutch land yachting community has accepted the challenge, strengthened by successful European Championships in 1990 and 1995. Now we have the W orld Championships on Terschelling. We expect this to be a gorgeous spectacle, a true ‘feast of the wind’ and 'the best will win'. From 7 to 13 October 2000 for all landyacht pilots of the world the place to be is the beach of Terschelling. For spectators we have a great openings parade on October 7th at 14.00 hours, all pilots will participate, the final prize giving is scheduled for October 13th late at night. All details you'll find on our website: www. strandzeilen.nl With the Word championships Landyachting the landyacht season starts in the Netherlands. Do plan to join or see the following races too: Ijmuiden Admiraalscup at 28 October 2000 Ijmuiden Open Dutch Championships at 10 and 11 November 2000 Terschelling Brandaris Challenge 21+22/04/00 Ute Vrijburg Nederlandse Strandzeil Federatie Email: [email protected] CLASS STANDARD: NR. 1 ULI MOENKER, KIEL NR. 2 REINHARD KRANZ, KIEL NR. 3 EIGIL MICHELSEN, RØMØ CLASS 3 NR. 1 JAN FAGERBERG, GOETEBORG/ RØMØ NR. 2 TONI RIBBAAS, GOETEBORG / RØMØ NR. 3 HANS CARSTENS, ST. PETER ORDING THE RESULTS OF OUR CLUB CHAMPION SHIP CLASS DN: NR. 1 LIBERO MEDICI NR. 2 OTTO NIELSEN NR. 3 ANDERS BOSSEN CLASS STANDARD NR. 1 WALDEMAR KONOPKA NR. 2 ARNE KELM NR. 3 REINHARD KRANZ CLASS 3 NR. 1 JAN FAGERBERG NR. 2 TONY RIBBAAS NR. 3 MARTIN RUSSELL WE ARE SENDING 4 MEMBERS TO TERSCHELLING: JAN FAGERBERG , TONI RIBBAAS, ALBERT KELM AND REINHARD CRANZ THE FIRST 3 IN CLASS 3 AND REINHARD IN STANDARD. WE ARE HOPING ON A GOOD RACING ON TERSCHELLING FOR ALL. KIND REGARDS RØMØ STRANDSEJLER CLUB PREBEN NIELSEN. USA 2872)&21752/ 6$66$66 DQGWKH+2/<*$/( Day 1: This year the HOLY GALE started on Saturday, with everybody arriving, setting up camp and getting familiar with the race course. The LLAMA DELI opened for lunch at noon, serving fresh fish tacos with all the toppings (I had three and boy were they good). The LLAMA DELI was open everyday for the rest of the event and alternated between fish, beef and chicken tacos. That evening, we held the mayor’s mixer, and the SASSANATOR received quite a workout as a special mix master was brought in to assist the Judge in the proper use of the apparatus. Day 2: On Sunday, after the fog cleared (in peoples heads) and a nice breakfast we held the pilots meeting. Everybody was in attendance and the first written set of racing rules for SASSASS and the HOLY GALE were distributed. Some new ideas were discussed, such as umpires at the marks to watch the roundings and a penalty point system for minor infractions against the rules (instead of disqualifying the yacht). Some of the benefits of umpires at the marks are 1. By having a vehicle near the mark it makes the mark easier to see. 2. The person at the mark can get some really good photos. 3. It seems that just knowing that someone is watching is enough to make everybody sail clean. As there were no penalty points handed out over the 30 races that were held. The racing got started when the wind came up around 11:00. The Kids got in two quick windwardleeward races in winds of ten knots or so. Right after the Kids finished we started with the first round of racing. The racing consisted of fivemile triangle courses so everybody could get used to where the marks were. Each class was able to get in two races in winds of 7 to 10 knots. The surface was in good shape over most of the course but a little rough on the right hand side. After the adults were done racing the Kids had two more races and then it was time for the salmon feed. The salmon feed organized by the Oliveri’s, Bassano’s and the Bogard’s was awesome as usual. Salmon cooked to perfection with a rosemary butter whip (oolala). Sunday was also the first day of the paraphernalia kiosk. Mary B., Melanie and Dez were the shirt girls and sales were Hot Hot Hot! Hot is also the word for the conditions in the shirt sales trailer, thanks M, M and D. If you weren’t there you might still