Lindenberg 28 Owner's Association

Lindenberg 28's
Original Name / Current Owners	History
Hull # 1 - Cat's Paw Sail # 53109 Butch Minson bminson@mma.edu 28 Abbot's Lane Verona, ME 04416-3208 207-469-6324	Butch is the original owner of Cat's Paw, and still races today in Maine.
Hull #2 - Racer's Edge Currently named Mouse Jim Henry sailhenry@earthlink.net Rochelle Yates rochellery@bellsouth.net Satellite Beach, FL	Originally owned by Paul Lindenberg and sailed as Racer's Edge. Sold in 1988 to Joe Merkle and Lee Estes, and sailed out of Lake Lanier. Found a reference to a Lee Estes who won an annual trophy in a Lindenberg 28 in 1988 from the Atlanta Inland Sailing Club. Actively sailed in Lake Lanier 1999-2000 by Linda Merkle. Bought in 2003 by Dean Holcomb, and named Just Friends. Dean fixed it up and raced it for awhile and then sold it to Jim Henry in 2005. Standard rig (whatever that means), rating 117. Dean says it was built in 1982. Probably hull #2??? Jim Henry purchased this boat in April 2005, and renamed it Mouse. It now resides in the Melbourne area and is part of the Melbourne fleet of L28's.
Hull #3 - Fast Lane Will Garvey wgarvey@bellsouth.net Phil Scalise loscalise@aol.com Web Page	Original owner was Herb Shipp of Merritt Island. It was raced in East Central Florida for a number of years by Herb. Herb donated Fast Lane to Fla Institute of Technology in ??. Sherry Beckett bought Fast Lane as a near-derelict in 2000, renovated it, and has been racing it actively since. Sherry Beckett sold Fast Lane to Will Garvey and Phil Scalise in 2006. The boat is currently being helmed by Marlene Sassaman in the ladies ECSA series. Tom Knowlton helms her in the ECSA coed series. Fast Lane is docked at the Eau Gallie Yacht Club. (updated 10/2008)
Hull #4 - Star Struck Was named Masthead Madness at some point Steve Schultz starstruck_L28@hotmail.com Kissimmee, Florida converted to tall-rig Info Page Website	The original name was Star Struck, and owned by Cam Bahn. At one point in the distant past, it was sailed out of Davis Island by Al Kacin. It was recently owned by Paul Silvernail (masthead@mastheadsailinggear.com ), and named Masthead Madness, and raced in the Tampa area from ____ to 2003. Steve Schultz bought the boat in late 2003, and renamed her Star Struck.
Hull #5 - Five Speed LDB28005M83K Gary Smith fivespeed05@cfl.rr.com Indialantic, Florida 321-674-0886 Web Page	Original owner was Greg Popp. Gary Smith bought Five Speed in 1987, and has been racing it very successfully in Central Florida and the Bahamas. 3-time winner of Abaco Race Week, Five Speed is well known (and feared) in the Florida racing circles. Eric Schwab bought Fivespeed in April of 2008 and it now races out of Norfolk, VA.
Hull #6 - Creole Cookin' Jim Yates & Jim Henry purchased the boat as a partnership and named her Rookey. She is now one of the fastest Lindenberg's on the water with a new fitting name, Bad Penny Jim Yates jimyates@yachtcarisma.com Web Page	Originally sailed in Louisiana. One owner, maybe not the first, was Tom Beery of Pascagoula, MS. Then Creole Cookin' was in the Chesapeake area. Bought by Bill Bounds, cheap, in 2002. Bought in early 2004 by Jim Yates and Jim Henry and renamed 'Rookey'. Won Abaco Race Week in B Fleet in 2004! Jim Yates bought Jim Henry's share of Rookey in 2005. The boat remains in Satellite Beach under the new name Bad Penny.
Hull #7 - Ligero Also was named Coyote Ugly Currently named Bang!?? Sail # 93039 Not sure where this boat is today.	Originally sailed in Florida. Paul Silvernail says "Hull # 7 originally owned by Al Thompson - the boats name was Ligero - this was a standard rig boat - sailed out of the Davis Island Yacht Club.... Bought by Dave Gendell (dgendell4@mindspring.com) in Annapolis, MD, and renamed Bang!. Sailed in the Annapolis area from 1994-2001. Reportedly donated to the Cornell Sailing Team in 2000. Contact there is Andrew Davis: aed13@cornell.edu As far as we can tell (as related by Dave Gendell) this boat has not been in circulation since 2000, though he states that he has heard that it is soon to be sailing again.
