Synergy Coverage June 2006 Links:
~Click
to enlarge photos of Team Wave accepting
their awards - June 24, 2006 Bermuda
~The
Royal Gazette - 27 June, 2006: A Royal Ending
to a Great Race
~The Royal Gazette - 25 June, 2006
~Boston Globe - 24 June, 2006
~BYM
News - 23 June, 2006
~Newport Bermuda Race 2006 Website Coverage
~Scuttlebutt
- June 2120 Issue "Old Boats Rule"
~ Sail World - 22 June, 2006
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June 22, 2006 Bermuda - TEAM WAVE WINS 100TH
ANNIVERSARY NEWPORT to BERMUDA RACE!!!!!
By Val Doan
Team
Wave is still on cloud nine after winning
not only their class (Cruiser Division,
Class 13), but also the entire Cruising
Division and beating, on corrected time,
14 out of 17 classes. Synergy is in the
top 20, possibly the 12th finisher out of
265 boats. Not bad for a bunch of girls!
The awards ceremony is on Friday afternoon
June 23rd. On Saturday, 1st place winners
of divisions go to the Governors mansion
in Bermuda to receive their big awards presented
by Princess Anne in which the crew will
also be presented with the Navigators Award.
"We
smoked the fleet as I wrote in the earlier
update. But we had no idea of our standings,
because the iboat tracker transponder onboard
didn't work. We set off with just 1 satellite
geothermal photo of the gulf stream, and
a 4 day forcast. I tuned into Herb, and
the committee broadcast Commander Weather,
which was not spot-on like Herb! We didn't
have the technology on board for downloading
info, and were sailing our own race. I think
that was a big plus in the end after hearing
other boats with tracker having all of a
sudden 8 opinions on board-all different,
causing dissention amongst the ranks.
"My girls were awesome, and all became
very proficient at keeping this heavy old
girl-(the boat, I mean) moving. We were
mostly racing in 4-5 knots of wind, and
sometimes, none-millpond flat. But frustration
levels were kept at bay, and we would ask
the wind gods to help, and they did. Except
for the 100 mile beat to weather at the
end in 5-7 knots of breeze. finished off
by a squall just as we were on the last
tack to the finish. It was the first time
I wore my foul weather jacket the whole
race! A rainbow followed, and made us smile.
We raced in class 13, which is a lucky #
for both Lea and I. It also helped that
we were rated for jib and main and not spinnaker,
because in the end, we would have used it
for a very short couple of periods, but
suffered the whole race with a tougher handicap.
We flew the big #1 from 12 hours after the
start until the finish."
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Monday June 19, 2006 - Synergy in Scuttlebut
The Newport Bermuda Race is covered in www.sailingscuttlebutt.com,
New Englands premier yacht racing news site,
with photos by Cory
Silken. To see photo of Synergy at the
start, click
here.
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Sunday June 18, 2006, 1:30pm EST Aboard
Synergy - "We are doing well
and going fast again, 200 miles in the 1st
24 hrs, the second 24 were much slower due
to no wind, but we are very happy with our
crew work and the boat's performance. Apparently
the race committee is having trouble with
many transponders and we are not coming
up on iboattracking, so I guess we must
be patient while they work out the bugs.
We are just exiting the gulf stream and
into the cold eddy ar 36 54N and 68 35W,
and will stay to the west of the cold eddy
to catch the sling shot effect down, before
heading more SE. We have a few boats around
us, but it is amazing how quickly everyone
disperses. The first night was gorgeous
with a city of lights around us, 65 boats
that we counted, and it was like catching
fireflies as a kid. All the crew take a
1 hour shift at the wheel, then rotate to
trim, and we did a few headsail changes
in the middle of the night that went flawlessly,
so we are very happy with team work. After
the pressure cooker of getting ready before
the race, this is pure bliss to be out here
in such terrific conditions, even though
it is a little light." Val
Doan, Navigator
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TRACK SYNERGY'S PROGRESS LIVE!...
click here.
Friday, June 16, 2006
First warning at 12:50 hrs
The starting area will be roughly between
Castle Hill Lighthouse and Beavertail Lighthouse
at the Mouth of Narragansett Bay, Newport
Rhode Island
The finish Line is 635 miles SSE off of
St David's Lighthouse, Bermuda
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June 12, 2006 Newport, RI - Team
Wave hosts a Fund Raiser and Auction on
June 14th. To see what's for auction or
make an email bid,
click here.
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May 4, 2006 Antigua - Click
here for recent photos.
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May 3, 2006 Antigua - Look
for photos of all the action by Tim Wright,
Photoaction.com. Just follow these instructions:
- Click on the link below
- Select Antigua Sailing Week 2006
- Scroll down to SYNERGY to see photos
CLICK
HERE TO START >
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April 29, 2006 Antigua
- TEAM WAVE is covered in Antigua Sun Newspaper:
All female crew compete in Rolex Antigua
Sailing week...READ
MORE >
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April 2, 2006 St. Maarten/St. Martin
- Budget Marine sponsors TEAM WAVE. Team
Wave is Women Against Violence Everywhere,
a crew of all female seasoned sailors who
will be racing in the 100th anniversary
of the Newport Bermuda Race...READ
MORE >
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March 27, 2006 - Team WAVE
will be competing for the cause in the 100th
Anniversary of the Newport-Bermuda Race
on June 16th 2006. Our vision is to win
our division while steadfastly adhering
to our mission of raising awareness to help
make a difference in the fight to stop domestic
violence globally. READ
MORE >
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