be able to buy some of the exceptional SASSASS merchandise at the next event. Day 3: The wind was blowing in the morning so we decided to have the Enduro at which time the wind promptly died. The wind came up again around 12:00 and we decided to start off with a couple of Kids races, to test the wind. The Kids were fun to watch when they race, they all stare at each other, so when one tacks all of them tack. It’s kinda like synchronized sailing. The wind was of the puffy variety so we decided to stay close to camp and have windward leeward courses for the adults instead of going on the Enduro. The wind in the afternoon piped up to 20+ knots and the racing was fast and furious. But the overall theme of the wind this year was, nice early in the morning and evening but a little puffy and unpredictable in the afternoon. The racing was close, in the Kids Class, Erik Smiley and Jared Becher were battling it out and in the Middle Class, Rod Eicholz in his Soup and Eric Graul in his DN were in a contest of heavy vs. light. The potluck followed at 7:00, everybody pitched in and made a great meal out of it. People ate and ate until they dozed off, listening to the late night serenade of MEL who had allot of help from a cast of others, including Tara Lynn. Day 4: This day started of like all the others, wind until 8:30 AM then nothing until 2:00. We were running out of race days so we tried running the Enduro again. Because of some “Mystery dunes” that have formed over parts of the Enduro racecourse it had to be shortened to 50 miles. We were hoping to run two 50mile races and find a combined champion. After ten miles of racing (from camp to the second exit and back) and numerous stops to wait for wind, we called off the race. Twenty minutes after the cancellation the wind picked back up and the big boats decided to go out for a sail. We sailed to Dead Dog Dunes and then over to the Calico’s and back a total of 25 miles on the round trip rhunb line. The trip back from the Calico’s (an upwind 8 mile leg in 15 knots of breeze) was really pleasant and one of the nicer sails of the week. While we were at- USA tempting the Enduro, Beth Gripenstraw and her assistants Rainy and Karen painted the rear wall of the Llama Deli. And I don’t mean white. I’m talking the Six Cheetah Saints of SASSASS, Saint Black Rock, Saint Mayor, Saint Wind, Saint Food, Saint Party and Saint Sail. Each portrait is 6’ tall and 16” wide and a beautiful example of SASSASS spirit. That night was the raffle hosted by Mel and the Assets all that attended had a great time, you might want to ask Mary Robertson about the bottle of Grappa. Day 5: This morning no wind at all. It’s the last day of the event and people want to know how long were going to wait. We decide if there’s no wind by 12:00, we’ll call it off. People start to pack up their camps and some even leave betting on no wind. The wind came up at 11:00 and we had three quick races for the Kids while the adults started to set up their yachts. By the end of the third Kids race it was blowing 20 and people were ready to go racing. We put up the course three placard, designating a triangle windward leeward course. The Twins were getting ready to finish and now the breeze was up to 25 knots. We shortened the course for the Singles to a single triangle and the race was dusty and scary. The committee decided to hold one last Upper-Middle Class race so everybody would have five races for the event. When the race started the wind was up to 30+knots. There were two large Black Rock sized Psycho Puffs near the race course and the thought of one of them catching me on one of the reaching legs was getting my attention. I knew if I could make it to the windward leeward part of the race I could survive most any puff. Thankfully everyone made it around the reach mark before the puff and finished the race with no problem. It was getting windier by the minute and the puffs were more frequent. We called off the racing at 1:30 ½ hour short of the 2:00 deadline for racing. Forty or so of