OCTOBER 9-10, 2021
Organized by the Storm Trysail Club and the Larchmont Yacht Club
2021 PROGRAM
Photo: Steve Cloutier
We would also like to thank Bo and Edie Lycke for their generous support of the IOR Regatta and dedicated in memory of Ed du Moulin, Hoffmann Investors, Corp., Cathy McMichael DeVore, Paul Gilman, Doug Lynn, Ann Myer, Ray Redniss, and Linda & Andrew Weiss for thier donations to making this event possible.
WELCOME
Welcome to Larchmont Yacht Club, particularly those who are visiting for the first time. We are pleased to again co-host the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, which has grown over the past decade into the largest collegiate regatta in the country.
This regatta makes an important contribution to our sport by giving college sailors a relatively rare big boat experience. It is important to LYC because we are committed to growing the sport, and it is an opportunity for college sailors from around the country to get to know us.
From spring into the fall, we have very active programs for big boats, one-design keel boats, Viper 640s, Vanguards, Ideal 18’s and Lasers, with every format including a top-tier team racing program. In the winter, LYC has a very competitive IC dinghy fleet that attracts some of the best dinghy sailors in the northeast. And there is always an active social gathering following racing.
LYC offers Summer and Winter Sailing Memberships that include access to our clubhouse and waterfront facilities at a modest cost. These memberships offer an excellent opportunity for collegiate and post-college sailors in the New York area to get a feel for what it would be like to be an active and permanent part of our LYC sailing community.
I encourage you to visit LarchmontYC.org for links to the V-15 and Winter Sailing (IC Dinghy) fleets or contact LYC Sailing Director Doug Reynolds or any Club officer with any questions.
All of us here at Larchmont Yacht Club extend our best wishes for your team’s success in the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta. Enjoy your weekend here and enjoy Larchmont Yacht Club. I look forward to seeing you on the water.
Rob Dailey
Commodore, Larchmont Yacht Club
Welcome to the 2021 Intercollegiate Regatta. The IOR plays a unique role in the world of college sports because (spoiler alert) “college” isn’t the point here. In fact, this regatta transcends typical boundaries of college sports like divisions and regions. You’ll cross tacks with teams you’ve never met—on the water and at the parties. More importantly, however, this regatta sets a course far beyond the end of most college activities: Graduation.
If it seems like we’re trying to sell you on big-boat sailing, you’re right. The Storm Trysail Club exists to promote good fellowship among blue water and ocean racing sailors and to encourage the sport of ocean racing and offshore cruising. While the qualifications for regular membership in the Storm Trysail Club are as tough as the conditions under which our members have sailed, the standards for junior membership are within your reach. Many of our junior members become regular members before age 30. Talk with our members –competitors and volunteers alike – and you might catch a ride offshore and soon qualify.
Our members among you this weekend are driven by a passion for sailing. Their contributions here as volunteers or boat-loaners are repayment for the rewards of their own sailing experiences and investment in sailing’s future with you. Please join me in thanking all of them and our partners, including Larchmont Yacht Club and the Storm Trysail Foundation, for making this regatta happen.
While this is only a taste of what the big-boat sailing life offers, we hope you think over the horizon about sailing—whether racing or cruising—after graduation. Success here isn’t measured by the results on Sunday as it is in the scratch sheets and crew lists of future regattas. We hope your name will be on them. Tag your friends who should be too.
Ed Cesare
Commodore, Storm Trysail Club
Sail fast and sail safely!
ShopRite of Carteret is pleased to help bring big boat sailing to collegiate sailors from across the country. Enjoy the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta!
EVENT SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
1730 - 1830: Check In
1730 - 1930: Hot Dogs Galore Served
SATURDAY
0700 - Check In
0800 - Launch Begins
0900 - Skipper's Meeting
1100 - First Start
1700 - Buffet Dinner
1730 - Gary Jobson Keynote
SUNDAY
0800 - Launch Begins
0930 - First Warning
1400 - No Warning After
After Racing - Pizza and Awards
Event Staff
Principal Race Officer: Charles “Butch” Ulmer
Race Committee: Bryan Costello, Mark Dailey, Joe Fontanella, Larry Fox, Maureen Koeppel, Jed Kelly, Peter Kelly, Nick Langone, Bizzy Monte-Sano, Celina Monte-Sano, John May, Cynthia Parthemos, Kelly Robinson, Jan Smeets, John Troy, Leggie Torrey, Dick York, Andrew Weiss, Linda Weiss
Executive Director: Whitney Kneisley
Sponsorship: Scott Goetz
Event Chairs: Doug Lynn, Ann Myer
IOR Committee: Com Crocker, Mark Dailey, Larry Fox, Buttons Padin, Andrew Weiss
Spectator boat: Paul Hoffmann
Photo boat: Rob Alexander
Printed Program: Buttons Padin
Web and Social Media: Kate Somers
Committed to the future of the sport.
