The e33, Easy Sailing, Performance Daysailer
June 2007 issue no. 4
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e33 Breaking news
The e33 has been CE Certified, rated for "Offshore" use. The first boat being exported to Europe will be leaving Portsmouth, Rhode Island in June - destination: the UK.
e33 PHRF Ratings News
In Marblehead we are
racing with a PHRF rating of 90 w/spin and 103 without as we sail on Wednesday
night. In Narragansett
Bay the rating is 108 w/spin and 120 without.
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to view Boston Yacht Club first Wednesday Night race results 
Newly established PHRF
Ratings below: In Marblehead: |
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Links to:
United States
Performance Handicap Racing Fleet
PHRF New England
Narragansett PHRF
PHRF of the Chesapeake
Customer feedback
The
Pacific North West
By Keith Church
Jeremy Wurmfeld, Designer of the e33, recently had the opportunity to be onboard with owners, Judi & Kip Lachner, on e33 hull #4's initial "shakeout" in Blaine, Washington in the beautiful Pacific North West.
Professional Photographer Jack Kintner joined us to take all these beautiful photographs.
I thought this would be an excellent opportunity for you to hear from the Lachners - active owners of their sleek red e33.
KC: From my desk in Chicago, Google told me the weather in Blaine Washington was great for the shakeout. What kind of sailing conditions did you and Jeremy experience?
Kip: Before we start I want to say that Jeremy has been so accessible; he has made sailing trials, ordering, and commissioning the boat a pleasure for both Judi and Me. The boat arrived here after its 3000 mile trip in perfect condition. Oren "The Driver" was a pleasure to deal with and helpful. "Thank you Jeremy"
Kip: Regarding the weather, we were fortunate to have good
weather both days with sunshine, temperature about 60 degrees and winds of 5 to
15 knots. We had four people on the boat, one from Seattle. The first day was
a great day with good wind and sunshine.
KC: Tell me something about
your sailing experience.
Kip: You mean how experienced I am at sailing?
KC: Sure!
Kip: I have had or been around sailboats since I was
about 12 years old. My early experiences were on a sunfish, K boat, lightning,
C&C 24, and a Chris Craft sailboat of my father's on Lake Winnipesauke in
New Hampshire. We also sailed on Keuka Lake in the Finger Lakes district of NY.
I had one great experience out of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands on a Morgan
38.
KC: How did you first hear about the e33?
Kip: I saw an advertisement in Sail Magazine early in 2006.
KC: What was your first reaction to the boat?
Kip: The simplicity of the concept appealed to me: very clean lines, classic hull shape with some high tech additions like carbon mast and boom, wireless indicators, large cockpit, tiller rather than wheel - those kinds of things.
KC: What was the first thing that caught your eye?
Kip: Hull design and large main.
KC: I am hearing great things from Jeremy about the sailing conditions
in Blaine Washington; please describe where you are sailing the boat and the conditions
that prevail there.
Kip: I am sailing the boat in Boundary Bay, named such
because the border between Canada and the USA dissects the water here. We are
protected from the North Pacific by Vancouver Island so we get morderate swells
when there is allot of wind and very little swell under normal conditions. The
Bay is about 8 miles wide and long, opening into the Straits of Georgia, a major
N/S route from Seattle to Alaska. The prevailing winds are S/SW. We are able to
see the Coast Range Mountains in British Columbia, Mount Baker and The Three Sisters
in Washington and on a very clear day the Olympic Mountains in Washington.
KC: What are your favorite features that give you that Swiss Army feeling?
Kip: The color of the hull and its easy to sail and elegant in the water. I love the Stack Pack. I don't know its there when I am sailing and it allows me to drop the sail fast and clean at the end of the sail. The drink holders really work when you're sailing. It's great not to be kicking around water bottles when underway.
KC: I think that red looks great, It has a really "long" look to it
in the water. Did you require any extra options?
Kip: We ordered the boat with the Stratis sails, Stack Pack, wood tiller, Tack Tick instruments, drink holders, cockpit table, cockpit cushions, spinnaker, custom red gel-coat, sunshade, Waterline Systems finished bottom (smooth and fast) - I think that's it.
KC: How does your wife, Judi, like the boat?
Kip: She is growing into it. She thinks it is beautiful and wants to become more familiar and comfortable on the boat. This summer will be interesting as friends want us to take some trips with them into the San Juan Islands. The Islands are about 15/20 miles south of us in Washington, and we will get to spend some extended time on the boat. She likes the stability and ease of handling - important to her is safety and her ability to help when things don't necessarily go smoothly.
KC: What is the dynamic between Kip, Jud, and the e33?
Kip: The e33 is becoming a focal point in our relationship because it is so new and now a big part of living on the water here in Blaine. When I was fist considering this boat and when we decided to buy it, Judi really did not want much to do with it. That began to change as she accepted the idea that my time would be split, on occasion, between her and the boat.
Kip: The boat is another dimension to our lives here that pulls in the natural beauty of the area and provides a social link with people that are new to us. Our friends seem to be asking lots of questions about the boat and "can they go sailing?"
KC: I e-mailed a lot of people in your area from the local Yacht Clubs and received very nice replies from many of them who had actually seen the boat and were curious about it.
Kip: I have to tell you that some of the things that appealed to me and still appeal are the fact that the boat was newly designed and that there are not many on the water yet. There are no others here in Washington or on the West Coast. Jeremy's background with S&S helps, as does Robbie Doyle's association with the boat/company. I know this might be obvious but it is very important. The first day the boat was in the water, without mast, etc., someone dropped a note in the boat: "Beautiful Boat! Please join us for the Semiahmoo Yacht Club Regatta on April 28; boats from Oregon, Seattle and Vancouver, BC will be racing....." People in the marina where the boat is kept come by to give her a good look over. While sailing out of the harbor, we get double takes - my friends/crew say. It is, as you know, markedly different in a clean, elegant way from most of the other boats in the marinas here.
KC: Hey Kip can I talk to Judi,---- Judi , what do you think of the boat?
Judi: This will be an
interesting article. Now you can hear the real and true "other side"
of Judi and the dynamics between the boat, Kip and me.
Hey, it's a boat.
It's pretty. Guess I will have to learn how to sail out of survival and security.
I have only so many brain cells left, and I was not planning on using them on
learning to sail. Guess I will have to recalculate. But hey, it's just a boat!
Ask me again in another year. I might even say that I like it.
Thank you for your time Kip and Judi, I hope that you both enjoy your performance cruise to the San Juan Islands and just maybe it's me that gets to come up and visit next time we send an e33 to Vancouver Canada or Washington State.
Photos of the red e33 hull #4 are all taken by Jack Kitner
Make a date| Sail an e33
From Sailing Magazine, May 07
New boat: e33
"With all the new, classically inspired daysailers and weekend cruisers in the 30-foot and above category now available, sailors shopping for such a design have a number of choices to choose from, including the simple but elegant Alerion 33 reviewed in this month’s Boat Test (page 48). The e33, however, has several smart design features that make it well worth a closer look. With its overhangs, gentle sheer and unimposing square cabintrunk, the e33 may, at first glance, look like any other imitation classic, but this boat was built to perform, and perform without taxing the skipper or crew."
Go to Sailing Magazine's full article "LAUNCHINGS"
May Issue
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Robbie Doyle and Jeremy Wurmfeld
Sailing the e33 in Marblehead, MA
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