the members made it into Gerlach for a shower and our last supper at Bruno’s, followed and preceded by farewell cocktails and a game of pool at the Miners Club. Holy Gale Special Awards: Mary Bogard Perpetual: For outstanding performance, sportsmanship, dedication and just being an all around nice person: the Assets, the race committee, the girls, Allison Gripenstraw, Jessica Ballenger and Marina Oliveri. The Wrecking Ball: for doing the most damage either to yourself or to property. It was a tight one this year between Rick Labounty in Flatlander a triple cartwheel and Mike Grimm for rolling the La Parisian. With the award going to Mike, because anybody that rolls a bedpan and skins his knee deserves this award. By the way it looks like the bedpan will get a seatbelt before the next speed run. This years Holy Gale was attended by a photographer from National Geographic for Kids hopefully the article will come out in Aug. or Sept. There were about 20 kids at our event with 6 of them racing in the Kids class one in the Single division and three running the racing from the committee shack. Some of the others a just getting big enough to reach the pedals. We had a great time at the Holy Gale and we hope to see everybody that was there back again. We realize that the Pac Rim tapped allot of people out financially and time wise this year. The next Holy Gale will be as good as this one was and we hope to see some of our friends from overseas and around the country at the event n 2001. On a closing note, I would like to thank all that helped in the running of the event this year. The Bogard’s, Oliveri’s, Bassano’s, Carter’s, Gizmo, Gripenstraw’s, Smiley’s, Melanie (donated all the Martinelli’s apple cider), Alan, Cousin Bert, Dale Ray, the Assets, Lyons’, Dave, the Judge, Mix Master Mike, All the musicians, Ernie, Ernie, Don, Jim and Benny the dog. And lastly Mark Harris for coming up with SASSASS’ new phrase “All those guys want to do is Party and Sail”. I’m sure I forgot to mention numerous other volunteers. See you on the desert, or for some inTerschelling in October. Dennis US 2000 Dennis Bassano US 2000 6$66$66 UNITED KINGDOM News from the Brits! party that was! We have had some excellent racing in the UK over the last 12 months and, once again, competition for a place in the British Team has been very strong. The “wedding of the year” was tacked onto the end of the PACRIM Championships in the USA earlier in the March. The UK sent a small, but keen, Team of pilots to fly the flag – defending champion Chris Wright, Mark Lloyd, Andy Parr, Si Holder and John Andrews. Chris managed to retain his title and a good time was had by all. So much so, that Chris and Andy were thrilled at being invited over to Tunisia to represent the UK in some team racing – only to discover it was for parakarts! Still, the weather was warm!! The British Championship Series, held over 6 events around the country, has provided us with two very worthy Champions – Dave Green in Class 5 and Steve Borrill in Class 3. In Class 3, Gareth Rowland made a good start to the season by winning the first event but, due to business commitments, he missed two events leaving Alan Scantlebury to make a bid for the Title. Steve Borrill had other ideas and before Alan could compound his winning start to the year, Steve returned to form and won three of the last four events. Jon Cookson also had brief moments of glory although his mind soon became focused on building a new superlightweight yacht in time for Tershchelling 2000. The story was much the same for the class 5’s, Chris Wright took the first Regatta win on an airfield but Dave very quickly staked his claim on the Title by winning four of the remaining five events. Roger Leah and Mark Sidey were always up there with them, ready to capitalise on any mistakes, as were Ray Thompson and Brian Norman – the top 6 places being very close. Despite the high quality of racing, the number of pilots has fallen over the last couple of years….. is this trend peculiar to the UK or are