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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><B><FONT size=5>Schoeder's <I>NORTH</I> Wins Wild
Contest for Udderly Luders Trophy</FONT> <BR></B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Eight Luders showed up in Somes Sound for the Saturday
match-up despite dire forecasts of up to 20MPH winds. The traditional October
IOD race for the TROLLPHY CUP was not held for lack of entrants, but the
Luders fleet responded in numbers to compete for the UDDERLY Trophy, won last
year by Tom Chase.<BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">According to tradition, special rules were in place
for the end of season classic ˆ a) the boat in the lead may not fly a
spinnaker; b) any rule infractions will result in penalties for both protestor
and protestee consisting of letting all other boats pass by before they can
resume racing; c) the Race Committee may do whatever it wants; and d) any IOD
sailors on board in disguise have no rights. Designed to produce mayhem and
laughs for all, they succeeded.<BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">The blustery day began with a dockside viewing of the
brilliantly innovative restoration and rigging by Ned Johnston of
<I>DOMINO</I> which was brought to Maine after being sunk and all but
destroyed in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. <BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Johnston, although leading at the upwind mark in the
first race, could not resist showing off his ultra fancy spinnaker launching
system after the turn. He should have been disqualified for this infraction
but since protests were effectively not allowed and the Race Committee could
do anything it wanted, he was awarded first place after dominating the rest of
the course. <BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Tom Rolfes in <I>PALADIN</I> won the second race after
multiple protests resulting from a mild collison near the start were
overruled-- that of Bill Dowling in <I>SURPRISE</I> because even though he was
the leeward boat he was an IOD sailor in disguise, and that of Dave Folger in
<I>VOODOO</I> who could not give way because because he was trapped in the
middle-- the result leaving Rolfes' windward crowding unpunished.
<BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><BR></SPAN><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">The second race was further highlighted by a
man-overboard exercise on <I>VOODOO</I>'s downwind leg. Novice crew Carol
Murray was fished out of the chilly Sound after valiant but inauspicious deck
duty winging out the jib and put back to work, although this feat pushed
VOODOO to next to last place, just ahead of newcomer Tim Oh in
<I>BUTTERCUP</I>. <BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><BR></SPAN><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">The game Luders sailors contested a third race which
was won by Folger's <I>VOODOO</I>, crewed by the wet but undaunted Murray. In
that race, the heavy winds took a toll on Johnston's freshly refitted
<I>DOMINO</I>, ripping out his forestay while leading at the final mark.
Spectator boat <I>MURPHY'S LAW</I> offered a tow back to the mooring after
<I>DOMINO'</I>s sails were quickly dropped and the mast stabilized.
<BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt"><BR></SPAN><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Even after the racing finished, the excitement
continued as <I>SPIRIT</I> crew Dorothy Goett was blown off the fore deck
while the boat was being steered back to the mooring by guest IOD crew Jean
Burden. Hanging to the forestay by one hand, dripping Dorothy was coaxed back
onto the boat by owner Julie Bracken. <BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">A boisterous awards party was held later by Alessandro
Vitelli and Diana Paine at In The Woods. There, the SWH Fleet Race Committee
of Dick and Steve Homer overruled their own protests and awarded the UDDERLY
Trophy to David Schoeder for staying safe and losing no one overboard while
finishing 3rd, 2nd, and 2nd in the afternoon races.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">(For cool
photos, go to <A
href="http://mdi.villagesoup.com/Sports/story.cfm?storyID=179458">http://mdi.villagesoup.com/Sports/story.cfm?storyID=179458</A>)</DIV>
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