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April 2005 News Archive
| April 29, 2005 |
| Week 3 of Sailing Camp Is Now Filled |
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Week 3 of Sailing Camp (June 27 - July 1) has now been filled. There are still 6 more weeks of
Sailing Camp available:
- Week 1: June 13 - June 17
- Week 2: June 20 - June 24
- Week 4: July 4 - July 8
- Week 5: July 11 - July 15
- Week 6: July 18 - July 22
- Week 7: August 8 - August 12 (Advanced Sailing Camp)
More information on ISC's Sailing Camp is available here and you can download the Sailing Camp application
here  (51 KB). Spaces fill up rather quickly once warm weather
arrives, so make sure you send in your application soon to reserve your child's spot!
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| America's Cup 2007 Challenge Deadline Passes |
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The deadline for submitting a challenge for the 2007 America's Cup has passed with one new
challenger being confirmed and another challenge pending evaluation of paperwork submitted shortly before the
noon deadline on April 29th. The confirmed new challenger is United Internet Team Germany (formerly
Fresh 17) representing Germany. The second challenge is from China Team (formerly Le Defi). The total
number of official challengers is now 10 (if China Team is accepted, the number will grow to 11).
The complete list of official challengers for the 2007 America's Cup is as follows:
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| April 28, 2005 |
| Safety Training |
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The Safety Duty Training dates have been set: May 7th and August 20th. Both sessions will start at 9:00AM
and will go as long as necessary (length depends on the number of people attending). Topics to be covered
include use of the Safety Boats, setting of marks and basic water rescue. All ISC members are encouraged to
attend and any member that will be doing Safety Boat duty this year is urged to attend. The PRO & Safety
Duty schedule can be found here.
Meet at the ISC Committe Boat (the large pontoon boat or "Mary Morse"). If you plan on attending or have any
questions please contact Ruthann or Steve Ross at (XXX) XXX-XXXX (home), (XXX) XXX-XXXX (cell) or
safety_chairman@indianapolissailing.org.
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| April 20, 2005 |
| America's Cup 2007 Website Profiles Ranger |
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The official 2007 America's Cup website has added a profile
of the J-Class yacht Ranger
to its "Where Are They Now?" feature.
Ranger was such a dominant boat in the J-Class fleet that, according to the website, "the other J-Class boats
accepted that a win by Ranger was more or less a foregone conclusion and that a second-place finish, for which there
was always a grand struggle, came to be regarded as a win."
Ranger won the 1937 America's Cup but was broken up only four years later in 1941 to aid the war effort. A recreation of the original Ranger was
launched in 2003 and more information about that yacht can be found here.
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| April 13, 2005 |
| ISC 50th Anniversary |
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2005 is the 50th anniversary of the Indianapolis Sailing Club (see the History
page for a short history of the club). The club is planning
a golden anniversary celebration over the weekend of June 17-19. As a small but important part
of that celebration, a commemorative 50th anniversary logo has been created by club member
Randy Fridlund.
There will be much more information on the events surrounding the 50th anniversary of
the club, so stay tuned for details!
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| April 6, 2005 |
| America's Cup 2007 Website Profiles Old Boats |
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The official website of the 2007 America's Cup has an interesting feature
on yachts of previous Cups titled "Where Are They Now?". A total of eight yachts
are currently profiled:
- 2003 SUI64—winner of the last America's Cup held in 2003 in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1995 NZL38 (Black Magic II)—yacht used by Team New Zealand in the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup challenger trials. NZL38 amassed a record of 22 wins and only 1 defeat.
- 1995 NZL32 (Black Magic)—older of the two Team New Zealand yachts from 1995 and the yacht that competed against the American defender, USA36 Young America. Team New Zealand crushed the American defenders winning five races without a single loss.
- 1988 KZ1—the New Zealand "Big Boat" challenger designed to exploit a loophole in the Deed of Gift for the America's Cup. The Americans responded with a far smaller multihull that at the hands of Dennis Connor handily defended the Cup.
- 1958 US16 (Columbia)—defender in the first America's Cup sailed in 12-Meter boats. Columbia was a force in the defender trials until the mid-60's and still sails today as a charter boat out of Newport, RI.
- 1903 Reliance—the massive J-Class defender designed by the legendary Nathanael Herreshoff and skippered by the equally legendary Charlie Barr. Reliance would never race again after defending the Cup and was scrapped in 1913.
- 1870 Magic—the first defender of the America's Cup, Magic was launched as a sloop in 1857, defended the Cup as a schooner in 1870, converted a supply ship during the Spanish-American War, operated as a pilot ship in Key West and was finally severely damaged by a hurricane and subsequently scuttled off Key West in 1926.
- 1851 America—the revolutionary American yacht that traveled "across the pond" to Great Britain to win the One Hundred Guinea Cup in 1851, thereafter to be known as the America's Cup. America also participated in the first defense which was a fleet race comprising yachts from the New York Yacht Club and the challenger Cambria of Great Britain (America finished fourth and Cambria eighth).
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