Sure, we’re in the business of selling well-designed, fast, and durable sails to boat owners; but that’s not why we continue to sponsor of the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta. We’re doing this to make sure there is a bright future for big boat sailing. And you, as an IOR participant, represent that future.
Sail well and sail safely this weekend in the IOR, but also go to our website UKSailmakers.com and click on the “How-to” menu to access videos and articles that will make you a better, smarter sailor for the remainder of your college sailing career and beyond.
UK Sailmakers | Northeast: Sail With Confidence
Photo: Howie McMichael
INTERCOLLEGIATE REGATTA
Initially established the early 1970’s by The Corinthians. This invitational regatta for college sailors is held annually out of Larchmont Yacht Club and brings together keel boat owners and young sailors for an opportunity to go head to head each Fall. In the 2019 Regatta 42 schools, 48 teams and 355 college sailors participated!
New for 2021: We expect a high turnout and plan to add a Figaro and J/88 class.
Questions? Contact [email protected]
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NOTICE BOARD
VIA YACHT SCORING
Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions, Registration List, and Entry List:
Congratulations to the winners of the PUFF Trophy.
McMichael Yacht Yards & Brokers is proud to support the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, an event that is important to all who worked with Howie over the years at McMichael Yacht Yards & Brokers.
Congratulations to this weekend’s IOR runner-up team that will be the first to receive the PUFF Trophy being presented in Howie’s memory.
FROM THE PRINCIPAL RACE OFFICER
Charles "Butch" Ulmer
Welcome to the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta. Your Race Committee appreciates the fact that many of you have traveled long distances to participate in this event and we will do everything we can to provide good, fair racing. Here are a couple of things I’d like to call your attention to:
1. BE ON TIME: We have to race when the conditions allow us to so we will NOT delay a start because you’re late leaving your mooring or you’ve sailed too far from the starting line between races.
2. PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR RADIO: All the course and race information will be signaled as required by the racing rules. In addition, the Race Committee will do its best to keep you apprised of our intentions by radio and whenever possible, we’ll give you a “HEADS UP” that something is about to happen. You can’t hear this if you’re not listening. If you have questions (when you’re not racing) you can call the Race Committee by radio and we’ll respond if we’re not in the middle of something important.
3. CHECK THE SIGNAL BOAT BEFORE YOU START: We will use different courses for different classes so don’t get comfortable just following the class that starts in front of you. Make sure you know what course your class is supposed to sail for that race!
4. THINK SAFETY: On occasion we’ve had a lot of wind for this event and we don’t want anyone to get injured. BE CAREFUL AND BE SMART! We’ll race as long as we think you’re not having problems handling the boats. We will mandate the use of smaller jibs and curtail the use of spinnakers if conditions warrant.
5. CARE OF YOUR BOATS: This event could not take place were it not for the generosity of the boat owners. We expect and require that you avoid boat-to-boat contact at all costs. There will be a Safety Officer/Owner’s Representative on each boat and, if it appears necessary, he or she will step in and take command. If that happens, your entire crew should respond accordingly. FINALLY, WHEN YOU MEET ANY OF THE BOAT OWNERS, PLEASE MAKE IT A POINT TO SAY “THANK YOU.”
6. STARTS AND FINISHES: In order to give you all the racing we can, the Race Committee may start succeeding races for some classes while other classes are still racing. This can lead to congestion at the signal boat when some boats are starting while others are finishing. Please be alert to this possibility. If a starting sequence is in progress, you will hear the horns and see the boats maneuvering to start. While the racing rules cover these situations, you are only racing against the boats in your class. Do your best to avoid boats that are not in your class up to and including giving way even when you have the right of way.
7. WINDWARD MARK FINISHES: If your race finishes at the windward mark, please use your engine to get back down to the starting area. The sooner your class reaches the starting area, the sooner we can get you racing again.
8. SAFETY BOATS: Besides the official boats involved with running the races, there will be inflatable safety boats patrolling the race course. They will fly race committee flags and will monitor the regatta VHF channel. One or more of these boats will have an EMT on board.
If you have a crew member who is injured or if you need assistance, call the race committee on the VHF channel and report the nature of the problem. The nearest safety boat will come to your assistance.
If the injured party has to be evacuated and can be moved, lower your sails, turn on your engine and hold the boat head-to-wind while the safety boat comes alongside.**
If the injured party should not be moved, the race committee will tell you how to proceed.
