Emirates Team New Zealand sailed the AC40, still on One- Design configuration, in light winds on the Hauraki Gulf. In a few hours, Luna Rossa are expected to unveil their LEQ12 (12 metres is the maximum length for a test boat) at 1130hrs UTC.
Monthly archives for October, 2022
Nominees for 2023 Boat of the Year
Thursday
Oct 13
2022
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Oct 13
2022
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Annapolis, MD (October 13, 2022) – The 2023 Boat of the Year nominees for Cruising World and Sailing World magazines have been revealed as the U.S. Sailboat Show gets underway today in Annapolis, MD.
For Cruising World, sixteen boats – 11 monohulls, and 5 multihulls – have been nominated and will be tested by systems expert Ed Sherman of the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) along with longtime sailors and marine journalists Mark Pillsbury and Herb McCormick.
“Once again, sailboat builders have raised the bar, putting up a worthy fleet of contenders ranging from comfortable cruisers to wave-piercing performance models,” said Herb McCormick, Cruising World Boat of the Year director. “We have one of the most well-rounded fleets in years, and we can’t wait to get out and put these new boats through their paces…”
Formula Kite World Championship – Day 2
Wednesday
Oct 12
2022
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Oct 12
2022
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No racing was possible at Cagliari’s Poetto beach on Wednesday, the adverse weather conditions overruling all attempts…
Scow bows rule the seas
Tuesday
Oct 11
2022
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Oct 11
2022
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Class organizations such as the Mini 6.50, Class40, and IMOCA support offshore competition, and when courses are long enough, routing seeks out the benefits of offwind angles. Over time, designing to these class rules have developed hulls that may not go upwind too well but more than make up for it as the wind angles comes back.
Such as the scow bow.
Sam Manuard is a renowned architect in the scow world, and what began as a radical concept with the Mini Class, has seen its success trickle up to the Class40 and IMOCA which will be on full display in the 2022 Route du Rhum when it starts November 6.
These big bowed boats will be spanning the transatlantic from France to Guadeloupe, with the
3543nm course providing the latest test. Here are some comments from Manuard in boatsnews.com:
Seeking to win the Jules Verne Trophy
Tuesday
Oct 11
2022
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Oct 11
2022
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Yann Guichard, Dona Bertarelli and nine other sailors will make up the crew of ‘Sails of Change’ in an attempt to win the Jules Verne Trophy, an award for the fastest non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the world.
“It’s the ultimate sporting goal, an extraordinary time to beat, that has been halved in the space of 30 years,” said skipper Guichard.
Beginning October 24, the crew will be on standby, studying the weather conditions and preparing to beat the round-the-world record set by a team led by Francis Joyon in 2017: 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes…
F18 World Championship in USA
Tuesday
Oct 11
2022
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Oct 11
2022
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Sixty-seven teams are entered for the 2022 F18 World Championship being held October 12-16 in Clearwater Beach, FL. With 13 nations represented, USA leads the way with 43 entrants. Past World Champions Iordanis Paschalidis and Konstantinos Trigonis (GRE) will seek a USA repeat from when they won the 2018 title in Sarasota, FL. – Details
VIDEO: How to sail the AC40
Tuesday
Oct 11
2022
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Oct 11
2022
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The 37th America’s Cup will use the newly conceived AC40 as the testing platform for all entrants, offering the ability to trial different foil wings and flaps along with sails and masts.
The AC40 also has a strict one design configuration that will be used for the Youth and Women’s America’s Cup.
Fresh from commissioning the launch of the first AC40, Emirates Team New Zealand Helmsman Nathan Outteridge explains how to sail the boat…
Cup Spy: American Magic tow tests in Florida
Tuesday
Oct 11
2022
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Oct 11
2022
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American Magic have successfully launched and completed tow testing and other checks on their AC75 Patriot, ahead of starting sailing and testing from their base in Pensacola…
Globe40: Into the Pacific Ocean
Monday
Oct 10
2022
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Oct 10
2022
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American Joe Harris along with Roger Junet are competing in the Globe40, a multi-leg doublehanded round the world race in Class40s. Seven teams were at the beginning on June 26, with five teams now on the third leg from Mauritius to Auckland, New Zealand.
