[L16-usa] Maine Luders - July Series

[Sturgis Haskins]

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MOUNT DESERT ISLAND (Maine) LUDERS FLEET

July Series Results

1st       Ondine              MDI-32          Sturgis Haskins, John
Marshall, skippers              Boat new from Greenwich, CT      glass
gray topsides
2nd       Weetamoe        NEH-21         Morris, Squires, Strong,
Welles, et al                    From original NEH fleet
wood      white
3rd        Red Hot            MDI-31          David Folger
Boat new from Mississippi           glass     red
4th        Paladin             MDI-35          Tom Rolfes
Boat new from Mississippi           glass      black 
5th       Voodoo              MDI-30          Robin Folger
Boat new from Rockland, ME       wood      black
6th       Triad                  NEH-24         Alec Gorianksy
>From original NEH fleet                wood      white
7th        Watermelon      NEH-3           Dan Burt
>From original NEH fleet               wood       green

Sail numbers note:  Earlier Luders (nos. 1-28) were allotted Northeast
Harbor Fleet numbers.  New additions (2003) are given Mount Desert
Island sail numbers beginning with # 29.  (29 thru 36). The revived
racing is under the auspices of the Southwest Harbor Fleet (yacht club).

There are, at present, 20 Luders in Mount Desert Island waters.  A few
days ago a distant  wooden Luders was purchased and will be given # 36.
This boat is expected to arrive in the coming week and will be put at
Jim Elk's boatyard in Bar Harbor where it will be restored for a 2004
launching. There are, at present, three other Luders at the Elk yard -
all due for restoration, too..  The owner of another newly acquired wood
Luders has had an offer accepted on a  second boat, this one glass,
located in New York.  His family expects to use both boats.  It appears,
too, that one or two other distant Luders are in negotiation.

The racing turn out has been lower than expected.  This is due in part
to poor weather and a delay in outfitting several of the boats.  MDI-29,
Sea Biscuit, made her first appearance at the August lst race yesterday.
This boat came from Chicago this past winter and is owned by Bill Eacho,
of Seal Harbor. Fleet Captain Alec Goriansky injured his ankle in Boston
a few days after the first race and has been unable to participate for
an interim.  Alec was formerly NEH Fleet Captain when that earlier fleet
ceased racing circa1973. He will host the local fleet's first meeting at
his summer cottage, Pebble Beach, this morning.  The occasion is also
the birthday of Ann Waldron, owner of the July series winner, Ondine.

Besides the Friday race series, several regattas are in the offing. The
Seal Harbor regatta is on August 5th - won last year Alec Goriansky.
The cup was initially won by Nelson Rockefeller, whose Luders, Golden
Arrow, is still owned by his widow, Happy Rockefeller.  On August 13th a
regatta will be held on Little Cranberry Isle in a joint effort with the
SWH Fleet.  The following week the Northeast Harbor Fleet (yacht club)
will host its annual Hayward Cup race for club one-designs.  For what is
likely the first time, non-member Luders will be allowed to enter the
event. Other Luders events this month will include a Picnic race and a
Single-Handed race.  On the occasion of the season's last race, the
Luders fleet has been invited aboard a new 150-foot Bruce King yawl.
However, the August 3rd launching has been delayed and there is some
question if the new boat will be in the water before September.

On Wednesday, August 20th, Bob Walstrom, the Luders Company historian,
will give a slide lecture at  a pot-luck supper at the Southwest
Harbor's MDI Community Sailing Center's facility - head by Glenn Squires
who has been important in the Luders revival.

Members of the MDI Luders class are interested in learning of additional
Luders for sale - should any be available.




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