3rd Buzzelli Multihull Rendezvous with 30th Stiletto Nationals: October 16-18, 2009



The Sarasota Sailing Squadron is hosting the 3rd annual Buzzelli Multihull Rendezvous with the 30th Stiletto Nationals, which will take place at the Squadron in Sarasota, Florida on Oct. 16, 17 and 18.



Come Sail or Watch this Spectacular Event!

It promises to be a Exciting few days on the Sarasota waters with a Fleet of FAST catamarans and trimarans competing!



We anticipate a front to bring some cooler air and fresh breeze just in time for the event.
Current expected line-up:

O'Brien Dennis 16 Hobie
Pardue Bill 18 Hobie
Dwiel Marc 20 Hobie Miracle
Smith Leslie 21 Hobie SE
Schnackenberg John 21 Hobie Sport
Nguyen Tung 30 Formula Double Barrel
Harkrider Bob 35 Gulfstream Merlin
YSP Sarasota 27 Stiletto Bob's Legacy
Appel Ben 27 Stiletto Botanica
Wells Tom 27 Stiletto Cat 5
Wormwood Peter 27 Stiletto Deuce Coupe
Dowd Jon 27 Stiletto Iguana
Welch Peter 27 Stiletto In Flight
Speth Mike 27 Stiletto Swim Mart
Ehlers Dave 27 Stiletto YinYang
Cummings Mark 30 Stiletto no name yet
Nicol Ron 30 Stiletto Rampage
Perisho Paul 24 Corsair Aquila
Neff Bob 24 Corsair Consensus
Soronen Erick 27 Corsair Triumph
Garlick Kathryn 28 Corsair Evolution
Kwasniewski Valdek 28 Corsair Hi Five
Novak John 28 Corsair Overdo
Katcha Peter 28 Corsair Relentless
Geller Larry 750 Corsair Sprint
Wigston Don 750 Corsair Sprint Brioso




Thank You Sponsors!
Platinum Bob’s Family
Ullman Sails Florida

Gold Regatta Pointe Marina
Riverhouse Reef and Grill
Swim Mart & The Compound

Silver Harken

Calvert Sails
JSI
Masthead Enterprises

Stiletto Catamarans
Charlie Ball
Never Better Yachting
U-Boat Yacht Management




This event is open to all Multihull sailboats and will be governed by the US Sailing rules. The 3-day racing event will start on Friday the 16th. The Friday long distance race is optional for all, except the Stiletto Nationals. The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday at the end of the last race day. Courses will be on Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, weather dependent.



Bob Harkrider, current owner of Bob Buzzelli's big boat, "Merlin" Gulfstream 35, is graciously inviting all participants to come aboard Merlin for a beverage on Saturday after the races.



Schedule of events can be found in the Notice of Race: www.sarasotasailingsquad.com



Additional details: Nana Bosma, Regatta Chair, at Nana@U-Boat.US or 941-306-7776

Sincerely,

Capt. Nana Bosma
Director
U-Boat Yacht Management
1255 46th Street
Sarasota, FL 34234
www.U-Boat.US
phone 1-941-306-7776
skype u-boatym
fax 678-550-3501
U-Boat ... We do the work.

I'll be there crewing on the Stiletto 27 "Inflight".

cool! see you there.....,I'll be on deuce coupe!

And how did you rate a position on Deuce Coupe? Man am I jealous! One of the problems with a Stiletto 27 and my distance from Sarasota is I would need 2 weeks to do that race... 1st day take boat apart pack it up to travel, 2 days travel, 1 day set back up sort out. Race/cruise (I don't race well) relax, then reverse. One day.........

Clayton

I've known Peter and Chris since I was a kid, Bob's my uncle and I'm pretty good...Get there next year, it's worth it!

Quite an adventure so far...blowing like stink...some electrical activity on day 1, day two one S27 flipped, two lost there rigs. Check out this awesome picture from yesterday of Merlin, flying a hull in excellent form....

It was sad to see Merlin after the mast came down.

We got off easy with just a small tear in the jib.

You on "Deuce Coupe" are hereby commended for capsising in Saturday's race 1 and making the start of race 2. My compliments on your seamanshp!

Jack

Thanks Jack. It was pretty wooly out there. A stiletto 27 hull holds a lot of water.