What's New
New stuff
on the Soverel 33 Home Page
(and links to good stuff on other sites)
[Link
to Old Stuff (more than a year old)]
October 8-9
Wild Thang wins 2003 Soverel 33 Intergalactics, CKOD, Lake Norman NC
1st Wild Thang, Johnny Smith, 2nd Outrageous, Richard Jones, 3rd Yankee, Jerry Dodge, 4th Pearl of Great Price, Chuck Lineberry, 5th Jezebel, Vern Heiler.- see results, report & photos
September 13-14
Black & Blue takes third in 2003 Greenwich Cup, Division PHRF Blue 5, Riverside YC / Indian Harbor YC, Greenwich, CT
3rd Black & Blue, David Schmidt, 8th Adrenaline, Pat Croke, 9th Whacko, Cam Dean
September 5-7
Santana wins 2003 Soverel 33 Nationals, Larchmont NOOD, Larchmont NY
1st Santana, Paul Jeka, 2nd BushWacker, Erik Will, 3rd Deviation, Iris Vogel, 4th Outrageous, Richard Jones, 5th Yankee, Jerry Dodge, 6th Paladin, Dennis Carriere, 7th Whacko, Norm Dean, 8th Slàinte, Mark McCarthy, 9th Phoenix, Robin Ricca, 10th Adrenaline, Pat Croke - see results, report & photos
August 31
Flexi Flier wins 2003 15th Annual Jazz Cup, The South Beach Yacht Club, San Francisco, CA
1st Division B Flexi Flier, Mitchel Wells,
"We saw you go by us, I was on a displacement type 43'.
When the wind got to 20 he took the kite down...you guys looked great!"
"It was pretty amazing. We were ahead of many A division boats straight up!"
August 16-17
Phoenix wins 2003 City Island Distance Race, City Island Yacht Club, NY
1st Phoenix, Robin Ricca http://www.sailphoenix.com:41033/JavaScore/DistanceRace03.html
Soverels compete in the 2003 Chicago Verve Cup Regatta in Chicago.
3rd Assassin, San Sansome, 6th Rampage, Bill Richardson,
The Verve Cup is a far smaller regatta (around 200 boats) than the Chicago NOOD (around 300 boats) and is run largely within PHRF sections. Unfortunately Nemesis has had some misfortune with it's rigging and the new owner has been rather busy so did not manage to get it fixed in time. Zot I believe had conflicting plans so also didn't make it, leaving just Assassin and Rampage representing the class.
The weather was light on Friday and Saturday (less than 10 knots) and then picked up to a fairly solid 12-15 knots on Sunday. Ideal light conditions for most of the fleet were it not for the significant powerboat chop caused by Chicago's Air & Water Show, taking place 3 miles further inshore, and making it very very awkward to sail fast for the first two days.
An interesting PHRF 7 Section included a Melges 24, an Olson 30, an Andrews 30, a Beneteau Solo 30, 2 Soverel 33s (one Soverel built Rampage one Tartan built Assassin), an Express 34, a Gorman Express 35, a New York 36, a Hunter 37 and a Farr 38.
I am pleased to report that despite having some extremely good light air boats in the section the Soverels were the only boats to take a first place (one each) from the extremely light and zippy Melges 24 (who picked up the remaining three first places and won the section comfortably).
After a light love-tap we nearly had the New York 36 DSQ'd from the first race on Sunday which would have given us a 2nd in the regatta and Jack-a-Roe the Olson 30 a 3rd, but our protest was rejected because none of the crew of the New York 36 heard us say the immortal word "Protest" during the collision (for which the race committee found both boats at fault!!) Final positions, with boat make and PHRF rating were
1) Cagey - Melges 24 (90)
2) Decoy - New York 36 (105)
3) Assassin - Soverel 33 (93)
4) Jack-a-Roe - Olson 30 (108)
5) Flags - Andrews 30 (108)
6) Rampage - Soverel 33 (93)
7) Whisper - Express 34 (96)
8) Orion - Hunter 37 (99)
9) Maskwa - Gorman Express 35 (96)
10) Radiance - Farr 38 (93)
11) Figaro - Beneteau Solo 30 (105)
Anyway, great to see Bill and the Rampage team back in Chicago (Bill your team sailed much better hung over than I did on Saturday!!), and hope to see Zot and Nemesis at the Verve next year.
