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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 !
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
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 2 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.
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)
eric.engelbrecht@uzgent.be, fisly@lazef.be
SECRETARY: Han LAGERWEY, Zuiderplantsoen 2,NL-3454 ES De Meern, The Netherlands
tel. +31 (0)306666851, fax. +31 (0)204074875, hlagerweij@hetnet.nl
TREASURER: Philippe Schapman, p/a FFCV, 19 Rue des Sables, F-62600 Berck sur Mer, France
tel. +33 (0)321899910, fax. +33 (0)321899919, contact@ffcv.org
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, pabloreyes@infovia.com.ar
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), Terrasail@onaustralia.com.au
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, janleye@hotmail.com
Belgian Federation: bflyc@lazef.be
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, rsj3879@pro.via-rs.com.br
FISLY Representative: Carlos Maya Simões, 1217 Rue Visconde Do Hepval, CEP-91760 730 Porto
Alegre, Brasil, rs012955@pro.via-rs.com.br
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: carmasi@pro.via-rs.com.br
DANMARK (D) CM
Romo Strandsejler Club : Preben NIELSEN, Buskhojvej 33, 6330 Padborg, Danmark, Tel. +45
74673156 Fax. +45 74673256, prebennielsen@post.tele.dk
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:
aecveta@hotmail.com
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): contact@ffcv.org
FISLY Representatives : Philippe SCHAPMAN, Jean –Yves GAUTIER, 1 rue de la Trainellerie, F-
50340 Les Pieux, tel+fax: +33 233 525517
GERMANY (G) FM
FISLY Representatives :
Hans Werner EICKSTADT, tel. +49 4027076236, Antje.Eickstaedt@t-online.de
Christian DUBER, Lauenburger Str 76, D-21502 Geesthacht, tel. +49 4152835633, G2Dueber@aol.
com / Thomas LEITHOFF, Leibnizstrasse 74, D10625 Berlin, Tel. +49 303121980,
TLeithoff@Skandia.com

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, mike.hampton4@virgin.net
FISLY Representatives :
Chris WRIGHT, 8 Winnow Lane, Boston Spa, Wetherby, Yorkshire, ph. +44 1 937844769
chris.wright3@virgin.net
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,
bmpleij@minvws.nl
Floor LAGERWEY, P.O. Box 15, NL-8880 AA TERSCHELLING WEST, Netherlands,
Tel: +31 562444066 email: f.lagerwey@wxs.nl
Fisly Secretary General + Fisly Representative : Han LAGERWEY, Zuiderplantsoen 2, NL-3454 ES De
Meern, tel +31 306666851, fax +31 204074875, hlagerweij@hetnet.nl
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: merv@dunham.co.nz
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, rrdill@email.msn.com
Secretary :
Curtis OBI, 435 43rd. Avenue 301, San Francisco, California 94121, USA., cmobi@worldnet.att.net
Treasurer : Mark Harris, 2027 Valencia, Sparks NV 89434, USA, mark@snag.org
Fisly Representative:
Phil Rotrock, 2228 NE 22nd, OR-97217, Portland, Oregon, USA +1 5032819711, rothrock@aracnet.com

QUOI: Les 6 Heures de Berck,
course internationale de
Char à Voile, la course d'endurance
la plus i m p o r t a n t e e n
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: eole.club@libertysurf.fr
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
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
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

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-
ARGENTINA
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 CAR-
ROVELISMO - PATAGONIAN LANDY-
ACHTING 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 LANDY-
ACHTING 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
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 World 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: info@strandzeilen.nl
RØMØ STRANDSEJLER CLUB
INTERNATIONAL REGATTA ON RØMØ
29+30/07/00
CLASS DN:
NR. 1 LIBERO MEDICI, RENDSBURG
NR. 2 OTTO FIEBING, SCHACHT AUDORF
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.

