Dave Chapin RetainsWestern Hemisphere Trophy

Dave Chapin and Tim Dixon. the dy-namic duo who won the Worlds in 1979.were the best in the west in 1982, takingthe John Hayward Western HemisphereTrophy November 5th through 10th at?\assau, Bahamas. Current world champ-ions Jeff Lenhart and Pat Muglia were 4.7points back in second place. Chapin andDixon from Springfield. IL, and Lenhartand Muglia from Mission Bay, CA, rcp-resented the United States. Pierre Sicgen-thalcr and Peter Green of the ;\aSS:lUFleet took third place in a consistentseries ill which they were always a threat.Brazil's two entries, Hilton Piccolo andPedro De Fonseca, were fourth and fifth.John Dunkley, Bahamas' second entry,made a liard charge at the top five, fin-ishillf! second in the last race, and .3 OUIor fifth place for the series.

Conditions for the racing were typicalregatta weather - thar is totally unusualas to place and lime. The winds werenever over 12·J 5 for any race and weremore usually :-110 10 or less, as the threat-ened front. hringing small craft warningsto Miami, 140 miles away, stalled untilthe day after racing was completed.

Racing was on Montague Bay. underthe direction of Past Commodore BasilKelly: and all races were completed as

u.s. teams take top 111'0 positions (II Nassau

scheduled. There were few recalls, andonly occasional course corrections calledfor in the long Olympic courses. Officiat-ing was efficient and unobtrusive, andthere were no protests among contestantsduring the races.

Competition was strong, especially inthe top half of the fleet. and the boatsprovided for the round robin event werethe most evenly matched in recent years.B0315 were lent by members of tile Nas-sau fleet. with four extras being providedby Miami Fleet 7.

Although defending champion DaveChapin won the first race and was the fa-verite 10 recapture the trophy. the titlewas still in question until the last race.Lenhart could have won if he finishedfirst with Chapin worse than fourth. Sie-genthaler. who had third place alreadysewed lip, iced it by winning the last race,while Chapin and Lenhart worried eachother to the back of the fleet. leaving theothers to son out their own places in thefinishing order.

Three women crews took part ill theregatta: Marianna de lsaza, Colombia:Phyllis Belford. Canada; and Jennifer deSouza. Paraguay. Jennifer. wife of Vice-Commodore Doug de Souza. SClRA rep-resentative for the championship, volun-

icered to c ew for Western HemisphereSecretary 13-rtrand Gayer. when his crewCesar Spczz ni had to leave after' the firstday's racing

FRIDAYFIRST ACE: Winds had been 8 to 10

ror the mor ling pract ice race which DaveChapin led all the way, followed by JdTLenhart. wi 0 dropped out after the firsttriangle.

The aftc noon race. first official raceof the serick, got underway in the sameconditions ith smooth water, and windsof 8 (0 10 f om the east.

Mos: bo: is took the starboard tack 10·

ward the let t side of the course, but localsPierre Sieg ntltalcr and John Dunkleychose the iglu side. At the first markDave Chapir and Sigero Matsanaga. Japan,came from the left to lead Piccolo. Len-hart. and S cgenthaler around the mark.Dave was lever challenged from thatpoint, with IC~1(1sof tip to two minutes atsome mar s. Positions behind Davechanged dr: maiically, as the wind gradu-ally died t ward the finish of the race.Jeff, who h d gained second place at thesecond mar -. maintained lite position un-til the 13St tack to the finish, when DeFonseca car ie in from the left side with afresh brcez , to take second place. Jeff

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was third. "kellin of Bradl fourth. andPierre fifth. John Dunklev. fifth at thelast leeward mark. finished 'in ninth place.

SATURDAYSECO:\D RACE: l-ridav nichts lain

passed P"I.'r. leaving the forecast ~for winds0;' 201025. ami mOSI crew geared lip forheavy IVC~lther.

Winds WCloC 12 (0 15 (jut of the \!:(SI

before the starr. which was dclavcd for ahalvartl repair. One general recall delayedthe Slut a,win. and when the fleet cot un-derway. the wind was around 12. -

John Dunkley rook ihe pin end startand held tilat side of the course. to roundthe first windward mark in first place. 1',,1·lowed ii" Pic nc , Jeff. and Da\'~. By t hcsee end 11Mrk. l.enha rt was fi rst. 'wi t hPierre second: hut Siegcnthulcr. muster atreaching. look Jeff back on the secondreach. rounding the leewa«! mark with a30·s~';(lnd lead.