August 9-10
Whacko wins the Long Island Sound Championships, Duck Island Yacht Club, Westbrook, CT
1st Whacko, Norm Dean, 2nd Slàinte, Mark McCarthy, 3rd Paladin, Dennis Carriere, 4th Deviation, Iris Vogel, 5th Phoenix, Robin RiccaNorm, 6th Adrenaline, Pat Croke, see Report, Results, and Photos,
August 6-8
Soverels take home silver at 2003 Put-in-Bay Regatta, Put-In-Bay YC, OH
3rd Moisture Missile, Chris Merkle - PHRF B, 3rd Thriller, Jim Hogan - PHRF C, 1st class & overallFoghorn, Kent Gardam- JAM
There were three Soverels at the I-LYA Race Week this year, Moisture Missile, Thriller and us on Foghorn. Due to unfortunate circumstances we all ended up in different classes. Moisture Missile was in PHRF B with a rating of 84. Because of the splits, Thriller was in PHRF C with a rating of 87. Foghorn ended up racing in JAM because of a shortage of crew for the regatta.
Weimer IV, Arlene Steuer, also raced over to Put-in-Bay in the Deepwater Race from Cleveland on Friday night before the regatta but was apparently unable to stay for the actual regatta.
The regatta ended up as a fairly light air affair with two around-the-islands races sailed (on Monday and Wednesday) and a windward-leeward on Tuesday. A second windward-leeward scheduled for Tuesday was cancelled due to very light conditions.
Moisture Missile ended up with a 3rd for the regatta in PHRF B with a 5th, a 4th and a 1st in the individual races. They were beaten by two J-33's.
Thriller ended up with a 3rd for the regatta in PHRF C with a 2nd, a 4th, and a 2nd. They were beaten by an Evelyn 32 and a Hobie 33.
On Foghorn we were fortunate to win 1st in JAM both in Class and Overall with three overall 1st's for the races.
August 1-3
Zot wins 2003 Milwaukee Grand Prix, Milwaukee Yacht Club. WI
1st Zot, Jerry Kedziora http://www.milwaukeegrandprix.com/
July 18-20
BushWhacker wins 2003 Great Lakes Championships, Sodus Bay, NY.
1st BushWacker, Erik Will, 2nd Deviation, Iris Vogel, 3rd Yankee, Jerry Dodge. see Report, Results, and Photos
July 12-13
Whacko wins 2003 Red Grant Regatta, Raritan Bay, NJ.
1st Whacko, Norm Dean, 2nd Santana, Paul Jeka, 3rd Phoenix, Robin Ricca, 4th Adrenaline, Pat Croke. see Report, Results, and Photos
July 4
Outrageous wins Lake Norman Yacht Club - July 4th Regatta.
1st Outrageous, Richard Jones,
2nd Wild Thang, Johnny Smith,
3rd Pearl of Great Price, Chuck Lineberry, 6th Jezebel, Vern Heiler. http://www.lakenormanyachtclub.com/News/eventinfo.asp?epage=118
We had good breezes both days, Saturday and Sunday. Two Windward Leeward Races were run, one Saturday and one Sunday We had a lot of fun with four Soverels, Saturdays race had three Soverel finishing with in 11 sec.
June 14-29
Photo from the VanIsle 360 website (www.vanisle360.nisa.com), which describes the 2003 Van Isle 360 race. Lottie Dottie Dee, Wendel Gregory's hull #6 is shown in a number of pictures from the site. Wendel finished a very respectable 9th of 17 in a class that went all the way up to Santa Cruz 52s rating negative 10.
The race itself was an absolute blast. It was 10 separate point to point races (legs) totaling 580 miles, and circumnavigated Vancouver Island in British Columbia Canada; it was absolutely spectacular. The mountains were breath-taking, the very rugged coastline was pretty much uninhabited, and there were bald eagles everywhere When we were at the NW tip of the island we were far enough north and west in the time zone that it didn't get dark until 11pm. An absolutely great experience.
21-25 June 2003
Two Soverel 33's competed in the the Storm Trysail 2003 Block Island Race Week. 4th Deviation, Iris Vogel, 5th Slàinte, Mark McCarthy. It was great weather with really good compition. Robin Ricca & Todd Aven from Phoenix, SVM #70, sailed on Deviation.