Hull #8 - Zulu Warrior Was named Panache at some point Currently Named Zulu Warrior Sail # 40692? LDB00010H585 Kristin & Jeff Mason kmason2@suscom-maine.net Maine tall-rig It appears that either Zulu Warrior or Addiction is actually Hull #7, but one was mislabeled.	Originally named Zulu Warrior, and owned by Bill Coolidge in Jacksonville, FL. Paul Silvernail thinks this became a Davis Island Yacht Club boat named Panache, and sailed by Jim Walters. At some point, it was renamed Zulu Warrior and moved to Annapolis. Race results from Annapolis show Zulu Warrior, Sail #40692 was racing MORC from 1996 to 2000. Butch Minson said it was donated around 1999 to 'Friends of St. Mary's College' In 2003 it was bought by Kristin and Jeff Mason who sailed for a year or so out of Patuxent, MD. As of Spring 2005, they are in the process of moving to Maine and will race the boat there.
Hull #8 Hull # LB2800008D85 Was named Turbo Dog at some point Currently Named Addiction Sail # 73367 (or 73376) Mark Cloutier mbc@oplbda.com Bermuda tall-rig web page	Original Name & Owner unknown! This seems to be an extra boat that we can't figure out where it goes. (assuming Bang really is still in mothballs somewhere) Owned by Dr. Jim Thompson and sailed as Crab Apple prior to Duncan's ownership (per Bob Dunning). Sail number then was 73376. Owned by Duncan MacKenzie (dkmackenzie@msn.com) from ?? to 2000, and sailed in E. Central Florida under the name Turbo Dog (won MYC Spring Regatta 1999). Bought by Mike Royer of Massachusetts in 2000, and renamed Addiction. Mike sold Addiction to Dave Juleff? in Bermuda in May 2001. As of 2003,it was still named Addiction and sailing in Bermuda, with a provisional rating of 114. The owner was Mark Cloutier. 2008 - Currently owned by Colin James of Bermuda who bought it from Mark Cloutier.
Hull #9 - Meatloaf Also named Spanish Fly Currently named Seeya Julian Guildersleeve watserv@actol.net Antigua (2004)	Paul Silvernail says: Hull # 9 originally was owned by Frank Veniezo of St. Pete - it was called "Meatloaf" - this was a Tall Rig boat about 1' taller - then it was sold to Jose Suarez of Davis Island and was renamed "Spanish Fly" Competed (and won, in class) in the Around The Island race in Antigua in January 2004. Currently owned by Julian Guildersleeve in English Harbor, Antigua http://www.watermakerservices.net/staff/staff.html
Hull # 10 - Fearless Sail # 2368 Betty Minson BLMinson@aol.com Port Jefferson, Long Island 631-476-5876 tall-rig	Sailed in Charleston until 1999 by Marcus Durlach, who was the original owner. Betty Minson bought Fearless in 1999. Currently owned by Betty Minson (Butch's Minson's sister), and sailed on Long Island.
Hull #11 - Per de Mer Currently Named Boondoggle Gerry DeRay tritelcoastal@earthlink.net Ft. Walton Beach, Florida tall-rig Web Page	Orignal owner was Bubba Ball, and raced as Per de Mer out of St. Augustine. Tall Rig. Won Key West Race Week in ~1987. Currently owned by Gerry DeRay in Ft. Walton Beach. Since about 2002? Before that, owned by Grover Niles?
Hull #12 - Peregrine Currently named Tiburon Art Perez tiburon12@bellsouth.net Miami, Florida Web Page	Peregrine was built by Chris Martin and Gary Smith at Lightwave Yachts in Rockledge, FL, after Lindenberg Yachts ceased production. Chris Martin sailed Peregrin in East Central Florida for about a year before selling the boat to Steve Jones in Texas. It was raced in Texas for awhile under the name of 'Cotton Picker' It was sailed for a number of years in Texas as Tiburon. Jeff Jones of Belton Tx had it until 1998. Scott Walsh - Texas - 02/2001 Art Perez bought Tiburon in 2002 and has been very successful in the Miami area. Andy Buys of Miami is currently (2008) the owner of Tiburon.