** Before engaging the engine, check for lines over the side and rig fenders.
CHARTS & HAZARDS
When leaving Larchmont Harbor, proceed directly out to the open water. Make sure to keep green cans 7 and 3 and Green Bell 1 to starboard when leaving the harbor. Don’t get too close to the breakwater as it does not go straight down as the photo above shows. Larchmont Yacht Club Marine Facilities monitors VHF Channel 72.
TROPHIES
The Edward du Moulin Trophy
Awarded to the Winning Boat’s Owner of the Hoffmann Trophy at the IOR.
Awarded to the individual or team who, in the opinion of the event organizers, have done a significant amount to enhance or further the ideals of the IOR through dedication, sportsmanship, or generosity
Other IOR related trophies donated by the Corinthians: Edward Moore Memorial Trophy, Foster Tallman Trophy, James Jacobson Trophy, Thomas Carroll Trophy, and Class 6 Trophy.
THE SAILORS BEHIND THE TROPHIES
Long-time Storm Trysail Club and Larchmont Yacht Club members Paul Hoffmann, Jr. and Richard du Moulin have donated perpetual trophies in memory of their fathers.
Paul Hoffman
Paul Hoffmann was a prominent member of Larchmont Yacht Club and The Storm Trysail Club for many years. Hoffmann served as Commodore of The Storm Trysail Club in 1973 and 1974 and was one of the members responsible for founding Block Island Race Week in 1965. During a sailing career that spanned more than 40 years, he owned and raced four boats, all of which he made into winners: eight-meter named Cayuga, the famous clipper bow cutter Hother, his first Thunderhead, a Rhodes designed cutter, and in 1971, he commissioned Sparkman and Stevens to design a new, larger Thunderhead. This boat was 58’ LOA and was built in aluminum at the Derecktor yard in Mamaroneck, N.Y. Paul raced her continually on the Sound, to Bermuda, and in Florida waters until his untimely death in 1996.
Edward du Moulin
Edward du Moulin was a member of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club (where he served as Commodore), the New York Yacht Club, and The Storm Trysail Club. He was a founding member and first Chairman of the America’s Cup Hall of Fame Selection Committee. In later years, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in recognition of his management of more Cup campaigns than anyone in history: Enterprise in 1977, Freedom in 1980, Liberty in 1983, and Stars and Stripes in 1987 in Fremantle (bringing the Cup back to the USA). Ed and Arthur Knapp of Larchmont Yacht Club also co-founded the Knickerbocker Cup Match Race in 1982 to enable local sailors to race against ranked world class sailors. Ed was dedicated to training and mentoring young sailors and then moving them on to more famous boats and events, including the America’s Cup.
James D. Bishop
This trophy is awarded to the winner of the Commodore James. D. Bishop Class, which this year will be the J/44 Class in recognition of Jim’s longtime involvement with that class. A long-time member of the Storm Trysail Club, Jim Bishop’s contributions to the sport of sailing have touched many clubs and organizations over the past five decades. Racing since a teenager, and entering world of ocean racing in the early 1950s, Jim spent much of his life sailing IODs and J/44s, many named Gold Digger. He raced IODs around the globe, and, as the President of the Long Island Sound J/44 class since 1990, Jim was the visionary who developed the practice of class-owned sails that are rotated between boats each regatta to keep the class competitive and affordable. An ocean racer at heart, Jim sailed 23 Newport to Bermuda Races (winning the J/44 class in 1996). Another pride of Jim’s was the Coastal Queen, the graciously restored Chesapeake buyboat that he brought to this regatta every year.
Howard McMichael
This trophy is awarded to the winner of the Commodore James. D. Bishop Class, which this year will be the J/44 Class in recognition of Jim’s longtime involvement with that class. A long-time member of the Storm Trysail Club, Jim Bishop’s contributions to the sport of sailing have touched many clubs and organizations over the past five decades. Racing since a teenager, and entering world of ocean racing in the early 1950s, Jim spent much of his life sailing IODs and J/44s, many named Gold Digger. He raced IODs around the globe, and, as the President of the Long Island Sound J/44 class since 1990, Jim was the visionary who developed the practice of class-owned sails that are rotated between boats each regatta to keep the class competitive and affordable. An ocean racer at heart, Jim sailed 23 Newport to Bermuda Races (winning the J/44 class in 1996). Another pride of Jim’s was the Coastal Queen, the graciously restored Chesapeake buyboat that he brought to this regatta every year.
DINNER PRESENTATION KEYNOTER
Gary Jobson is a Storm Trysail Club member, experienced offshore sailor, winning America’s Cup tactician, winner of many offshore races including 1979 Fastnet Race, author of 21 books on sailing, commentator for nine America’s Cups and seven Olympic Games. He graduated from the State University of New York Maritime College where he was a keenly competitive collegiate sailor.