After leaving the Indian Ocean island nation on September 11th, Harris files this report from onboard GryphonSolo2 on October 10, 2022:
The big news from GS2 is that we are out of the Great Australian Bight and through the Bass Strait, which is a major milestone for this leg of the race. We are also now officially out of the Indian Ocean and into the Pacific Ocean, which is also pretty cool…
Emirates Team NZ: Lessons from Lake Gairdner
Monday
Oct 10
2022
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Oct 10
2022
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The Project Speed team reflect on the lessons learned from the first day on Lake Gairdner, and have to cope with an unexpected but probably unsurprising issue…
Barcolana54 – Wendy Schmidt first woman skipper-owner to win the race
Monday
Oct 10
2022
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Oct 10
2022
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The Barcolana54 – the largest sailing race in the world – was won by the American team Deep Blue helmed by Wendy Schmidt, the first woman skipper-owner to ever win the race…
M32 Worlds at Cascais, Portugal overall
Monday
Oct 10
2022
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Oct 10
2022
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The stage was set for a grand finale day of racing on the last day of the M32 Worlds. As all boats headed to the course the top six boats headed out to the race area with the had clear intentions of spraying champagne and taking the trophy home…
SailGP: Spithill on Cadiz cliffhanger and more
Sunday
Oct 09
2022
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Oct 09
2022
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SailGP newsletter covering – Bringing SailGP onto the mainstream news.. Cadiz Highlights.. Key Umpire calls explained.. Brit’s inconsistency.. Slingsby and Spithill on flight control issues in Cadiz.. Women’s Pathway program on year on…
18 footer season starts next week
Sunday
Oct 09
2022
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Oct 09
2022
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The 2022-23 Sydney 18 footer racing season starts next Sunday (October 16) when the Australian 18 Footers League conducts Race 1 of the annual Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour…
Dragon class Wagner Cup overall
Sunday
Oct 09
2022
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Oct 09
2022
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A very tight finish for the 18th edition of the Wagner Cup-9th Bertamini Trophy, an event reserved for the splendid Dragoni class: a revolution in the general classification and therefore the final podium, after the last three of the seven races…
Capricorno claims IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge
Sunday
Oct 09
2022
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Oct 09
2022
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At the end of a challenging week of maxi racing at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, conditions on the final day did at last prove too light and fickle to complete a race…
2022 SSL Gold Cup Finals in Bahrain postponed
Sunday
Oct 09
2022
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Oct 09
2022
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With just over two weeks to the opening of The SSL Gold Cup Finals in Bahrain, the event has been postponed…
5.5 Metre Herbstpreis at Thunersee overall
Sunday
Oct 09
2022
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Oct 09
2022
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MF XXII (SUI 232, Jürg Menzi-Schmid, Jürgen Eiermann, Christof Wilke) has won the 2022 5.5 Metre Herbstpreis, at Thunersee Yachtclub, after just one more race was possible on Sunday…
Back in time with Dennis Conner
Sunday
Oct 09
2022
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Oct 09
2022
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There are eight inductees in the National Sailing Hall of Fame from San Diego Yacht Club, and the bar can be a bit of a who’s-who of yachting. Scuttlebutt HQ is about a 15 minute walk to San Diego Yacht Club and twice that on the way back. The difference is staggering… must be the conversation.
SDYC Commodore in 1984, Dennis Conner was a member of the first induction class in 2011, and his “no excuse to lose” approach forever changed how the sport has been played. In this report from April 1983, the local publication San Diego Reader takes us back to that time:
All is not tranquil at the San Diego Yacht Club. The appearances are deceiving. In the last few weeks, I’ve been frequenting the club and I can report that it often appears to be the most serene spot on earth, an adult Disneyland for people who like their rides in the form of racing yachts and powerboats.
All yacht clubs are happy places, but the San Diego Yacht Club is this town’s most idyllic — the biggest; adorned with the greatest expanses of dark, varnished wood; landscaped with the most elaborate floral displays. Here the rich and powerful wear dungarees as often as they wear dinner jackets. People smile at each other often and sincerely…
Endeavour Trophy 2022 – RS800 pair take overnight lead
Saturday
Oct 08
2022
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Oct 08
2022
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Tom Morris and Guy Fillmore representing the RS800 class have taken the overnight lead of the Endeavour Trophy dinghy champion of champions event…
2022 ILCA 6 Radial Worlds – In the unique surroundings of the Texas Corinthian YC
Saturday
Oct 08
2022
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Oct 08
2022
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The 2022 ILCA 6 World Championships will be sailed on Galveston Bay in Kemah, Texas, USA, at the Texas Corinthian YC from 9 to 16 October…
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Maxi day 4
Saturday
Oct 08
2022
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Oct 08
2022
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“A very light mistral at Les Issambres!” Booming out over the VHF, it was all that was needed by the Race Committee, who were waiting early this afternoon to release the Maxis into the arena created by the Gulf of Saint Tropez…
whatever floats your boat
Saturday
Oct 08
2022
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Oct 08
2022
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Post Ian, this little relaunching party happened in Cape Coral, FL. Props to anarchist Kim. Make sure your sound is turned on.