other countries also experiencing a decline in support? At a time when sport and leisure interests are on the increase – what are we doing wrong? Surely everyone can see the fun in standing out on a cold, wet, windy beach for hours on end? Can’t they?!!!! Whatever the reasons, they can’t compare to the tactics being used by New Zealand to increase their own numbers – they infiltrate the ranks of a friendly nation – then marry 50% of the Ladies Team! (there being only 2 in it!!) As if it wasn’t enough to whisk Andy Mitchell off to Kiwi-land, Ian McLachlin married her to make sure she never sailed with a “K” again. They came half-way round the world to do it, bringing half the Kiwi population with them, but what a Over the last few months, small fun yachts have been seen at several regattas, particularly coming into their own when conditions were too strong for safe racing. Having no set specifications, most have been put together in the garden shed, which keeps the cost down and the fun value up! Could this be the way forward for the Millennium? th 2001 will be the 50 Anniversary of the Fylde International Sand Yacht Club at Lytham St Annes and a special Regatta will be held on 11/12 August 2001 to celebrate the event. You are all invited! More details will be available nearer the time Pilots in the UK have already attended the first Regatta towards qualification for the British Team 2001 and no doubt many hours will be spent over the winter months building and rebuilding yachts in readiness. But for now, it just goes for me to wish all competitors good luck here in Terschelling. Paula Leah K23 DJIBOUTI /(&(175('(&+$56$92,/('8*5$1'%$5$$'-,%287, LE PAYS : Djibouti, petit pays à la jonction de la Mer Rouge et de l'Océan Indien, est essentiellement formé de reliefs volcaniques entourant de vastes étendues plates et basses, restes actuels d'anciens lacs asséchés. Le Grand Bara est le plus grand d'entre eux. Plat comme une table de billard, avec ses 30 km de long et ses 10 km de large, un vent régulier et de direction constante, c'est l'endroit idéal pour pratiquer le char à voile sans modération. INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES : Le voyage : deux compagnies desservent le pays au départ de Paris : Air France et Yemenia Airways. On peut également se rendre à Djibouti par la Lufthansa au départ de Francfort et par Alitalia au départ de Rome, via Addis Abeba (Ethiopie). L'hébergement : On trouve dans la capitale des hôtels de toutes catégories, du plus luxueux au plus simple. Situé à 80 km de Djibouti Ville, le centre de char à voile a une capacité d'hébergement pouvant aller jusqu'à une centaine de personnes pour une nuit. LA PRATIQUE DU CHAR A VOILE A DJIBOUTI : Créé en 1980, le centre est dirigé depuis 1995 par A. Liaquat, ancien légionnaire, et constitue maintenant un pôle majeur de char à voile en Afrique de l'Est. Afin de développer encore cette activité, A. Liaquat a prévu d'ouvrir l'an prochain un deuxième centre en Ethiopie, ce qui permettrait d'organiser des activités dans un milieu très différent de Djibouti. Le 25 février 2000, s'est déroulé le 1er challenge amical de char à voile à Djibouti. La coupe a été remportée par un membre de l'équipage d'Air France qui faisait régulièrement escale dans le pays. Deux démonstrations ont également eu lieu : l'une devant le Ministre du Tourisme au Grand Bara et l'autre sur la banquise de sel du Lac Assal, 155 m en dessous du niveau de la mer. Cette année, du 21 au 23 décembre 2000, nous organiserons les 100 km du Grand Bara. Le parc des chars ayant été renouvelé et augmenté, nous pourrons accueillir de nombreux participants. Le centre connaît un grand succès puisque, bien qu'il ne soit ouvert que les weekends (c'est-à-dire le vendredi à Djibouti) et les jours fériés, les sportifs ont réalisé plus de 4000 heures de char à voile dans la saison, de novembre 1999 à avril 2000. D'autre part, le char à voile entrant officiellement cette année dans les activités sportives de l'Armée française stationnée à Djibouti, l'objectif