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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
USA
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-

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 SAS-
SASS, 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,
USA
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
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News from the Brits!
UNITED KINGDOM
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 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
party that was!
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!!
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?
2001 will be the 50 th 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

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 DJI-
BOUTI :
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 1 er
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
DJIBOUTI
/( &(175( '( &+$56 $ 92,/( '8 *5$1' %$5$ $ '-,%287,
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 : aecveta@hotmail.com

Results European Championship ‘99, Borkum, Germany
Klasse 2
Pl Land Zeilnr Naam Voornaam R1 P1 R2 P2 R3 P3 R4 P4 R5 P5 R6 P6 R7 P7 Totaal
1 B 64 Demuysere Pascal 0 3 1 0 5 *6 0 2 11
2 B 15 Demuysere Henri *6 5 5 0 0 2 0 12
3 B 36 Allemeersch Peter 3 2 3 2 2 *5 5 17
4 B 94 Sobry Johan 5 4 2 6 *10 4 3 24
5 F 709 Morel Bernard 2 6 2 6 3 *7 3 4 26
6 F 180 Gervais Didier 4 0 4 11 3 6 *18 28
7 F 969 Morel Jean-Claude *12 8 8 4 4 7 6 37
8 B 117 Vermeulen Marita 9 *13 1 10 7 8 11 7 53
9 F 821 Blervaque Denys 7 7 14 1 8 5 1 12 *15 55
10 G 40 Tils Jost 8 11 *15 9 11 8 8 55
11 G 44 Dibbert Hans-Jürgen 10 *15 7 10 9 2 9 9 56
12 Z 1 Müller Balthasar 11 12 9 *13 12 13 1 10 68
13 B 1 Engelbrecht Eric 13 10 12 14 *18 15 13 77
14 F 780 Lys Pierre 14 9 13 12 13 *16 16 1 78
15 B 68 Vanwynsberghe Germain 16 14 *16 15 14 14 11 84
16 B 26 Moors Stef 18 16 11 *18 16 10 17 88
17 B 17 Vermeulen Robert 15 17 1 17 *17 15 17 12 94
18 B 151 Vanryckeghem Luc 17 18 18 16 17 *18 14 100
Klasse 3
Pl Land Zeilnr Naam Voornaam R1 P1 R2 P2 R3 P3 R4 P4 R5 P5 R6 P6 Totaal
1 F 307 Lambert Bertrand 0 0 0 *16 0 0 0
2 F 492 Valat Gabriel *5 2 3 0 2 3 10
3 K 800 Rowland Gareth *7 4 2 3 3 2 14
4 G 24 Wulf Peter Biner 4 7 *7 2 6 6 25
5 G 1 Eickstädt Hans-Werner 2 5 4 7 9 *31 27
6 H 88 van der Rijt Eric 3 6 11 5 5 *31 30
7 K 115 Borrill Steve 8 3 5 12 *13 4 32
8 F 176 Dupret Loic 10 8 6 10 *14 8 42
9 F 655 Imbert Olivier *15 12 10 4 7 10 43
10 B 30 Dezeure Benny 6 10 9 9 *12 9 43
11 K 222 Scantlebury Alan 13 19 *29 8 4 7 51
12 S 1 Fagerberg Jan 11 14 13 6 1 *28 11 56
13 B 40 Leye Jan 9 *18 12 11 16 12 60
14 B 74 Dumont Marc 14 13 17 *18 11 14 69
15 G 39 Löhmann Jochen 20 9 8 25 *27 13 75
16 G 3 Mahrt Paul 12 16 15 17 18 *22 78
17 F 847 Rousselle Henri *27 11 21 19 15 15 81
18 S 3 Ribbas Tony 17 15 16 14 *21 19 81
19 G 15 Borowski Imke 16 21 *25 20 17 18 92
20 G 7 Carstens Hans 29 *31 19 13 3 8 21 93
21 K 41 Cookson Ion *25 20 23 15 20 16 94
22 F 477 Renard Stephane *31 22 18 22 10 23 95
23 K 144 Austin Richard 23 23 14 21 *26 17 98
24 K 12 Warren Adrian 18 30 *31 31 1 19 5 104
25 F 882 David Jean Paul 21 *24 20 24 22 24 111
26 G 30 Hanke Christoph 24 25 22 23 23 *26 117
27 H 154 Markowitz Jens 19 27 24 30 24 *29 124
28 K 220 Gage Adrian 26 *29 26 27 25 20 124
29 G 6 Bergmann Holger 28 17 *30 26 30 27 128
30 B 88 Totzke Heinz 22 26 28 29 *29 25 130
31 K 995 Bottomlet John *30 28 27 28 1 31 28 143

