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Sunday, 19 June 2011

Veteran bassist Denver Brian Coorey was elected as the President of the Catamarans Sports Club, popularly known as ‘Cats’ for the 2015/2016 Period at the ‘Cats’ Annual General Meeting held recently.  Born on 19th April 1955 he had his primary education at Prince of Wales College, before moving on to Wesley College, Colombo where he [...]

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Brian heads ‘Cats’

He was a renowned versatile musician and singer and belonged to a rare breed as a left-handed bass guitarist. He was a member of the ‘Bambaras’ – the youngest ever Sri Lankan musical group to cut a disc (EP record on the ‘Philips’ Label) way back in 1968, when he was 13 years old. He played music for ‘Crystal Set’, ‘Gaylord Revival’ ‘Talk of the Town’ and ‘Pink ‘n’ Purple’ in the 70’s era. He obtained a Bachelors Degree in Science from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura in 1978. Brian had also been a past president of the Moratuwa Arts Forum, YMCA Moratuwa and Rotary Club of Moratuwa. While still indulging in music. whenever time permits, today he manages his own pharmaceutical trading company along with his sons.

With a large musical crowd which includes Priya Peiris of ‘Labambas’, Lincoln de Silva, leader of Super ‘Pink n Purple’ among many others, Brian and his membership are bound to have many musical happenings lined up in the club as events for the forthcoming year.

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The former Sebastianite and Methodist High School, Catamarans Sports Club, Moratuwa Sports Club and Water Resources Department cricketer Edwin Aloysius Fernando was a fine batsman who captained his Alma Mater and his Department He celebrated his 82nd birthday on 7th July 2020.

Edwin was admitted to Methodist High School, Moratumulla, Moratuwa where he played for the first eleven

 In 1954 his first captain was Augustus Fernando. In the following season under Justin Fernando he got a few fifties and in 1956/57 he was the Vice Captain to Lakshman Perera. They beat Moratu Vidyalaya in the Big Match and he scored 56 runs and he was awarded school colours.

In 1957/58 he was the captain and his deputy was Christy Cooray and they played nine matches including the Big match versus Moratu Vidyalaya. He had a fine season with the bat and he became the first ever Methodian to notch up a century and it was 104 runs against Kalutara Vidyalaya and in the following week end he scored another century against Aluthgama Vidyalaya which is still a record. they were coached by Harved Fernando, H. I. Fernando and Bandula Premachandra. . The surviving oldest captain of his school 88 year old Rienzie Fernando who captained in 1951/52 season is of the opinion that the Best Batsman produced from his Alma Mater is Edwin. In addition he was a short distance athlete who went on to represent his school in Western Province in 100, 220 and 110 yards hurdles.

After leaving school he joined the Water Resources Department, Ratmalana and during this period there was no cricket team over there and in 1964 they formed a cricket team and they participated in the State Services “F” Division Tournament and they won the Championship and were promoted to “E” Division.

He played for Catamarans Sports Club Moratuwa in Sara Trophy for three years under Old Johnian Hugh Caldera along with S. E. G. Perera, K. T. Saradiel, Nihal de Mel, Ben Fernando, Marcus Fernando, Lloyd Perera to mention a few and later he joined Moratuwa Sports Club and played in Division Three Daily News Tournament for a couple of years

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• April 1, 2022

With St. Barts’ Gustavia Harbor disappearing behind us and the island’s mountainous terrain towering to our right, it feels so good to be sailing into the beautiful Caribbean Sea with a gusty 15-knot breeze and calm seas. Wind and spray rid us of three days of the sweaty boatwork we’ve put in to get our Formula 18 catamaran out of the shipping container, to the beach and meticulously rigged for the St. Barth Cata Cup.

We cruise the coast for a few miles and take in the sights, and suddenly find ourselves in the hard-hitting Atlantic Ocean. We’ve never sailed an F18 in anything like this, with 15-foot whitecapped rollers all around us. Launching off the crest and back down into the troughs of these giants is thrilling, but in the back of my mind, I’m starting to wonder how competitive we’ll be in these crazy conditions. As first-timers to this Cata Cup thing, we might just be out of our league.

The time comes for our first tack. My crew Matt Keenan, who I had pulled back into catamaran sailing after a hiatus, was rediscovering his trapeze skills when he swings into the boat, catches his foot in the hiking strap and tears it right off the trampoline. After a deep breath, I say aloud, “Well, we are going to have to do better than that.”

