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IOD North Americans 2009
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
David Schoeder
The 2009 International One-Design North American Invitational Regatta was concluded Saturday, August 1st in Northeast Harbor. 12 boats were sailed by crews from seven fleets, representing Bermuda, San Francisco, Nantucket, Fishers Island, Marblehead, Chester (Nova Scotia), and Northeast Harbor. As is traditional with the International One-Design Class, the boats were provided by the local fleet and sailed in rotation to ensure fairness.
The winning boat, skippered by John A. Pulvermann, represented the Chester, Nova Scotia, IOD fleet; Chester is the newest fleet in the class, having been officially recognized only this past year. It was somehow appropriate that Pulvermann started sailing as a teenager in MDI waters, where he was a winning skipper for many years. “This for me is a homecoming of sorts, after a 30-year absence from these waters” he said when receiving his prize.
Northeast Harbor crews placed took second and third places, skippered by Bill Dowling and Wells Bacon, Jr. Bacon was the youngest skipper in the regatta.
Uncertain weather in the first two days did not deter the Race Committee from completing the five-race series with a glorious sunny day of sailing on Saturday. All competitors commented on how much they enjoy sailing in the Great Harbor of Mount Desert. Class Captain David Schoeder was commended by everyone for running a superb event.
The regatta was fortunate in that, other than a few protests, there were no significant mishaps, excepting perhaps the fact that one of the patrol boats which keep the competitors away from our rocky shores ended up on a patch of rocky shore herself, and some biodegradable napkins (this was billed as a “clean” regatta) caught fire during the closing day barbeque.
In the course of the cocktail and dinner held at the elegant Bar Harbor Club to celebrate the 2009 International One-Design North American Invitational Regatta, two prominent sailors were honored. David Rockefeller, Jr., former Northeast Harbor IOD Class Captain singled out IOD sailors Richard W. Homer and Harry R. Madeira as having contributed significantly to the class over the course of many years.
Homer, a former IOD class officer and Race Chairman for the 2009 North American Invitational, was credited for many years of service as Technical Officer to the class, both on a world-wide and a local basis. Madeira, a former Commodore of the Northeast Harbor Fleet, started sailing and racing IODs in the 1940s, still owns one of the original 1937 boats and continues to be of active assistance to the class. Madeira regaled the assembled sailors with a classic Down East story as a way of thanking them for their enthusiasm.
Northeast Harbor will be hosting the IOD World Championships next summer, an event which will bring as many as 20 crews from fleets world-wide to our waters for yet more exciting and beautiful sailing.
Final Results
1. Chester, NS - John A. Pulvermann - 15 points
2. Northeast Harbor 2 - William Dowling - 21
3. Northeast Harbor 1 - Wells Bacon, Jr. - 22
4. San Francisco - Paul Manning - 26
5. Marblehead 2 - Greg Mancusi-Ungaro - 28
6. Bermuda 2 - B. W. “Jordy” Walker - 31
7. Fishers Island 1 - Brad Burnham - 35
8. Northeast Harbor 3 - Vernon Gray - 38
9. Fishers Island 2 - Dan Faria - 41
10. Marblehead 1 - Lori Bate - 44
11. Bermuda 1 - Patrick Cooper - 46
12. Nantucket - Burges Green - 46
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