Results European Championship ‘99, Borkum, Germany
Klasse Standart
Pl Land Zeilnr Naam Voornaam R1 P1 R2 P2 R3 P3 R4 P4 R5 P5 R6 P6 R7 P7 Totaal
1 F 177 Telle Damien 3 0 0 0 *5 0 0 3
2 F 269 Hingant Rene 2 4 2 4 3 *5 2 17
3 F 271 Garnier Paul 4 2 3 *9 2 2 4 17
4 B 290 Demuysere Yann 5 3 *8 3 0 4 3 18
1/5 F 247 Ribaud de Gineste
Veronique 10 *15 5 2 6 1 3 5 32
6 F 292 Destailleur Marc Henri 6 7 7 5 8 *9 6 39
7 G 164 Kauffmann Reinhard 9 8 13 7 4 6 *14 47
8 F 209 Aventurier Denis 0 *17 6 8 13 7 16 50
9 F 192 Cottard Aurelie 7 *14 9 2 6 11 8 8 51
10 F 222 Geffray Marie Christ. 8 6 10 10 1 *12 10 9 54
11 G 29 Kohler Urs *16 16 4 11 9 14 10 64
12 H 255 Pley Ad 14 5 16 *16 7 15 11 68
13 K 208 Heath Christine 12 10 14 13 10 12 *17 71
14 F 266 Swiderec Claude *17 11 17 17 14 11 7 77
15 B 253 Dieleman Koen 15 9 11 15 *17 16 12 78
16 B 258 Voet Symen 11 12 15 12 16 *17 13 79
17 B 261 De Gryse Veerle 13 13 12 14 15 1 13 *15 81
Klasse 5
Pl Land Zeilnr Naam Voornaam R1 P1 R2 P2 R3 P3 R4 P4 R5 P5 R6 P6 R7 P7 Totaal
1 F 706 Petit Brice 0 0 0 0 2 0 *31 2
2 F 275 Faucon Xavier 2 3 2 2 0 *5 0 9
3 F 578 Morandiere Aurelien 4 2 *9 3 5 2 3 19
4 K 916 Green Dave 5 4 3 4 6 *10 2 24
5 F 273 Duhamel Stephane 6 9 4 *9 4 4 5 32
6 K 508 Wright Chris 7 6 7 11 3 *9 4 38
7 F 358 Guerin Laurent 3 8 6 7 7 *14 11 42
8 F 1043 Idier Fabrice 8 7 5 10 *10 7 6 43
9 F 519 Janvier Yannick 11 11 *11 6 9 3 7 47
10 K 9 Norman Brian 9 10 *31 12 8 6 8 53
11 F 577 Morandiere Alban 14 5 *22 5 11 8 20 63
12 F 1020 Bronner Antoine 12 12 8 8 *13 12 13 65
13 G 592 Kraja Sven 10 15 12 15 *15 15 12 79
14 K 102 Thompson Raymond 15 *19 10 13 16 18 10 82
15 H 599 Hartmann Heiko 17 14 13 17 18 *28 9 88
16 K 939 Leach Martin *21 16 15 14 17 11 18 91
17 H 187 Hogerheyde Guido 16 *20 16 18 14 17 17 98
18 K 917 Green Robert 19 *21 18 16 12 13 21 99
19 G 655 Kauffmann Martin 13 13 17 22 21 *22 16 102
20 G 589 Lengerhuis Gerd 20 18 14 19 *20 19 15 105
21 H 556 Zom Jeanne 18 22 21 21 19 16 *25 117
22 G 705 Bents Thomas 22 23 20 24 *27 20 14 123
23 H 123 Elkhuizen Jan 23 17 19 20 22 *27 22 123
24 G 609 Gebauer Michael 25 24 25 23 *25 24 23 144
25 K 991 Bottomley Andren 27 *31 23 25 26 25 19 145
26 G 510 Fröhberg Bärbel 26 26 *28 26 23 21 27 149
27 G 606 Bents Helge 28 25 24 29 *29 26 24 156
28 G 583 Westermann Björn 24 28 26 28 28 *31 26 160
29 G 596 Peters Herby *31 30 27 27 24 23 31 162
30 G 616 Hillmann Gerdine 29 27 29 30 *31 30 29 174
31 NZ 350 Hurley Mervyn 30 29 30 *31 30 29 28 176

Good news from Belgium
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
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EDITORS : PABLO REYES, PAULA LEAH, JAN LEYE, MARC
DUMINY, ALI LIAQUAT, UTE VRIJBURG, PREBEN NIELSEN,
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ENGELBRECHT
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EDITION :
10th edition - 11th year - October 2000
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