SPECIAL EDITION - SUNDANCE TROPHY LOCATED AND RESTORED
It was brought to the attention of the CSA's Commodore of Vice that the coveted Sundance Trophy was found by a car dealer who didn't hesitate to take it in as a trade in the cash for clunker program. My anonymous source who chooses to remain only as Deep DooDoo described the recovery.

While posing as a customer in a certain pre-owned creampuff imported car lot, he pretended to read the price sticker of a vehicle with a chalk mark on the front tire of a predetermined forgein auto where the unaligned front end had worn the tire smooth.

They used spoken codes to assure their clandestine identities. The salesman asked the secret phrase "What can I do to put you in this car today". DDD replied, "Will the trunk fit luggage the size of a long shaft outboard?" At that point the salesman went to speak to his sales manager. The salesman returned a half hour later with his toupee a little forward of where it should be and his tie partiallly unclipped, he handed DDD the keys and the rest is just another recovery story.

DDD carefully curated the trophy until the Antiques Roadshow came to Parma. After being authenticated, he put the trophy outside the locked door of CYC's center Isle wrapped in a baby's blanket. A note was epoxied to the blanket that read:

The Sundance Trophy, also known as “The Other Trophy” was donated by an unknown late Commodore, and has been raced between Rocky River (Cleveland Yachting Club) and Mentor (Mentor Harbor Yachting Club) for many years. The race for this “Other” Trophy is open to most boats that do not qualify for the Falcon Trophy. There are no requirements for useless interior items of low function. Auxiliary engines that really don’t matter for racing sailboats any ways may be of any type. A Cleveland Race Week bucket or anything which doesn’t stink all the time is fine as a head. Converted cruising boats are specifically barred from entering. The committee reserves the right to refuse entry to any boat not within the spirit of the race; any boat which the committee deems a four knot shit-box; or any boat not entered from an Inter-Lake Yachting Association member yacht club.

The fine trophy made entirely of man-made materials, high quality plastic and cultured stone, is coveted by racing boats from around the Great Lakes. Recently surviving an attack by an indigenous Cleveland Indian seeking to get Moses Cleveland’s landing place returned to its traditional people, the plastic clear lid was repaired by craftsmen with minutes of experience.

DDD tells me that Alan Linne with "Hustler" is the unconfirmed winner of the 2009 Sundance Trophy. Nice job Alan. As you hose off your boat, be sure to also hose off the boat just to the east of yours. You know, the one that averaged 5.6 kts in the drag race JAM class.