The wind diminished It) 0 to 10 forthe' second bear, with Pierre and Jeff uo-iag right. and Dave and Dunks left . .J~ffmanaged to point higher and move faster.:lI1J :1( rhc second windward mark it I'.':lSJeff'. PiC-He:, Dave and Dunkley, Fromthat point , Lenhart worked out a biglead. and Dave took over second leuviue, "Pierre ill third, The Japanese boar. alwaysfas!. t ouk adl'anuge of a hue shift 10,~:li<:h Dunklcv :H the finish line,

THIRD RACE: TIll: afternoon racefLld C\'t'CI less win d. and iIll' question \Vas

whether l);IVC Chanin, with a huzc lead atthe \;;,1 windw;!I'd' mark. couhl -be:!! tileclock III ihc finish. :\ luckv wind shift.lllaKing Ih,' last leg a one Our lWU tackbeat. saved the race.

.kf'- Lenhart. who had trouble 011 thelirsl heal. rouuding seventh. worked his',1.1: up t",,:,'\lIlu. with lh,' two Br'IJiliall

Svcoru! place [inishcrs Pat ,I/liglia. left. and Jcf]'L, cnltart, right.(811::: Lamb plmt o]

boats. D.: Fonseca and Piccolo. third andfourth. Pierre was fifth. and De Silva. see-ond at the first mark. faded to sixth.

SUNDAYrou RT[ [ RACE Sunday morning

was still overcast al'tel an all night rain.Wind was 10 (0 12. ant! still Ol~t of theeast John Dunkley again took the pinend start, Chapin started well at the boatend. but begun to drop back from [ill'

leaders. r-rr worked lip the middle. look-ing great. until those on the left got theadvantage of the shore lift. Piccolo let! atthe mark with Dunks next, followed byJapan and Chris Hains 01" Canada.

At the end of the reach the order wasthe same. except Lenhart had worked upto fourth and Siegenthaler was fifth.Dunkley went low 011 t he second reachand took the lead from Piccolo. with Sic-genthalcr now in third, Jeff W:lS fourthand Chapin fifth at the leeward mark.with the same order holding on tile hcat .By the last leeward murk Pierre led withPiccolo in second, and Dunkley third.

In ,I close finish. Piccolo \\i:JS first.overlapped with Siegenthaler. Dunkleyheld the third. Lenhart fourth, Japanfifth and Dave Chapin sixth. In seventhplace was De Fonseca who hac! broken ashroud just before the start. With thecountdown already underway. anti nolime for repairs. he tied a knot in thewire. secured it with his lifting rings. andstarted well behind the Ilcet . He acceptedhis comeback seventh place finish with-out a request for redress of breakdownpoints.

FlrTll RACE: The afternoon racestarted ill rho usual ligh t casre rly hrcczc.

Dave got "the start" at the pin end.and immediately tacked to cross the fleet.\Iany boats were caugh t :11 the pin end

and crowded out. Fotlr boats. led hvPierre. t oo] the left side :IS the rest of th~fleet sailed igh t ,

Pierre \ as right about the lcft , androunded fin followed bv Dave the onlvone on the rieht who $;;lv30eu 'anvthill<:Belford rOllld~d third. Japa~l fOllr;h, al1~iPiccolo fift .

At the end of lite t rianalc Lenhartsixth at t h first mark, had taken Piccolo:and the nth 'r positions stayed tile same,

Position, remained relatively the sameuntil the ['st beat, when the wind filledand shifted a little 10 the left. Dave andPierre bcga 1 a tacking duel which lastedmost of th leg, and Jeff went further leftto sail pas Belford, Dave wore Pierredown to cross several boat lcnaths infron r. lcav ng Jeff to begin to - worrvPierre. Bur at the flnish, P~werflll Pierr'eheld on to lis second second for the davwith Jeff II ird and Belford fourth, JaP,;I;finished tiC h. with Piccolo sixth.

SIXTII ACE: Monday morning waspartly clou Iy with an R to 10 mph caster-Iy breeze,

The nee, split 011 the start. with Len-hart and D inkley taking the left. SiC!!<!!1'thaler wen right and ;hen back Id;~;\•.... - . ~short rain squall carne through withheavier pu '5 during tilt: first beat. Dunk-ley rounde first followed bv Lenhart.Belford. Ja Jan. Pierre and Da;(~. Lenhartwent low rnmcdiatcly Oil rounding andbuilt up a b g lead by the end of the reach.

At the lid of the triangle Japan wassecond to cnhart with Belford third. andChapin lust squeezing Siegenthaler nut atthe mark. Pierre did a quick 300, amIscarcely lost an inch, This order cun-tinucd to t 1C last heat. when with Chaninhaving wor .cd into second. Lenhart ~Ic.