Gary sailor should be a Leader in his or her own right, and big boat sailing helps develop that skill. “For many sailors, serving as a Leader is the essence of life. Taking command is a big task and sometimes it can be lonely being the person-in-charge. All Leaders understand that you can delegate authority but never responsibility. Setting clear goals and communicating the mission to the entire team is the first step. Use the lessons of the past as your guide. Unforeseen circumstances may dictate that a plan may change throughout the mission. In the end, everyone will learn from the experience and be better prepared for the next adventure.” Gary also shares his further thoughts on Leadership and other topics during dinner on Saturday night.
Photo: Steve Cloutier
About the Storm Trysail Club
The Storm Trysail Club, born in the middle of a 1936 Atlantic gale, grew into adolescence through the desire of a few shipmates to have a drink or two together, and became an outstanding organization of ocean racing sailors. The Club’s membership stands today at more than 1,000, every one of whom knows how to handle themselves when the barometer drops and the wind and sea whip up.
The Club is headquartered in Larchmont, N.Y., and operates in conjunction with its regional stations across the U.S. Each station serves as the organizing authority and host racing, social, and junior events for its members and other sailors, both on the water and ashore. The Club has been key to of development of events, rating systems, yacht design, and safety procedures.
Membership in The Storm Trysail Club is by invitation and “Candidates must have set a storm trysail under storm conditions, offshore, or have weathered a storm at sea under greatly reduced canvas. They also must be experienced blue water sailors, capable of taking command of a sailing vessel offshore under any or all conditions.”
The Club runs and helps to run many of the country’s great ocean races including the 180-mile Block Island Race, Block Island Race Week, the Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Race, the Montego Bay Race, the Ft. Lauderdale to Charleston Race, IRC Championships on Long Island Sound and the Chesapeake Bay, the Pacific Cup and, in 2019, the Club was one of the organizers of the last TransAtlantic Race.
In recent years, The Storm Trysail Club has intensified its focus on developing young sailors and encouraging them to enjoy the excitement and teamwork of big boat sailing, particularly ocean racing. As part of that effort the Club has created a Junior Membership. Candidates for junior membership shall be between 18 and 28 years of age, have completed a Club-approved Safety-at-Sea course, and sailed a minimum of four off-shore or distance races of not less than 150 nautical miles each, with a total minimum of 1,000 nautical miles. They must also be committed blue water sailors. A junior member has seven years or until age 33 to meet the qualifications for regular membership.
We encourage all young sailors who are qualified sailors Junior Membership to chat with STC members at the Regatta, and e-mail your sailing resume to STC ([email protected]). We will try to find you opportunities to sail, and provide a list of members so you can identify people you may know.
About Larchmont Yacht Club
The Larchmont Yacht Club was founded on the evening of Memorial Day, 1880. Five young men were warming themselves over a bonfire built in a cleft of rocks on the shore of what is now Horseshoe Harbor, in Larchmont Manor. The five loved boats and they had just finished a hard racing day. Since a bonfire is scarcely the most comfortable way to close a hard day at sea, it is not surprising that these young men fell to discussing the possibility of organizing a yacht club. They decided to organize a club, the Larchmont Yacht Club, and to invite others to join.
In the following 141 years, Larchmont Yacht Club has become one of the premier yacht clubs in the U.S. and the world. Moving to its current location in 1887, the Club has expanded and upgraded the original center building numerous times. Throughout those years, the Club’s mission remained focused on sailing and sailboat racing. The membership roles of the Club have read like a Who’s Who of yacht racing. Legendary sailors including Marshal Wilson (of schooner Atlantic fame), Arthur Knapp, and Cornelius Shields have called Larchmont Yacht Club their home port. Today, the Club is renowned for its offshore credentials as well as its small boat success. Claiming a Vanguard 15 fleet of over 30 boats, and 15 Viper 640s, LYC’s Summer Sailing and Junior Member programs have attracted the best college sailors locating in the New York area after graduation.
Team racing is also a major thrust of the Club and LYC has hosted the U.S. Team Racing Championship (Hinman) twice – Team LYC finished 2nd in 2012–and, with American Yacht Club, hosts the annual Robie Pierce Regatta for sailors with disabilities.
The Flag Officers and the members of the Larchmont Yacht Club welcome all IOR participants and encourage them to explore the history and beauty of the Club.
Photo: Steve Cloutier
THANKS TO OUR 2021 SUPPORTERS
Interested in being a sponsor? Contact [email protected]