serait d'ouvrir plus souvent le centre, ce qui permettrait de doubler le nombre d'heures de fonctionnement. Tous les dirigeants des différents clubs sont les bienvenus à Djibouti où ils pourront se rendre compte par eux-mêmes de la qualité de l'environnement et des prestations proposées. QUE FAIRE D'AUTRE A DJIBOUTI ? Les sportifs et les amoureux des grands espaces trouveront leur bonheur dans ce pays où l'on peut pratiquer : - la plongée sous-marine en apnée ou bouteilles permettant de découvrir des récifs coralliens parmi les plus beaux du monde ; des raids et des rallyes 4x4 pour aller à la rencontre de ces paysages fascinants de laves et de terres brûlées par le soleil ; des randonnées VTT ou pédestres dans des conditions particulièrement sportives (relief, chaleur, …). Si ce programme vous tente, nous vous invitons à prendre contact avec nous, soit par téléphone ou fax au 00.253.35.46.95, soit par e-mail : [email protected] Results European Championship ‘99, Borkum, Germany Klasse 2 Pl Land 1B 2B 3B 4B 5F 6F 7F 8B 9F 10G 11G 12Z 13B 14F 15B 16B 17B 18B Zeilnr 64 15 36 94 709 180 969 117 821 40 44 1 1 780 68 26 17 151 Naam Demuysere Demuysere Allemeersch Sobry Morel Gervais Morel Vermeulen Blervaque Tils Dibbert Müller Engelbrecht Lys Vanwynsberghe Moors Vermeulen Vanryckeghem Voornaam R1 P1 R2 P2 R3 P3 R4 P4 Pascal 0 3 1 0 5 Henri *6 5 5 0 Peter 3 2 3 2 Johan 5 4 2 6 Bernard 2 6 2 6 3 Didier 4 0 4 11 Jean-Claude *12 8 8 4 Marita 9 *13 1 10 7 Denys 7 7 14 1 8 Jost 8 11 *15 9 Hans-Jürgen 10 *15 7 10 Balthasar 11 12 9 *13 Eric 13 10 12 14 Pierre 14 9 13 12 Germain 16 14 *16 15 Stef 18 16 11 *18 Robert 15 17 1 17 *17 Luc 17 18 18 16 Naam Lambert Valat Rowland Wulf Eickstädt van der Rijt Borrill Dupret Imbert Dezeure Scantlebury Fagerberg Leye Dumont Löhmann Mahrt Rousselle Ribbas Borowski Carstens Cookson Renard Austin Warren David Hanke Markowitz Gage Bergmann Totzke Bottomlet Voornaam R1 P1 Bertrand 0 Gabriel *5 Gareth *7 Peter Biner 4 Hans-Werner 2 Eric 3 Steve 8 Loic 10 Olivier *15 Benny 6 Alan 13 Jan 11 Jan 9 Marc 14 Jochen 20 Paul 12 Henri *27 Tony 17 Imke 16 Hans 29 Ion *25 Stephane *31 Richard 23 Adrian 18 Jean Paul 21 Christoph 24 Jens 19 Adrian 26 Holger 28 Heinz 22 John *30 R5 P5 R6 P6 R7 P7 Totaal *6 0 2 11 0 2 0 12 2 *5 5 17 *10 4 3 24 *7 3 4 26 3 6 *18 28 4 7 6 37 8 11 7 53 5 1 12 *15 55 11 8 8 55 9 2 9 9 56 12 13 1 10 68 *18 15 13 77 13 *16 16 1 78 14 14 11 84 16 10 17 88 15 17 12 94 17 *18 14 100 Klasse 3 Pl Land 1F 2F 3K 4G 5G 6H 7K 8F 9F 10B 11K 12S 13B 14B 15G 16G 17F 18S 19G 20G 21K 22F 23K 24K 25F 26G 27H 28K 29G 30B 31K Zeilnr 307 492 800 24 1 88 115 176 655 30 222 1 40 74 39 3 847 3 15 7 41 477 144 12 882 30 154 220 6 88 995 R2 P2 0 2 4 7 5 6 3 8 12 10 19 14 *18 13 9 16 11 15 21 *31 20 22 23 30 *24 25 27 *29 17 26 28 R3 P3 R4 P4 R5 P5 0 *16 0 3 0 2 2 3 3 *7 2 6 4 7 9 11 5 5 5 12 *13 6 10 *14 10 4 7 9 9 *12 *29 8 4 13 6 1*28 12 11 16 17 *18 11 8 25 *27 15 17 18 21 19 15 16 14 *21 *25 20 17 19 13 3 8 23 15 20 18 22 10 14 21 *26 *31 31 1 19 20 24 22 22 23 23 24 30 24 26 27 25 *30 26 30 28 29 *29 27 28 1 31 R6 P6 0 3 2 6 *31 *31 4 8 10 9 7 11 12 14 13 *22 15 19 18 21 16 23 17 5 24 *26 *29 20 27 25 28 Totaal 0 10 14 25 27 30 32 42 43 43 51 56 60 69 75 78 81 81 92 93 94 95 98 104 111 117 124 124 128 130 143 Results European Championship ‘99, Borkum, Germany Klasse Standart Pl Land 1F 2F 3F 4B 1/5F 6F 7G 8F 9F 10F 11G 12H 13K 14F 15B 16B 17B Zeilnr 177 269 271 290 247 292 164 209 192 222 29 255 208 266 253 258 261 Naam Telle Hingant Garnier Demuysere Ribaud de Gineste Destailleur Kauffmann Aventurier Cottard Geffray Kohler Pley Heath Swiderec Dieleman Voet De Gryse Voornaam Damien Rene Paul Yann Veronique R1 P1 R2 P2 R3 P3 R4 P4 R5 P5 R6 P6 R7 P7 Totaal 3 0 0 0 *5 0 0 3 2 4 2 4 3 *5 2 17 4 2 3 *9 2 2 4 17 5 3 *8 3 0 4 3 18 10 *15 5 2 6 1 3 5 32 Marc Henri 6 Reinhard 9 Denis 0 Aurelie 7 Marie Christ. 