NEWPORT BERMUDA RACE PREPARATION SEMINAR
Brewer Pilots Point Marina, Westbrook, CT September 7, 2013
Registration – Coffee and pastries provided
It’s Not as Complicated as it Seems! – Rives Potts and Michael Keyworth
Planning for a Successful Bermuda Race: Entering and qualifying for the race, optimizing the boat, selecting crew, provisioning, sailing fast, having fun, what to expect on arrival, where to stay and keep the boat, getting back to the mainland afterward.
Entering the Race and Navigating the Paperwork – Bjorn Johnson
The entry process and where to turn if you run into problems. The race’s updated website and online entry offers a more intuitive and less stressful means of data submission and tracking your progress through the entry system.
Preparing for Inspection – Michael Keyworth
Inspection doesn’t have to be intimidating and time-consuming. Michael will walk through a typical inspection and point out tips for making it quick and painless.
Race Strategy: Navigation, the Gulf Stream and Weather – Bill Biewenga
Strategy on the 635-mile course: weather scenarios, tactics for using the Gulf Stream, navigating the 300+ miles south of the Stream, and electronic packages for various budgets.
Lunch and Boat Visits – Rives Potts and other skippers
Come on board Carina and other race-ready boats and query their captains and crews. A box lunch will be provided.
Optimizing Your Boat – Rives Potts, Butch Ulmer, Jack Orr, and Jim Teeters
How to make your boat fast and competitive while complying with race requirements (and not breaking the bank). Plus, rating optimization and sail selection.
When the Going Gets Tough – Kit Will and Michael Keyworth
Heavy-weather tactics and skills as well as spares and tools to have aboard – and how to use them in a pinch. Included in the talk will be several practical demonstrations, including cutting standing rigging, using an emergency tiller and controlling flooding.
A Safe Return Trip – Anne and Larry Glenn
The sail home can be as trying as the race down. Many serious safety related incidents occur on the return passage. Anne and Larry will review recent incidents and resources available to owners to help ensure the boat and crew arrive home safely.
Wrap Up
Q&A over Gosling’s new canned and complete Dark & Stormies. Speakers, members of the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee, Race Inspectors, and Brewer staff will be available.
Brewer is the Official Race Preparation Resource for the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race
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OUR SPEAKERS
NEWPORT BERMUDA RACE PREPARATION SEMINAR
Brewer Pilots Point Marina, Westbrook, CT September 7, 2013
Rives Potts – Owner-skipper of the two-time Saint David’s Lighthouse Division winner Carina and President and COO of Brewer Yacht Yard Group. Rives has sailed in 5 America’s Cup campaigns, 15 SORC’s, and multiple transatlantic and transpacific races. Rives is currently serving as Vice Commodore of the New York Yacht Club. (23 Bermuda Races)
Michael Keyworth – Long time Bermuda Race Inspector and General Manager of Brewer Cove Haven Marina (Barrington, RI). Michael has extensive ocean racing experience, including setting a course record in the 1985 Fastnet Race aboard the maxi Nirvana, participation in the SORC, Skagerrak (Norway), Marblehead-Halifax, Miami-Jamaica, and New England Solo-Twin races. (13 Bermuda Races)
Bjorn Johnson – Former Newport Bermuda Race Chief Inspector and Race Chairman, Bjorn has close to 80,000 nm sailing experience, much of it short- and single-handed. He has competed in Newport Bermuda Races, Bermuda One- Two’s, and Marion Bermuda Races. Bjorn is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Offshore Racing Association. (21 Bermuda Races)
Bill Biewenga – Offshore sailor with over 400,000 miles, Bill has raced and delivered boats in every ocean of the world. With 39 trans-Atlantic crossings and more than 60 passages to and from the Caribbean, Bill has been listed multiple times in the Guinness Book of Records for a variety of speed records. As the former owner of a highly regarded weather routing company, he has helped to guide sailors around the world, has published over 400 magazine articles, and written “Weather for Sailors,” a guide to understanding and using weather in sailing. (Number of Bermuda Race Sailed – “I’ve lost track”)
Jack Orr – Jack has been a Sailmaker at North Sails since 1988. During that time, he has been involved in the evolution of sail manufacturing from rolling out cloth on the floor and cutting it by hand, to the latest high tech processes. Jack is an experienced offshore sailor, having sailed in three Bermuda races, two Fastnet races, and a Transatlantic race. (3 Bermuda Races)
Brewer is the Official Race Preparation Resource for the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race
www.byy.com
OUR SPEAKERS (cont’d)
NEWPORT BERMUDA RACE PREPARATION SEMINAR
Brewer Pilots Point Marina, Westbrook, CT September 7, 2013
Butch Ulmer – President, UK Sailmakers NY. Butch is a highly accomplished ocean sailor and racer. His accomplishments include 17 Bermuda Races, 8 Annapolis to Newport Races, 18 SORC’s, and 7 Marblehead to Halifax Races. Butch is a member of the Intercollegiate Sailing Hall of Fame and has won National Championships in the International Tempest and Mobjack classes.
(17 Bermuda Races)
Jim Teeters – Associate Offshore Director at US Sailing, Developer of the Offshore Racing Rule (ORR), and Member of the Technical Committee of the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee. Jim has worked for five separate America’s Cup campaigns as well as for Langan Design Partners and Sparkman and Stephens.
Kit Will – Kit has sailed numerous ocean races, including Bermuda Races, Transpacs, the Middle Sea Race, and the Sydney-Hobart Race. As part of Roy Disney’s Morning Light Project, Kit sailed with some of the world’s top offshore sailors including Mike Sanderson and Stan Honey. Kit has over 35, 000 blue water miles including a 3 month delivery from Sydney to the USVI in 2012.
(4 Bermuda Races)
Anne and Larry Glenn – Anne Glenn is the Chair of the Cruising Club of America Safety at Sea Committee. She and her husband Larry grew up sailing and racing on Western Long Island Sound and have raced various one design classes together during their 50 years of marriage. Currently, they co-own their J- 44 Runaway, which they have cruised and raced extensively with their family. Larry has crossed the Gulf Stream 24 times and Anne 15. (Combined, 22 Bermuda Races and 17 return passages).
Liferaft and Survival Equipment, Inc. will be on hand throughout the day to consult with on safety gear potentially suitable for the race. In addition, LRSE will collect any of your safety gear needing service for transportation back to their shop in Tiverton, RI. All gear will be serviced and returned this fall so it is ready for the 2014 race.
PLEASE NOTE: The Brewer Race Preparation Seminar is not intended as a substitute for the U.S. Sailing sanctioned Safety at Sea events. No credit will be given to attendees of this seminar toward the Safety at Sea requirements.
Brewer is the Official Race Preparation Resource for the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race
