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August 21 – 25, 2019Bayview Yacht Club

Detroit, Michigan

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2019 International Match Race for the Detroit Cup

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Wednesday August 21, 20191000 .............Race Office Open for Team .....................Registration

1000-1730 ....Competitor Registration and .....................Practice Time with Event Boats

1800-2030 ....Opening Ceremonies with .....................Strolling Appetizers, Introduction .....................of Competitors, Race Officials and .....................Sponsors. (Shore attire)

Thursday August 22, 20190800 .............Breakfast for Competitors, Race .....................Officials and Volunteers

0900 .............First Competitor Briefing with PRO .....................and Umpires

1000 .............Attention Signal for First Race .....................of Day

1000-1700 ....Spectator Viewing with Live .....................Commentary from Front Lawn of .....................BYC, Competitor Debrief Following .....................Racing

1800 ............Dinner at BYC for Competitors .....................ONLY

Friday August 23 20190800 .............Breakfast for Competitors, Race .....................Officials and Volunteers

0900 .............Daily Competitor Briefing


1000-1700 ....Spectator Viewing with Live .....................Commentary from Front Lawn of .....................BYC. Press Conference with .....................Skippers, PRO and Chief .....................Umpire, 30 minutes after last race .....................of the day. Competitor Debrief ..................... immediately following press .....................conference.

1900 .............Dinner Buffet for Competitors, .....................Race Officials, Volunteers and .....................Sponsors

Saturday August 24, 20190800 .............Breakfast for Competitors, Race .....................Officials and Volunteers



1000-1700 ....Spectator Viewing with Live .....................Commentary from Front Lawn of .....................BYC. Competitor Debrief .....................Following Racing.

1800 .............Dinner at BYC for Competitors .....................ONLY

Sunday August 25, 20190800 .............Breakfast for Competitors, Race .....................Officials and Volunteers



1000-1500 ....Spectator Viewing with Live .....................Commentary from Front Lawn of .....................BYC

.....................Awards Ceremony and .....................Presentation of THE DETROIT CUP ..................... Immediately Following Racing

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Dear Race Competitors, Race Management, Sponsors, Family and Friends,

On behalf of the entire Membership, Staff, and the Board of Governors of Bayview Yacht Club, please accept our warm welcome to the City of Detroit and the 12th Annual Detroit Cup.With competitive racing directly in front of our clubhouse on the Detroit River, this year‘s event is sure to provide the highest level of match racing within the Great Lakes Region. Our Ultimate 20 boats have new carbon fiber rigs, which will allow racing in higher wind velocity. This will increase the excitement and challenge to the competitors. This stop of the Grand Slam Tour will have competitors from Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, and teams from around the US including two Teams from Bayview, one of whom is last year’s champion, Ryan Seago.To all competitors, please enjoy our Bayview hospitality. Whether you need delicious food from our outstanding restaurant, assistance with your stay, or a tasty beverage from the best bar around, we are here to make your visit one to remember.Lance Smotherman, Chairman for this years’ event, has assembled an impressive team of umpires, from New Zealand, Denmark, Germany and the United States. He has put together an outstanding race committee and a team of volunteers to support our commitment to this Grand Slam Match Racing Tour.I would also like to express gratitude to all of the sponsors, Bayview Junior Sailing Inc. and Bayview‘s Small Boat Program. And all of the members who have supported this event.To the competitors, good luck and fair sailing; to the members of Bayview Yacht Club, come down and cheer on the teams and enjoy a spectacular event right in front of your club.“For the Good of Bayview”

Sandy Fullerton Commodore 2019Bayview Yacht Club

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Alexis Gesualdo – USA World Sailing Ranking: 101Crew: Owen Miller, Scotty DicksonHome Yacht Club:Alexis hails from Stamford, Connecticut, but she grew up sailing and powerboating on the Long Island side of the sound. She is best known as a bowgirl, and began her match racing career on the foredeck. Three years ago, she switched from bow to helm and created Tropique Match Racing. She has since raced at Butler Cup and in the Oakcliff International, and in just the past year, she has jumped over 200 spots in the World Sailing rankings to her current position at 107. Outside the match race circuit, Alexis races a wide range of boats, from F-18 catamarans (helm) to TP-52s (bow) and the occasional superyacht, in venues from Newport to Acapulco and California to the Caribbean. Detroit remains one of her favorite venues, with fond memories from previous trips to Bayview One Design and the Bayview Mackinac Race. Her crew packs a substantial resume as well. Trimmer Owen Miller is fresh off a win in the last Newport-Bermuda race. He travels between North America and Europe racing classic yachts, TP-52s, skiffs, superyachts and everything in between. Tactician Scotty Dickson is well-known to the match racing world, having made 20 appearances in the Congressional Cup and won the Ficker Cup 13 times.