13-15 June 2003
Four Soverel 33's competed in the the Sailing World - 2003 Chicago NOOD.
3rd Bushwacker, Erik Will, 4thAssassin, Sam Sansome, 6th Zot, Jerry Kedziora, 10th Rampage
, Bill Richardson. Results & Information
7-8 June 2003
Black & Blue wins the Mayor's Cup Yacht Race in Stamford - Black & Blue, a Soverel 33 sloop owned and raced by David Schmidt of Darien, won the 18th annual race for the City of Stamford Mayor's Cup Sunday, June 8 on Long Island Sound, defeating 41 other yachts entered in the event. Black & Blue won the race by only 28 seconds over a 9.8 nautical mile course south of Shippan Point. The race was started in southeasterly winds of about 8-10 knots and 1-foot seas, with the wind later becoming light and variable, and finally, non-existant. Courses for all yachts were shortened from the original distance of 17 miles.
Three Soverel 33's competed in the the EBYRA 2003 City Island Cup.
1 st Deviation, Iris Vogel, 3rd Pheonix, Robin Ricca, 8th Adrenaline, Pat Croke.
This was the first regatta for Pheonix after a long Winter 2003 retrofit. Adrenaline had the speed, but did not have the advantage of local knowledge for the tricky Eastchester Bay winds and currents.
Two Soverel 33's in Duck Island Yacht Club ECSA Spring Regatta.
2nd Slàinte, Mark McCarthy, 6th Paladin, Dennis Carriere.
Not bad for a crummy Saturday. Got two races in, did not really start pouring until the end of the second. Had great side by side with Paladin, who is really coming up to speed, when they work out their crew issues, watch out.
May 31-June 1 2003
Richard Jones on Outrageous, qualifies for Hospice Championship 2004 in Annapolis, MD.
2003 Hospice Results Lake Norman
Championship Course - 1st Outrageous, Richard Jones, 2nd Wild Thang, Johnny Smith, 3rd Jezebel, Vern Heiler. http://www.lakenormanyachtclub.com/News/eventinfo.asp?epage=103
29 May 2003
Tom Gilbert on Grafix appears to have had an excellent 2003 Swiftsure International Yacht Race (Swiftsure Lightship Classic). Graffix won their 10-boat class (Class 1, Division H.) The results indicated that it was a pretty breezy race.
3-4 May 2003
Stalker wins 2003 Tall Ships Trophy for the Mug Race for being first to finish in the "North Course Race". The Soverel 33 mast is too tall for the "real" Mug Race that goes under Shands Bridge at Green Cove Springs. Team Stalker was treated as celebrities because Al Holt was winner of the 1st Mug Race (this was the 50th).
2003 Pursuit of Sailing Regatta - Spinnaker A
1st Outrageous, Richard Jones, 2nd Jezebel, Vern Heiler. http://www.lakenormanyachtclub.com/News/eventinfo.asp?epage=89
26-27 April 2003
3-4 May 2003
Santana, Paul Jeka, places second in the 2003 American Yacht Club Spring Series
15-16 March 2003
Outrageous wins 2003 Soverel 33 Midwinters -Carolina Keelboat Midwinter Regatta
1st Outrageous, Richard Jones, 2nd Wild Thang, Johnny Smith, 3rd Whacko, Norm Dean, 4th Pearl of Great Price, Chuck Lineberry, 5th Santana, Paul Jeka, 6th Jezebel, Vern Heiler. see Report, Results, and Photos
1-2 February 2003
Santana, Paul Jeka, wins the 2003 Gulfstream Regatta in Ft. Lauderdale.
see http://www.gulfstreamsailingclub.org/regatta/index.html
They placed first in PHRF 1 and won the MIASF CUP (Marine Industry of South Florida) for the lowest combined time in PHRF. Saturday's conditions were awesome. The course was a 26 mile distance race that ran along the coast between Port Everglades and Hillsboro Inlet SeaBuoy. The breeze was up and we blasted down the coast on the final leg surfing at 13kts.
Sunday offered two windward/leeward races with very light and shifty conditions in the second race finishing in a building sea breeze.
Hoping to find something else? Check out Old News - a collection of older item more than a year old.