Keenan agrees, and a few heart-racing miles later we turn it into St. Jean Bay, point our bows toward the white, sandy strip, and run it up like a real beach-cat landing. We’ve arrived in the epicenter of the Cata Cup. It’s 2012, and I’m about to begin a 10-year run of participating in the best catamaran regatta in the world.

A truly one-of-a-kind event, the St. Barth Cata Cup began as a competition between Caribbean-based ­catamaran teams, but was reborn in 2008 as an open catamaran regatta. The switch to Formula 18s came a year later. This “modern version,” as sailors and organizers call it, is the brainchild of a group of locals who formed St. Barth Multihulls. This was the group with a vision to bring professional and amateur cat sailors from around the world to their island. But they didn’t just create another buoy-racing regatta. Their idea of fun is four days of exhilarating distance races, or “raids,” in big winds and big waves matched onshore by world-class social activities.

Competitive racing in a legit, high-caliber international class—in an exotic location and for an absurdly low entry fee—is too good to be true. For the roughly $1,200 entry fee, organizers house us, feed us, provide a rental car, and even ship our boat from Miami.

The hype surrounding the event is noticeable everywhere on the island: Local sponsors go all in, and the community ensures everyone has an amazing time, welcoming the sailors as if they were family. It’s been this way right on up to the 2021 edition, which hosted 62 teams, myself included for the fifth time since 2012. In 2017, only two months after a direct hit from Hurricane Irma, which destroyed buildings and stripped nearly every tree bare of its leaves, organizers made the event happen without missing a beat. Every year, they come back with surprises and changes—from the parties to the racecourses. The event is never exactly the same, and every competitor leaves wanting to come back for more. And it’s also why entry is a lottery, which opens seven months out from the regatta, with many teams not making the cut.

On the morning of my first Cata Cup race back in 2012, I recall the regatta’s principal race officer sounding a horn to gather the competitors around an easel with a big chart and an outline of the course explained in French. Our interpretation of the course is a bit confused, but given our rough delivery sail the day before, we agree to approach the first race conservatively. We have no expectations of actually leading, so our strategy is to follow the boats ahead of us. The only thing we’re certain of is that the windward mark will be set off La Tortue, an aptly named turtle-shaped rock. We’ll just sail in that general direction.

At the start, the wind peaks at 15 knots, and the waves are down to 10 feet. These are new conditions for us, and after sailing upwind for 20 minutes, we stare at a giant pile of rocks awash in the big waves. We realize then that there is no mark. The rocks are the mark. There is no one in front of us.

So much for following the boats ahead of us.

We forge on between La Tortue and the rock pile, oblivious to how close we can go before we have to tack. In this harried moment of uncertainty, Olympian and Volvo Ocean Race veteran Carolijn Brouwer is closing in fast. I’m pretty sure she’s telling us to tack, and I respond, “You first!”

It was a great lesson to learn the adrenaline and skill it takes to navigate the courses at this event, and that you can sail quite close to most of the rocks.

The local sponsorship works by partnering with a team and putting signage on the boats. As luck would have it, we scored the famous and posh Nikki Beach Club, which is right next door to the regatta headquarters, where the majority of the boats sail from. With one or two raids per day, all the competitors return to shore in between races for a satisfying supplied lunch, some beach recovery, and even a nap if needed.

It’s all very civilized, but well-deserved after beating up our bodies every race. Each year, the round-the-island race serves as the pinnacle of the event. Weaving in and out of bays and tearing out into the big seas, there’s a magical mixture of upwind crashing through waves, blast jib reaching, and cruising through pristine waters on the south side of the island. While an opportunity to take in the beautiful scenery, the competitive spirit remains tense to keep racing until the end. On this particular race around, we enjoy a tight battle with Olympian and catamaran legend Enrique Figueroa. Trust me, we’re more than ecstatic to place second to “Quique.” And to top it off, as soon as our bows tap the powder-soft sand, hostesses from our boat sponsor Nikki Beach serve us chilled Champagne. It’s all a bit surreal and unexpected, the overall theme of this event that you must learn to embrace.

While many regattas have a party, the Cata Cup sets a new bar after each day of sailing, with dinner served and followed by a concert from top entertainers. Daily winners are called on stage and given a bottle of fine local rum. And after the prizes are doled out, the band that’s been jetted in for the night ignites the dance floor. During their set break, a slick, professionally edited video projects onto an oversize inflatable screen on the beach. It’s a visual feast of tropical high- performance cat sailing—as if we need to be reminded how lucky we are.

Every time I go and as soon as I step on the island, the smile on my face is permanent for days—no, weeks—afterward. All of us have regatta memories, but this has become a dream I want to relive every year. Thankfully, there are plenty of event videos to hold me over until next year.

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