Jackson Hamilton – USAWorld Sailing Ranking: 117Crew: Donal Ryan, David LarsonHome Yacht Club: Glen Lake Yacht ClubJackson grew up sailing on the inland lakes of northern Michigan. In high school, he was a member of the Chicago

Yacht Club race team. More recently, he sailed for Northeastern University in Boston where he was first exposed to match racing. Jackson has been steadily climbing through the rankings since he skippered his first graded match race just a year ago, a grade 4 at Oakcliff Sailing Center where he and his team took first place.David, Donal, and Jackson all met on the Charles River in Boston while sailing for their respective colleges. David had a successful college sailing career at MIT, including a period of coaching after graduation. Donal sailed at Northeastern with Jackson, and has trimmed sails on just about every boat in Long Island Sound. The team is returning to Bayview after a strong showing at the spring invitational earlier this year, taking a close second to Ryan Seago and crew.

Nathan Hollerbach – USAEnder RacingWorld Sailing Ranking: N/RCrew: Nick Marcolini, Austin ColpaertHome Yacht Club: Bayview Yacht ClubA founding member of the Chicago Match Race Center and 2-time US Match Race Champion, Nathan Hollerbach steps back on the water after a long hiatus away from match racing. Joined by fellow Ender Racing alumni, Nick Marcolini (of the Grosse Pointe Marcolini’s), and Austin Colpaert, the trio are eager to measure themselves against the best. “It’s been a long time” said Hollerbach when asked about his return to match racing, “obviously I wish the Detroit Cup wasn’t our first regatta back, I wish we could have eased into it; but my team and I have a larger goal in mind so it’s important for us to compete against the best competition we can find. Fortunately the Detroit Cup pulls talent from all over the world, and the Detroit River provides us with a dynamic race-course, so there really isn’t a better event for us to test ourselves.”When asked what his expectations for the weekend were, Austin simply said “look, I just hope Nathan doesn’t fall down back there.” Macolini declined

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to comment, but could be heard telling his wife “honey, you know I would love to go with you to your mom’s house on Sunday but we should just assume that I am going to be sailing.” So it sounds like it’s full speed ahead for Ender Racing at the Detroit Cup.

Dave Perry – USA

World Sailing Ranking: 122Crew: Wyatt Dennis, Daniel PeggHome Yacht Club: Pequot Yacht ClubAuthor of three books on racing: Winning in One-Designs, Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing, Dave Perry’s 100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes2010 Toyota International Match Race for the Detroit Cup winner2009 Seawanhaka Cup winner2009 North American representative at ISAF Nations Cup 2015, 2011, 2008, 2006 & 1982 U.S. Match Racing Champion2007 South American Match Racing Champion 1998 & 1992 Knickerbocker Cup winner1984 & 1983 Congressional Cup winnerRules Advisor for Il Moro de Venetia, America’s Cup ChallengerRules Advisor and Afterguard Coach for Victory Challenge (Swedish America’s Cup Challenge)Rules Advisor for Artemis Racing, Challenger for the America’s CupRules Advisor for U.S. Olympic Sailing TeamCoach for the USSTAG Women’s Match Race Team, and for Sally Barkow’s team in particularUS Sailing Senior Certified JudgeChairman of the US Sailing Appeals Committee & Match Racing CommitteeNational Champion in Collegiate Sailing (Yale), Ideal 18’s and Tasar’s

James Pinder – GBRWorld Sailing Ranking: 88

Crew: Alex Smallwood, George Hopes, Jamie Webb

Home Yacht Club: Royal Thames Yacht Club

We are a group of young team racers from the UK experimenting with some match racing. We have raced at a variety of European events (as well as the Governor’s Cup) and are looking forward to some more US competition. All we have heard about the Detroit Cup and the Bayview Yacht Club suggests that it should be a really fun event.

