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<P><B><FONT face=Arial>MOUNT DESERT ISLAND LUDERS FLEET</FONT></B> </P>
<P><U><FONT face=Arial size=2>Results of the Wednesday, July 21st Make-Up
Race</FONT></U> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Setting: a warm & overcast
afternoon with strong evidence of fog here and there. A pleasant wind from
the southeast. The starting area was a quarter mile south of the
entrance of Somes Sound. Dick Homer manned the committee launch unassisted
this day by his brother, Steve, who was skippering a Bullseye in the SWH Fleet's
annual July single-handed races. (Both races were won by Jean
Beaulieu.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The course for Luders was a windward- leeward
with the windward marker between Greenings Island and the NEH Fleet
anchorage. The leeward buoy was just inside the entrance to the
Sound. Like so much in life - often unexpected - it is sometimes the
incidentals that are more remembered than the event itself. In this
instance, it might, perhaps, be the close encounter in tight
quarters with two very large yachts - not surely an everyday event but
good fodder for retelling. .</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Rolfes, in Paladin, led around both marks with
Ondine in constant and close pursuit. Paladin, practically alone, benefited from
a long tack toward the Manset shore on the first leg while most other Luders
followed Ondine up the shoreline of Northeast Harbor. On the downwind leg,
spinnakers set, the boats entered the Sound as the huge motor yacht,
Mystique, slowly crept up from behind and then past in close company
trying to keep in mid-channel.. ( The 163-foot yacht, built in 1989, is listed
as the 51st largest yacht in America. The owner, Herb Galen, founded Ellen Tracy
Sportswear.) </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paladin continued with a slight lead around the
leeward marker. As the duel with Ondine continued upwind, Charles Butt's
145-foot ketch, Rebecca, under power & hosting a number of guests, hove into
stately view. Locked in a battle royal neither Luders seemed prepared to
give much quarter to the advancing behemoth. Her skipper skillfully
stalled then deftly maneuvered between the two boats - remarkably without
interference. Surely an impressive show of both deference and skill. Never
headed, Paladin continued on to a close victory over the long-trailing Ondine -
the first victory in the class for Tom Rolfes. As this writer was fixated
on Paladin's transom, he acknowledges his ignorance of other tight battles that
were likely in progress.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>At Friday's SWH Fleet tea (hosted at the Tower's
splendid waterfront home), Race Committee chair Dick Homer recounted brother
Steve Homer's near miss with the Rebecca at the starting line. Apparently,
there was a miscommunication between the captain and the ketch's helmsman (the
boat is so large that crew communicate via headphones!) and Rebecca inadvertenly
charged across the Bullseye starting </FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>area</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> scattering that fleet. (Surely
a great story - and likely long remembered by The Scattered!) Later
that evening, the yacht's captain graciously telephoned Steve to apologize for
the incident.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Luders results are as follows: </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>1st Paladin
Tom Rolfes </FONT><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>2nd Ondine
Sturgis Haskins</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>3rd Voodoo
Rowan Fraley
</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>4th
Ange Jean
May</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>5th Sea
Biscuit Bill Eacho</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>6th <SPAN class=328360500-27072004><FONT
color=#0000ff> Weetamoe ?? </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>DNS Mary
Jane Bacon</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>DNS <SPAN class=328360500-27072004><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN> Red Hot
Schoeder<SPAN
class=328360500-27072004><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=328360500-27072004></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=328360500-27072004><FONT
color=#0000ff>DNS Triad
Goriansky</FONT> </SPAN> <SPAN class=328360500-27072004><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=328360500-27072004> </SPAN> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>From Eric Sandberg,who is a finish carpenter for the
Williams Boat Yard: He has previously completed half-model
commissions of International One-Designs, Bullseyes and Mercurys. He has
recently received the Luders blueprints from Bob Wallstrom and is anxious to
built a half-model. We will try to have examples of his work shown at
either our next Luders meeting or at a SWH Fleet tea. It would be nice -
as one thought - to consider presenting a Luders half-model to the MDI
Historical Society or the SWH Library.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sandberg's e-mail:.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Having just received the lines to the L-16, I
haven't made a model yet. It is my intention to make a stock model at 3/4" = 1'.
this would yield a model about 19" long. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">The models I make are hand carved after a series
of lifts are glued together. I use pine and mahogany as materials. Sometimes I
use teak for trim. My stock models are varnished. I mount the models on
varnished backboards or mahogany, oak, cherry, or painted poplar. Teak is also
available, but it costs more. I also provide a brass plaque. I project the cost
of a stock model to be $390.00. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">I also welcome commissions for custom models,
i.e., different sizes, painted models and deck/house work. Prices for these I
will quote on an individual basis. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">If you would like I would be very happy to show
examples of work I have done at one of your meetings. </FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Thanks again for your inquiry: </FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Eric Sandberg </FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Tel:244-5752 </FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">direct e-mail to cesandberg@downeast.net</FONT>
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