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ALL-WOMEN LEMWOD REGATTA
BRAGGING RIGHTS & $1K PRIZE UP FOR GRABS
OCT. 18-19

LONG BEACH, CA – August 8, 2008 – The Linda Elias Memorial Women’s One Design Challenge (LEMWOD) has taken on new life as the yacht club challenge for all-women teams. Indeed, if the guys have the Lipton Cup, the ladies have the LEMWOD: a highly competitive two-day regatta raced in a one-design fleet of Catalina 37s – now, with a $1,000 prize.

California Yacht Club has already committed to support their entry, defending champions of 2007. “We get a great deal of support from CYC each year for this event,” said Team Captain Kellie Fennessy. “I am fortunate that we have a wide talent pool to pull from and this year’s team will be 100 percent CYC members, as it was last year.”

In the 2007 regatta, CYC was neck-in-neck with the Nauti Chicas from Dana Point Yacht Club (DPYC) after Day One. “I really wanted to go get ‘em on Day Two and we had planned out our attack,” said Nauti Chica skipper Sue Senescu. But they never got the chance: races were cancelled Sunday after Santa Ana winds kicked up to 40 knots, and the CYC team won on the tie-breaker. So now Senescu is back for the rematch Saturday and Sunday, October 18 and 19.

Senescu, a Rear Commodore at DPYC, also relies on support from her home club, and urges other organizations to get behind their women’s sailing programs. “Invest in your team – men, women, juniors. It’s what yacht clubs are all about.”

Adds DPYC Commodore Sal Pestritto, a long-time proponent of their instructional women’s sailing program and the Dana Belles regatta, “The yacht clubs have to put their money where their mouth is and make a commitment to support women’s sailing too.”

In its’ 17th year, the LEMWOD is governed by the “rules” as defined in the 2005-2008 Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), including the Catalina 37 Class Rules. Four windward/leeward races are slated for Saturday, three Sunday; sailed inside the Long Beach breakwater adjacent Belmont Pier, starting at 11:55 am each day.

Entry fees for the regatta are $200 prior to September 15; $250 afterwards, until the registration cut-off date October 6. Charter fees are an additional $700, with an optional practice day October 17 for $250 more.

Included are parties and entertainment, take-home trophies, raffle prizes and camaraderie. In addition, this year’s winner will be awarded the $1,000 Linda Elias Memorial Sailing Scholarship and an engraving on the LEMWOD perpetual trophy, which remains on display at Long Beach Yacht Club, hosts of the annual regatta.

Linda Elias, who would have celebrated her 58th birthday today [Aug. 8, 2008], was a well-known sailor in both the offshore and buoy racing circles. She sailed in four Transpacs, one Pacific Cup, and numerous races to Mexico, on boats such as Joss, Ragtime and Baywolf.

Elias is remembered as a talented skipper, sailor and helmsperson; and celebrated for an enduring sense of humor, yet serious commitment to excellent seamanship and the promotion of women’s sailing.

“I doubt that there is a trophy case in any Southern California yacht club that sponsors women’s regattas, that does not have Linda’s name on their trophies,” said longtime friend Camille Daniels.

After her passing January 3, 2003, the one-design regatta – which Elias had won in 1992; and again, even as she was battling ovarian cancer, in 1994 and 1996 – was rededicated in her memory.

The LEMWOD is open to all-women teams with a minimum crew of seven; no maximum nor weight restriction. The skipper must be a member of a SCYA or USSA club. Teams are expected from as far as Puerto Vallarta and San Francisco Bay.

Spots are still available and organizers have challenged western yacht clubs to put up a campaign for this distinguished trophy.

“The first time I competed in this was in 1992 as a total greenhorn,” adds Senescu. “We lost and I was absolutely crushed. Then I realized the experience and inspiration I had with the women I was sailing with. It’s nothing like the Olympics or Worlds but it’s not like club racing either. It builds character – a classic cliché – but it’s what you make of it, and how you prepare and learn and improve.”

For additional information visit the website at http://lemwod.blogspot.com or contact Race Chair Judy-Rae Karlsen at 562-355-8500 or shesails00@yahoo.com


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LEMWOD MAX’D OUT – 10 TEAMS TO COMPETE IN WEST COAST’S LEADING ALL-WOMEN REGATTA
$1,000 prize up for grabs at Oct. 18-19 Long Beach event

LONG BEACH, CA – September 22, 2008 – Organizers of The Linda Elias Memorial Women’s One Design Challenge (LEMWOD) announced today that all ten yachts have been chartered for the two-day regatta to be held here October 18 and 19.

Entrants include: Women’s Sailing Association of Santa Monica Bay (WSASMB); Nauti Chicas of Dana Point Yacht Club (DPYC); California Yacht Club (CYC); Novias Del Mar of the Long Beach/Los Angeles Women’s Sailing Association (LB/LAWSA); Ventura Yacht Club (VYC); Sailing Chicks, also from Long Beach/Los Angels Women’s Sailing Association; Team Dreadnought from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; San Diego Yacht Club (SDYC); Newport Harbor Yacht Club, and Southwest Yacht Club (SWYC).

The LEMWOD, in its 17th year, has taken on new life as an informal ‘yacht club challenge’ for all-women teams. Indeed, if the guys have the Lipton Cup, the women have the LEMWOD: a highly competitive two-day regatta raced in a matched fleet of Catalina 37s – now, with a $1,000 prize.

The 2007 champions from CYC will return to defend their title. Said Team Captain Kellie Fennessy, “All of last year's team -- 100 percent CYC members -- will be returning, as we had a great time sailing together.”