Chris Poole – USARiptide RacingWorld Sailing Ranking: 14

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Home Yacht Club: Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club

Chris Poole grew up in Falmouth, Maine where he learned to sail at age 10 at Portland Yacht Club. He first got his feet wet with match racing when he was an intern at the Chicago Match Race Center in 2011. In 2012 Chris launched the Riptide Racing and their campaign for the World Match Race Tour. Since then the team has achieved a personal best ranking of 19th in the world and 1st in the United States.

Coming off a successful 2017 season that saw Riptide take 2nd in the U.S. Grand Slam Series and successfully defend the 46th Seawanhaka Cup. They hope to continue their success into 2018, which will be the teams 6th season on the match race circuit. Riptide hopes to reclaim their spot as the #1 U.S. Match Racing Team, and return to the top 20 in the world this year.

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Ethan Prieto-Low – AUSWorld Sailing Ranking: 133Crew: Andrew Henderson (Main Trim), Ben Walsh (Bow)Home Yacht Club: Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht ClubEthan Prieto-Low has been a national level Match Racer in Australia for the past 3 years, having been a regular sailor in many east coast regattas including the Hardy Cup, Australian Youth Match Racing Championship, Musto International as well as the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta in his home town Perth, Western Australia. The team has a wealth of experience in a wide range of sailing disciplines with Ethan a regular keelboat racer in the Dragon and Etchells classes and recently competed in the Dragon World Championships in Fremantle 2019. Andrew was previously a national level Laser sailor and has recently been transitioning into regular keelboat racing, whilst Ben is an experienced skiff sailor competing in various 29er regattas throughout Australia and Europe as well numerous offshore regattas on Australia’s West Coast. Ben also has a wealth of teams racing experience.Although the team has never competed in the Detroit Cup at the Bayview Yacht Club they have been given invaluable guidance and insights from regular competitor and training partner Will Boulden back in Perth. After a commendable 6th result in the 2019 Warren Jones Regatta their last event, the Swan River Sailing Team are ambitious and hungry with their sights set on all four Grand Slam Regattas in 2019 and beyond.

Ryan Seago – USAWorld Sailing Ranking: 26Crew: Matt Graham, Alex HumeHome Yacht Club: Bayview Yacht ClubLooking forward to the 2019 Detroit Cup at our

home Yacht Club in the U20s. Excited for this year’s excellent competition which consists of a few luminaries of USA match racing, along with other excellent international and USA sailors. 2018 Detroit Cup Grade 2 – 1st Place2017 Detroit Cup Grade 2 - 2nd Place2017 & 2015 BYC Spring Invitational Grade 3 - 1st Place

Jordan Stevenson – NZLWorld Sailing Ranking: 31Crew: Mitch Jackson, George Angus, Dougie Cowan Home Yacht Club: Royal New Zealand Yacht SquadronJordan Stevenson is a member of the prestigious RNZYS performance program. He started sailing optimists at a young age out of Sandspit Yacht Club, competing in events such as the North American Championships and Bermuda Gold Cup. He soon moved into the 29er class, competing in events around New Zealand and Australia. After this Jordan made the move to the RNZYS Youth Training Program and started match racing under coach Reuben Corbett. Since then he has competed in events around Australasia, winning the Harken Youth International and placing 5th in the 2019 Governors Cup.Jordan’s Crew come from a variety of different back grounds, with George and Mitch both being teams racing national champions at some point in their high school careers. Dougie is a young and budding optimist sailor from Detroit, recently competing in regattas such as the British Optimist National Championships. The rest of team is excited to be racing in Detroit for the first time and looking to learn as much as possible during the event.

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Finn Tapper – AUSWorld Sailing Ranking: 28Crew: George Richardson, Jake LiddelHome Yacht Club: Cruising Club of AustraliaFinn Tapper is a member of Australia’s leading youth sailing academy at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. He began sailing Optimists before transitioning into the 29er class. It was not until 2016 that Finn took up match racing joining the CYCA’s development program. Since then has he has progressed to World #28, having won his first international competition at the Grade 3 CentrePort Wellington International in 2017, and claiming his second title in Wellington earlier this year. Having achieved podium results in all of the youth sailing events within Australia and New Zealand including the Harken, Nespresso, Centreport and Darwin International regattas, this is Finn’s second Detroit cup as he looks to achieve his first grade 2 regatta win. Finn is also a three times NSW State Teams Racing champion and won Australian National Teams Racing Championship in 2017.