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attempt to put a boat between himselfand Chapin. Jeff cut his sails and waitedto engage Chapin in a racking duel. Thestrategy didn't work - the terrific tackingduel righl to the finish left Jeff first.Dave second, and Pierre third. Japan lookfourth. and Dave Belford firth.

SEVEi\TH RACE: The scheduled lastrace began with tile top three positionssecure -- except that if Lenhart won withChapin worse than fourth. Jeff could stillwin the championship. Pierre was guaran-teed third place. With much maneuveringin the lil!ht wind. Pierre rook off at thestart <111(1- led the whole way, with Jeffand Dave maneuvering each other to theback of the fleet. Tile finish was all Ba-h:UIl3S. with Pierre first. just ahead ofJohn Dunkley. De Fonseca and Piccolo ofBrazil followed. with Japan fifth. andBelford sixth. Then came Jeff and Dave.tacking overlapped to the finish, Theyfinished with Jeff one foot ahead ofDave, but Dave was still the WesternHemisphere Champion.

THE BlGGIEt.like Mc l.auzhlin with crew Doug de-

Souza came rro~l third place to will TilEBIGGIE. the :\alional Secretary's race.ahead or Jim Belford and Peter Christie.The Secretary's race. expanded to includeall those who worked in the regatta. wassailed in near survival conditions. the daynfrer the championship races were fin-ished. A squall which passed through dur-ina the second beat only caused one cap-si;~. and all starters finished the race,

Jeff Lenhart. Governor of U.S. DistrictSix. was race chairman. ably assisted byDistrict One Governor Bert a Swanson.

Jeff set a long course. and Vice-Corn-modorc de Souza was heard to complain"1I,:'s trying to kill us!" on the long firstbeat.

Indeed. Lenhart and Swanson provedto be. touch officials - over half the fleetwas disqll~!lified after the race for not ob-serving the life jacket signal from thecommittee.

SOCIALSonja Kelly unci Ginny Gooseus. ac-

commodations conuniucc. met the planes;\l1d saw tl\ il that everybody h ad a happyhome 1'01' their stay 011 the Island. CabelO'Brien, Patricia Kelly, RIl~ de Cardenas,and Karen Siegenthaler, the receptioncommittee. welcomed everyone to Royal\assau Sailing Club and smoothed theway for :!I1yo~e who had horeside prob-

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WESTER'" IIDIISI'IIERE CIIAMPI NSIllPSkipper/CrewDave Chapin/Tin: [)i:\OnJdf Lcnharrj Pat ~Iu~liaPierre Skgl!l1tha"'ri)'~t~r GH:~nlIilton Piccolo/One de AssisPedro Dclonsoca/Ricardo StabileJohn Duuklcv/Barrineton OrrSiucru :-'Iatsuna!(a/Shirlichi KimuraDavid lklford/Phyllis BelfordChris Hains/Donalu HainsRonald DeSilva/Colin Cl:!rk ••J ohn Pk~tl:dl Andrew :'lullinGuillermo Cumargo/Ignacio ~IulilBertrand Cayce/Jennifer de.SouzaMartin Isaza/.\Iarian" de lsaz a

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lems, IlO matter what 'lbslacles the Ian-guage barriers might present. MargaretOrr, wife of Commodore ChristopherJ .B. Orr did almost everything else.

The traditional flag raising at theopening ceremony was enlivened by aspecial concert by the Royal BahamusPolice Band, dressed in their splendidblack, red. and white uniforms. RegattaChairman Basil Kelly presided, introduc-ing special guest. The Honorable PerryChristie. Minister of Tourism. who wel-comed tile coutcstants to the Bahamas.Vice-Commodore Doug de Souza reospondcd with the appreciation of theSnipe Class.

Guy Fawkes nigh t was another oppor-tunity and excuse for a party at the Club.Guy Fawkes was a baddic, and the corn-monwcalth still hasnt forgiven him, (Hetried to blow lip Parliamen t a lung timeago.) Effigys of Guy were burned in aglorious bonfire. and much fun was hadhy all. Apparently not everybody is stillmad. though one T-shir ; read. "GuyFawkes !!m-a bum rap.'

The rou social schedule included a

cocktail pan y at the Nassau Yacht Clubon Saturd: y evening, and tile Bacardicocktail arty at the Sailing Club onTuesday nit lit.

The spl ndid finale for the champion-ship was th presentation of awards at thedinner clan c at the sailing club. His Ex-cellcncy Si Gerald Cash, Governor Gen-eral of the Commonwealth was on handto present Irophics and participationawards, pr sented to all contestants. Ahighlight '3S Cabel O'Brien's specialawards: T- iirts with appropriate inscrip-tions for UI usual achievements. The cele-bration COI tinued through the night. andwell ill to th morning.

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