2022 NSW Youth Sail concludes
Saturday
Oct 08
2022
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Oct 08
2022
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After a two year break, 2022 NSW Youth Sail was back on Lake Macquarie. The event began on 28th September with a three day coaching clinic, with 103 sailors and 17 coaches taking part…
M32 Worlds at Cascais, Portugal day 2
Saturday
Oct 08
2022
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Oct 08
2022
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Great racing in picture perfect conditions and and extremely tight score card. That’s Friday’s wrap up from the M32 World Championship in Cascais until Sunday, the 9th…
Cup Spy: End of the Beginning for the Defenders
Saturday
Oct 08
2022
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Oct 08
2022
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The America’s cup Defenders, Emirates Team New Zealand say the have probably have wrapped up their testing of the AC40 in one design mode, and will start testing new components on the AC40, which will morph into an LED12 test boat…
Show goes on for RC44 World Championship
Thursday
Oct 06
2022
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Oct 06
2022
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The 2022 RC44 World Championship taking place October 12-16 in Slovenia has eight owner-driven professional teams vying for the title. It has been a difficult year for a class populated with Russian teams amid a war-time climate which has banned their participation due to the Ukrainian crisis.
Only 3-time World Champion Vladimir Prosikhin’s Team Nika remains, though they have reflagged themselves from Russia to Monaco. It is not clear how this is possible, as Monaco may offer residency but rarely issues citizen rights, and international classes must defend their designation through global participation audits
The top team in 2022 has been Slovenian Igor Lah’s Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860 with British ace Adrian Stead calling tactics, followed by Dutchman Nico Poons’ Charisma led by Kiwi tactician Hamish Pepper. Ceeref is a 2-time world titlist while for Charisma it would be their first since joining the class in 2015.
It has been a decade since the RC44 World Championship was held on the Adriatic in Rovinj, Croatia, some 30 miles to the south of Portoroz in 2012.
Details: https://www.44cup.org/events/2022-44cup-world-championship-portoroz
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Maxi day 3
Thursday
Oct 06
2022
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Oct 06
2022
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At the suggestion of Pierre Roinson, President of the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, the magnificent Club 55 Cup duel, traditionally staged on the first Thursday of Les Voiles for the Classic and Modern yachts, was repeated today…
island time
Thursday
Oct 06
2022
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Oct 06
2022
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The Environment
Belgium is pushing ahead with plans to develop an artificial island off its coast, creating a regional grid connector for offshore wind farms and a future hub for European energy transmission.
Belgian transmission system operator Elia has unveiled the draft plans for what it believes will be the first artificial energy island. (This would put Belgium’s development ahead of a well-publicized Danish plan for a man-made energy island off the coast of Jutland.) Elia’s installation in the North Sea will benefit from a $100 million subsidy under Belgium’s post-COVID-19 recovery plan, pending European Commission approval.
The newly-built Princess Elisabeth Island will be located about 45 kilometers off the Belgian coast, and it will serve as the link between the offshore wind farms in a new offshore wind zone and the onshore high-voltage grid. It will also serve as a central hub for new interconnectors with the United Kingdom and Denmark, facilitating the exchange of electricity between countries. This will be the first building block of a European offshore electricity grid. More here.
Windsurfer World Championship – Back to the Future
Thursday
Oct 06
2022
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Oct 06
2022
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350 competitors from 25 nations are taking part in the 2022 Windsurfer World Championship started in Mondello, Palermo, Italy…
Globe40: Detour in the Indian Ocean
Wednesday
Oct 05
2022
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Oct 05
2022
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American Joe Harris along with Roger Junet are competing in the Globe40, a multi-leg doublehanded round the world race in Class40s. Seven teams were at the beginning on June 26, with five teams now on the third leg from Mauritius to Auckland, New Zealand.
After leaving the Indian Ocean island nation on September 11th, Harris files this report from onboard GryphonSolo2 on October 5, 2022:
I must apologize as it has been a while since my last blog post. The main reason for that is that we were sailing upwind for 700 miles and the boat was pounding so bad I could barely type! But let me retrace the steps from where we were, approaching the Eclipse Virtual Gate, which was 60 miles south of the coast of Australia.