Chris Weis – USAWorld Sailing Ranking: 119Crew: Roberto Stevens, Alex BurrowHome Yacht Club:Chris Weis grew up in Los Angeles, California and started sailing at the age of 7 at Del Rey Yacht Club. After learning to sail sabots, he quickly found interest in competing and has competed in various classes including CFJs, lasers, and 420s where he holds regatta wins, series wins, and a National Championship. In 2014, Chris teamed up with Roberto Stevens (main trimmer), a long time teammate, and Alex Burrow (bow), originally from New Zealand, to pursue match racing. They placed 3rd in their first event together and continue to climb leaderboards at national and international events. The team finished in 3rd place at the grade 1 Governor’s Cup, 3rd place at the Youth Match Race World Championships last year, and 2nd place at the grade 2 Hardy Cup earlier this year moving them up to a team best world ranking of 44th. The team is very excited to sail the Ultimate 20s for our first time and looks forward to a fun and competitive event.

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Chief UmpireJohn Pratt – (USA) IU

Umpire TeamMartin Clasen – (GER) IURay Groble – (USA) RUMike Kasper – (USA) NUGeoff Pedrick – (USA) RURoger Purdy – (NZL) NULance Smotherman – (USA) NUJesper Wilken – (DEN) IUSteve Wrigley – (USA) IU

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Yellow 1: Starboard right of way.

Blue 1: Port give way.

Yellow 2: You must keep clear.

Blue 2: I am keeping clear.

Yellow 3: Still keeping clear?

Blue 3: Yes.

Yellow 4: I’m altering, I must give you room, you must keep clear.

Blue 4: I have enough room, I am altering.

Blue 5: I’m altering hard, I’m doing everything I can; I’m keeping clear. I have enough room.

Yellow 5: I’m giving you room. I agree, you are doing everything you can. You’re keeping clear.

Blue 6: I am head to wind, I must still keep clear. I have enough room.

Yellow 6: You are keeping clear, I am giving you room.

Blue 7: I have tacked. I am leeward right of way boat.

Yellow 7: I am windward, I must keep clear. I am coming down.

Yellow 8: I am not keeping clear. I am at risk. If we hit, penalty on me.

Blue 8: I agree. (Y flag from both boats)

Blue/Yellow: Penalty yellow. Agree.

One umpire drives the boat and the other works the flags and whistle. In most all cases, the umpires must agree to penalize a boat. Umpire work can be wet and wooly if it is windy and the seas are rough. The driver must get close enough to the racing boats to see the action, but must also stay out of the way. Also, the driver must position the umpire boat where the action is going to happen. Anticipation is the key to good umpiring. Unfortunately the sailors don’t tell umpires what they are going to do, so the anticipation is an art. In any race, there may be a number of Y flags requiring a decision on the part of the umpires. Umpires have only a few seconds to make a decision, so they can’t pull out the rule book or check the appeal book. It’s exciting work.

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P eter is the current Commodore of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. He’s anInternational Umpire, International Judge, a member of the final umpire team forthe 32nd America’s Cup, has been Chief Umpire at numerous Sailing World Cup,

World Championship, World Tour and Grade 1 events. He’s also a member of ISAF'sInternational Umpires Sub Committee and an active J105 sailor.

He was the 2006 Bermuda J24 Match Race Champion and has competed innumerous offshore races including 4 Bermuda Races, 4 Marion/Bermuda Races as well asmany local and overseas regattas.

