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Sailors Gearing Up For U.S.
National Multihull Sailing Championship
Portsmouth, R.I. (June 9, 2004) – The country’s top
multihull sailing competitors will gather in Rowayton, Conn., next week to
race in US SAILING’s U.S. Multihull Championship for the Hobie Alter Cup.
Hosted by the Roton Point Sailing Association, the event will be sailed June
16-20 in Long island Sound on new Hobie 16s provided by the Hobie Cat
Company. The event is the first of this year’s U.S. Championships series and
is sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A.
Teams competing for the prestigious U.S. Multihull Champion title have
qualified for the event by winning qualifying events at local and regional
levels. Competitors include Hobie P. Alter (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.),
husband-and-wife team and Hobie 16 class champions Paul and Mary-Ann Hess
(Napa, Calif.), as well as champions from other multihull classes such as
Kirk Newkirk (Hobie 20 champion from Pensacola Beach, Fl.), Hobie Wave
champion Dan Kulkoski (Belford, NJ) and Chris Sawyer (Nacra Inter 17
champion from Pensacola, Fl.).
For a complete list of competitors and for more information on the event,
please visit
www.ussailing.org/alter.
About the U.S. Multihull Championship
The US SAILING Multihull Council created the U.S. Multihull Championship in
the spring of 1985 as a service to the multihull racing members. The event
determines the U.S. National Multihull Champion and is sailed annually in
various types of Multihull at various venues. Originally based on area
eliminations, the committee decided to reinvigorate the championship by
allocating spots to the major multihull classes in addition to the teams
that won qualifying events. The Hobie Alter Cup, presented in 1986 as a
perpetual trophy, honors Hobie Alter, Sr. for his extraordinary promotion of
one-design Multihull sailing and racing programs. Randy Smyth has won the
event four times, while Carlton Tucker is a three-time winner.
The U.S. Multihull Championship is part of US SAILING’s National Adult
Championships series, all sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A. For more
information about US SAILING’s National Championships, visit
www.ussailing.org/championships or contact US
SAILING’s Championships Manager Liz Walker at
championships@usailing.org.
The United States Sailing Association (US SAILING) is the national governing
body for sailing and sailboat racing. Headquartered in Portsmouth, Rhode
Island, the organization's mission is to encourage participation and promote
excellence in sailing and racing in the U.S. US SAILING offers training and
education programs, supports a wide range of sailing organizations and
communities, and provides administration and oversight of competitive
sailing across the country, including the US Sailing Teams and the U.S.
Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Teams. For more information, please visit
www.ussailing.org.
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