I felt from the beginning that this gate made no sense, as we were all sailing along the southern boundary of 42° south latitude in the prevailing strong westerly winds and then had to head 600 miles north into an area of high pressure (no wind) known as the great Australian Bight. It was a real struggle to get to the gate as we had very strong winds from behind for three days and then were becalmed for three days before we finally got around on October 1…
Emirates Team NZ: Horonuku gets a first salt run
Wednesday
Oct 05
2022
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Oct 05
2022
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Emirates Team New Zealand’s land yacht ‘Horonuku’ has had its first day of sailing on Lake Gairdner, in South Australia, with pilot Glenn Ashby behind the wheel, in his bid to eclipse the 2009 wind-powered world record speed of 202.9 km/h…
Cup Spy: AC40 gets close to AC75 speeds
Wednesday
Oct 05
2022
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Oct 05
2022
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The AC40 was put through its paces in a morning session on the 2021 America’s Cup Courses D and E off Auckland’s Eastern Beach, in the strongest winds yet experienced. The day was punctuated with a new top speed and another capsize…
TF35 Scarlino preview
Wednesday
Oct 05
2022
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Oct 05
2022
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The Yacht Club Isole di Toscana returns to the forefront of international sailing by hosting the TF35 class for the second consecutive year…
Under the stars, a navigation challenge
Tuesday
Oct 04
2022
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Oct 04
2022
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Last weekend a fleet of 15 entrants sailed all night in the ORCV Overnight Challenge on Port Phillip Bay. “A race that offered a bit of everything, in perfect conditions” commented Andrew Neeson, skipper of Runnalls 39 “Jaffa and overall winner…
Cup Critiqued: The twin Universes of AC75 & AC40
Tuesday
Oct 04
2022
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Oct 04
2022
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Over the past week, we have gazed into the twin universes of the AC75 and AC40. The AC75 insight was more one of getting a first look at Barcelona as a venue. The jury is still out on the AC40 – but so far it looks very good indeed…
new old
Tuesday
Oct 04
2022
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Oct 04
2022
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The Swiss challenger for the America’s Cup has been putting its AC75 training boat BoatZero – bought from Emirates Team New Zealand earlier this year – through its paces in Barcelona…
Club pride to be tested in San Diego
Monday
Oct 03
2022
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Oct 03
2022
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The yacht club challenge circuit points west in the fall toward San Diego Yacht Club’s Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Cup. Attracting top teams across the USA, the round-robin format in J/105s held within San Diego Bay on October 28-30 in San Diego, CA.
“Planning for this signature regatta has been going on since January and I couldn’t be more excited about the 107th running of the Lipton Cup that dates back to 1904,” noted event chair JR Young, and while SDYC owns sets of sails dedicated to the event, Young relies on local owners to donate their boats, and a volunteer army to look after them.
Eleven teams are registered from yacht clubs east to west for three-days of racing. Some novice to the Lipton Cup, and some experienced, all skippers were selected by their home club to best represent them on (and off) the water.
Participants:
American Yacht Club – Skipper Dwight Greenhouse
California Yacht Club – Skipper Will Peterson
Chicago Yacht Club – Skipper Will Holz
Coronado Yacht Club – Skipper Scott Harris
Del Rey Yacht Club – Skipper Chris Weis
Long Beach Yacht Club – Skipper Keith Ives
Newport Harbor Yacht Club – Skipper Justin Law
New York Yacht Club – Skipper Peter Levesque
San Diego Yacht Club – Skipper Tyler Sinks
San Francisco Yacht Club – Skipper Shawn Bennett
Storm Trysail Club – Skipper Bill Zartler
Eight Bells: Jim Hokanson
Monday
Oct 03
2022
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Oct 03
2022
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James Gilbert Hokanson, better known as “Hokie” to many, passed away peacefully September 14, 2022 in his Fallbrook, CA residence with family by his side. He was 91 years of age.
After his Coast Guard service, his career as a Culver City police officer, and running his business Hokanson’s Sails for over 35 years, Jim and his wife Phyllis built their retirement home in Fallbrook. Jim and Phyllis were together over 70 years and shared a lifetime of love.
Born in Minnesota, he moved to California as a child. His love affair with the sea began at an early age and he became a master yachtsman well known in the sail racing and sail making industry. When he retired, he became a farmer tending to his avocado grove in Fallbrook. He was an integral part of his neighborhood and will be deeply missed.
Jim is survived by his wife Phyllis and his children Pamela Bounds and her husband James Bounds, his son Ty Hokanson, his grandchildren Brady and Paige, and his nephew Pete Millikin.
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