INTERNATIONAL UMPIRES NATIONAL UMPIRES

Peter Shrubb, Chief Umpire (BER)Shane Borrell, Deputy Chief Umpire (NZL)Kirk Brown (USA)Thibault Gridel (FRA)Tom Rinda (USA)Maria Torrijo (ESP)

Charlie Arms-Cartee (USA)David Blackman (USA)Steven Van Dyck (USA)Ted Everingham (USA)Glenn Oliver (USA)Chris Petracco (USA)

Chief Umpire S. Peter ShrubbJury Secretary: Judy Hoffman, LBYC

By Kirk Brown, International Judge and International Umpire

B oats crash; skippers yell; yellow and red "Y" flags are flown byboth boats, then, on the whaler following the pair, a yellow flagis flown. The umpires have decided that the yellow boat broke a

rule and have given her a penalty. What goes on in the umpire boat?Umpires work in pairs with one umpire "speaking" the boat flying

a blue flag (entering from the port side) and the other umpire calling theyellow boat. The umpires talk out loud calling out the responsibilities ofeach boat. In the pre-start "dial up" (see diagram) the conversation mightgo something like this:Yellow 1: Starboard right of way.





Blue 3: Yes.

Yellow 4: I'm altering, I must give you room, you must keep clear.


Blue 5: I'm altering hard, I'm doing everything I can; I'm keeping clear. I have enough room.

Yellow 5: I'm giving you room. I agree, you are doing everything you can. You're keeping clear.







Blue/Yellow:Penalty yellow. Agree.

One umpire drives the boat and the other works the flags andwhistle. In most all cases, the umpires must agree to penalize a boat.Umpire work can be wet and wooly if it is windy and the seas are rough.The driver must get close enough to the racing boats to see the action,but must also stay out of the way. Also, the driver must position theumpire boat where the action is going to happen. Anticipation is the keyto good umpiring. Unfortunately the sailors don't tell umpires what theyare going to do, so the anticipation is an art. In any race, there may be anumber of Y flags requiring a decision on the part of the umpires.Umpires have only a few seconds to make a decision, so they can't pullout the rule book or check the appeal book. It's exciting work.

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Boats crash; skippers yell; yellow and red “Y” flags are flown by both boats, then, on the whaler following the pair, a yellow flag is flown. The umpires have decided that the yellow boat broke a rule and have given her a penalty. What goes on in the umpire boat?

Umpires work in pairs with one umpire “speaking” the boat flying a blue flag (entering from the port side) and the other umpire calling the yellow boat. The umpires talk out loud calling out the responsibilities of each boat. In the pre-start “dial up” (see diagram) the conversation might go something like this:

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Race Committee

Matt Bounds – PROTricia Smotherman – Deputy PRO

Tara Bratton

Linda Rosiek

Bob Nutter

Bob Dumas

Fred Kreger

Com. Sandy Fullerton

Linda Evo

BosunDave BennettMax Baker

Live Commentary – Dobbs DavisBayview Yacht Club’s 2019 International Match Race for the Detroit Cup is proud to offer a regatta in the United States featuring comprehensive, live commentary of the entire event from veteran sailing expert and commentator Dobbs Davis, from Seahorse Magazine.

—2019 Detroit Cup Volunteers—

Thank You! The Detroit Cup extends a huge thank you to

Bayview’s Club Boat Program and to the volunteers who manage it and maintain the club’s fleet of Ultimate 20’s.

Without your efforts the Detroit Cup would not be possible. We are grateful for all that you do!

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Special Thanks to our 2019 Detroit Cup Sponsors & Friends

GOLD Sponsors of the Detroit Cup

Fred and Sandy Ransford

FRIENDS of the Detroit CupBob DumasBruce AikensJohn & Karen SchultesDean KuhnGary WallyCom. LaRiviereGeoff KimmelAl DeclercqPeter WenzlerRay AdamsMichael SchultesJim & Cynthia BestCom. Hans BriedenPaul HulseyCom. FullertonCom. BrattonHappy CassidyKevin RossellTodd RileyBill FrancisRyan FarrellWilliam HendersonMark Miller

Bob NutterC. BayerLynn KotwickiCharlie HessJon ShefferlyCindy RossHenry MisteleShirley FortuneRobert NiederoestTim CrowleyPhilip O’NeilEric Petersen Brian GeraghtyPeter GriffinAl DeclercqTom MeierFred DetwilerGary ShoemakerSue TempleJohn HughesG. E. KrieseTrish KirkmanGlen BurtonMark PinneyLauren BestBruce VandeVusseMike McDonaldChrister Lucander

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Special Thanks CORPORATE SPONSORS

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