In the 2007 regatta, CYC was neck-in-neck with the Nauti Chicas after Day One. “I really wanted to go get ‘em on Day Two and we had planned out our attack,” said Nauti Chica skipper Sue Senescu. But they never got the chance: races were cancelled Sunday after Santa Ana winds kicked up to 40 knots, and the CYC team won on the tie-breaker. So now Senescu is back for the rematch, along with eight other teams ready for action. And to pique the competition, organizers have offered an optional pre-race practice day Friday, Oct. 17.

The LEMWOD is governed by the 2005-2008 Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) and the Catalina 37 Class Rules. Four windward/leeward races are slated for Saturday, three Sunday; in the unpredictable and sometimes very windy Long Beach/Alamitos Bay.

Afterwards there are nightly parties, including a DJ and dancing Saturday night, and raffle prizes amidst the banter of 150-some competitors, friends and volunteers. In addition to take-home trophies, this year’s winner will be awarded the $1,000 Linda Elias Memorial Sailing Scholarship and an engraving on the LEMWOD perpetual trophy, which remains on display at Long Beach Yacht Club.

Linda Elias, who would have celebrated her 58th birthday Aug. 8, 2008, was a well-known Long Beach sailor in both the offshore and buoy racing circles. A three-time winner of the Women’s One Design regatta (1992, 1994 and 1996) she passed away in 2003, and the regatta was rededicated in her memory.

The LEMWOD is open to all-women teams with a minimum crew of seven; no maximum nor weight restriction. The skipper must be a member of a SCYA or USSA club. LEMWOD is organized by LB/LAWSA; Long Beach Yacht Club hosts the event and will provide their internationally acclaimed Congressional Cup race management team.

For results and additional information visit the website at www.lemwod.com or http://lemwod.blogspot.com. Races, which begin at 11:55 am each, can be viewed on the water and from the Belmont Pier, Long Beach.





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Hogan wins 2008 Linda Elias Memorial Women’s One Design race


LONG BEACH, Calif.---Casey Hogan and Newport Harbor Yacht Club’s Women’s Sailing Team won the 2008 Linda Elias Memorial Women’s One Design Challenge Sunday hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club and sponsored by the Long Beach/Los Angeles Women’s Sailing Association.

Sailing on the same Catalina 37s used in the Congressional Cup match race held every year at LBYC, Hogan, who was third at the end of the day’s racing Saturday, fought back Sunday in a building breeze of 10-12 knots to take the win.

“It was a steep learning curve,” Hogan said, “where we kept improving every race. We don’t sail these boats very often but today [Sunday] it went really smooth. We just sailed conservatively trying to improve every race… avoiding any major mishaps around the marks.”

Not able to avoid a mishap at a mark was fifth place finisher Karla Moreno and her team “Dreadnought” from the Opequinar Yacht Club, Mexico.

Moreno’s boat was struck hard by another boat at a leeward mark rounding, knocking her foredeck person off her feet and backward on to the deck. The crew member – who did not wish to be named – briefly lost consciousness but was revived quickly by fellow crew members, assisted by race committee members. She was checked out at the dock by paramedics, but declined to go to the hospital.

Second place finisher Andrea Cabito and team Novias Del Mar successfully worked through a team building process coming back from fifth at the end of the day Saturday.

“Yesterday [Saturday], we still had issues we were working on,” Cabito said. “But from the first race today our boat handling skills started getting better every race.

“We have sailed these boats for the last five years and every year we have gotten better. My team is very willing to learn and now they are some of the best sailors I have ever sailed with.”

Taking third in the regatta was Samantha Treadwell and the San Diego Yacht Club Women’s Sailing Team. Treadwell was in the lead after racing Saturday, having a five point lead of second and third place.

“Yeah, I kinda blew the first two [races] today,” Treadwell said. “We sat down after the second race and did our little team Pow Wow.

“We have a very young team and have never really sailed together that much. I think they did great out there and we are fired up to come back next year.”

Also planning on coming back next year, Hogan said, “In every aspect this was a well run regatta and I think everyone had a good time.”


The event is named after the late Linda Elias, one of Southern California’s most successful female sailboat racers.

Elias sailed in the Transpac in 1989, ’91, ‘93 and ’99 and won the Women’s One Design championship three of the first five years. When she passed away in 2003 after losing a nine-year battle with cancer the Long Beach/Los Angeles Women’s Sailing Association rededicated the event to her memory.



Final Standings

1. Casey Hogan, Newport Harbor YC Women’s Sailing Team, 6-4-1-5-3-1-1, 21 points
2. Karen Campbell, Long Beach/Los Angeles Women's Sailing Association, 5-1-5-8-2-3-2, 26
3. Samantha Treadwell, San Diego YC Women’s Sailing Assoc., 2-6-2-1-4-8-4, 27
4. Susan Taylor, Cal YC Women’s Sailing Assoc., 1-10-3-2-1-6-11(DNF), 34
5. Karla Moreno, Opequinar YC, Mex. “Dreadnought”, 3-3-8-3-5-2-11(DNF), 35
6. Sue Senescu, Dana Point YC “Nauti Chicas”, 4-7-4-6-9-5-3, 38
7. Gwen Abel, Women’s Sailing Assoc. of Santa Monica Bay, 7-5-7-7-7-9-5, 47
8. Kathy Reed, Navy YC “Sailing Chicks”, 9-2-9-9-8-4-7, 48
9. Colleen Cook, Southwestern YC Women’s Sailing Team, 8-8-6-4-6-10-6, 48
10. Christina Baum, Ventura YC Team WAVE, 10-9-10-10-10-7-8, 64



Race information and official standings at:
www.lbyc.org


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