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ISMA News International 6mJI Association Bulletin 1/2007 7
The North American 6mR fleet is excited about this
regatta as the organizing authority, MoY, aims to add
some new features. First, the Madcap Challenge Cup,
a match racing event “… to be awarded to the Yacht
Club represented by the winning yacht in a match race
series of the International Six Meter Class.” This cup
has been won by such luminaries as Tom Blackaller
and Paul Cayard. Furthermore, visiting boats will be
invited to join the North American fleet in the North
American Championship regatta held on the Saturday
and Sunday prior to the World Cup.
Although visiting yachts will not be allowed to win the
North American Cup, there will be awards for top finishing
non-North American yachts. Yachts not interested
in using the North American Cup as a tune-up for
the World Cup are more than welcome to participate in
the MoY Classic Regatta, generally characterized by
longer legs with time adjusted ratings based upon the
Classic Rating Formula (CRF). In this format, 6mRs
have raced and faired well against over 60 classics representing
the following sampling of classes/boats/rules:
NY30, NY32, Dorade, Ticonderoga, P Class as well as
8mR and 12mRs. There will be one layday between the
North American Cup and the World Cup followed by
five days of World Cup racing in Newport, RI.
Evening events will be hosted at several famous Newport
venues, including the NYYC Harbour Court, Museum
of Yachting, International Yacht Restoration School
and the Clarke Cook House. While events are subject
to fine-tuning by the organizing authority, we encourage
participants to mark these dates on their calendar
and look forward to an exciting two weeks of World
Class racing in the cradle of American yachting.
Restoration activities: The New England fleet had several
exciting restoration announcements including:
US51 Totem (Concordia Boatyard), US56 Jill (Rock-
port Marine) and US24 Madcap (IYRS). US55 Lucie
is nearing completion and should be in the water this
summer. US21 Priscilla has been located and is also
slated for full restoration alongside Madcap. As a result
of this activity, it is possible the New England Fleet
will reach twelve boats on the starting line in Newport
in 2008. Remarkable growth. One interesting component
of this growth has been a resurgence of early Rule
II boats, Madcap and Priscilla should be joined by US1
Sakie and US14 Syce with the outside chance that N22
Oslo will also be done.
Modern conversations: Five naval architects were invited
to comment on the preliminary design of Juan
Kouyoumdjian: Greg Stewart (Nelson Marek Yacht
Design), Jacob Vargish (Brion Rieff Boat Builder)),
David Pedrick (Pedrick Yacht Design), James Moran
(Sparkman & Stephens) and Bruce Kirby (Bruce
Kirby Design) in absentia. Without delving into excessive
detail, it was universally agreed that Jaun K.’s
design was stimulating new directions of thought, but
there was significant disagreement about whether the
boat would be fast. Bruce Kirby, who could not attend,
wrote, “… thanks for the Juan K. info. I had seen most
of it before and find it very interesting indeed. There‘s
always the decision about whether to torture the hull
to make it a three- dimensional description of the rule,
or whether to take it a little easy on God‘s ocean in the
hope of not damaging the waves. It will be exciting to
see if Juan‘s magic machine has come up with the right
answers!!” In conclusion, Jacob Vargish announced
that Brion Rieff Boatbuilder Inc. is in advanced stages
of design and testing of a new hull.