8 Urs *16 Ad 14 Christine 12 Claude *17 Koen 15 Symen 11 Veerle 13 7 8 *17 *14 6 16 5 10 11 9 12 13 Naam Petit Faucon Morandiere Green Duhamel Wright Guerin Idier Janvier Norman Morandiere Bronner Kraja Thompson Hartmann Leach Hogerheyde Green Kauffmann Lengerhuis Zom Bents Elkhuizen Gebauer Bottomley Fröhberg Bents Westermann Peters Hillmann Hurley Voornaam Brice Xavier Aurelien Dave Stephane Chris Laurent Fabrice Yannick Brian Alban Antoine Sven Raymond Heiko Martin Guido Robert Martin Gerd Jeanne Thomas Jan Michael Andren Bärbel Helge Björn Herby Gerdine Mervyn R2 P2 0 3 2 4 9 6 8 7 11 10 5 12 15 *19 14 16 *20 *21 13 18 22 23 17 24 *31 26 25 28 30 27 29 7 13 6 9 10 4 16 14 17 11 15 12 5 7 8 2 6 10 11 *16 13 17 15 12 14 8 4 13 11 1*12 9 7 10 14 *17 16 15 *9 6 7 8 10 14 15 12 11 16 *17 1 13 6 *14 16 8 9 10 11 *17 7 12 13 *15 39 47 50 51 54 64 68 71 77 78 79 81 Klasse 5 Pl Land 1F 2F 3F 4K 5F 6K 7F 8F 9F 10K 11F 12F 13G 14K 15H 16K 17H 18K 19G 20G 21H 22G 23H 24G 25K 26G 27G 28G 29G 30G 31NZ Zeilnr 706 275 578 916 273 508 358 1043 519 9 577 1020 592 102 599 939 187 917 655 589 556 705 123 609 991 510 606 583 596 616 350 R1 P1 0 2 4 5 6 7 3 8 11 9 14 12 10 15 17 *21 16 19 13 20 18 22 23 25 27 26 28 24 *31 29 30 R3 P3 R4 P4 0 0 2 2 *9 3 3 4 4 *9 7 11 6 7 5 10 *11 6 *31 12 *22 5 8 8 12 15 10 13 13 17 15 14 16 18 18 16 17 22 14 19 21 21 20 24 19 20 25 23 23 25 *28 26 24 29 26 28 27 27 29 30 30 *31 R5 P5 2 0 5 6 4 3 7 *10 9 8 11 *13 *15 16 18 17 14 12 21 *20 19 *27 22 *25 26 23 *29 28 24 *31 30 R6 P6 R7 P7 Totaal 0 *31 2 *5 0 9 2 3 19 *10 2 24 4 5 32 *9 4 38 *14 11 42 7 6 43 3 7 47 6 8 53 8 20 63 12 13 65 15 12 79 18 10 82 *28 9 88 11 18 91 17 17 98 13 21 99 *22 16 102 19 15 105 16 *25 117 20 14 123 *27 22 123 24 23 144 25 19 145 21 27 149 26 24 156 *31 26 160 23 31 162 30 29 174 29 28 176 BELGIUM Good news from Belgium The ISSA is making a closer contact with FISLY and with the Belgian Federation. So if everything goes well, the Standart-sailors will always have the same racing rules, the same turning markers and adapted racing calendars. It is a step forward to all san and landyachters. The interest in Sand- & Landyachting is growing. The club at Oostduinkerke (SYCOD) is relaunching it’s sandyacht activities. At De Panne the sandyachting school is working very well. In the last year we had 2811 people who came for a (first) try in sandyachting. The number of members of the clubs at De Panne is growing too. The most difficult thing however is getting people starting to race in class 2 and 3. My personal idea is that we should create a specific training to learn how to sail in a big yacht. It could be similar to a training for aircraft-pilot. One needs a good yacht with double steering system and a sheeting system that is controllable form both ends. In a step by step manner under individual instruction, one could learn to sail well and in good safety conditions. Maybe this could be one of the topics to be discussed at FISLY on the European and World championships at Terschelling. Jan Leye B40 YOUR NEWSLETTER Please help your secretary to improve communication worldwide by notifying: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ change of addresses (officials only) - see enclosed form Addresses of sandyachters or organizations that you know but not your secretary and that could be interesting for our small sandyacht world. national regatta plans and international events posters, stickers, pictures etc, etc. Every contribution to your Fisly Newsletter is appreciated. Please send inquiries or information to : Fisly News editor Benny Dezeure, Dynastielaan 18b, B-8660 De Panne, Belgium, tel & fax. +32 (0)58415747; email: [email protected] COLOPHON EDITORS : PABLO REYES, PAULA LEAH, JAN LEYE, MARC DUMINY, ALI LIAQUAT, UTE VRIJBURG, PREBEN NIELSEN, DENNIS BASSANO, FRANCOIS-DOMINIQUE BLIN, ERIC ENGELBRECHT LAY OUT : Benny Dezeure (LAZEF) EDITION : 10th edition - 11th year - October 2000 ADDRESS : LAZEF, Dynastielaan 18bis, B-8660 De Panne, Belgium Tel. & Fax : +32-(0)58-415747 or +32-(0)58-411545. [email protected] REPRODUCTION : The Fisly Newsletter can be reproduced by country federations and clubs without the permission of the editors.