| Regatta Notices |
OCTOBER
13 ILYA Open Forum
14 ILYA Board Meeting
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| Thirty-five Youth Sailors Take Advantage of Discount |
|  All of you are invited
The
ILYA Board meeting will be held in Hudson WI at the Hudson Inn, a Best
Western, on Sunday, October 14th. But before that, join us on Saturday
night at 7:00 pm for an informal "town hall" format with an open
agenda.
Up for discussion will be the 2007 season 50% discount
offered to youth sailors who competed in invitational or championship
fleets. All fleets but the A's saw participation by youth. Our young
sailors benefited from the donation of registration fees by individual
benefactors or the ILYA itself. Thanks to the MC and C fleets'
anonymous donors for developing the initiative. Seven sailors in both
fleets took advantage of the discount. The Melges 17 champs boasted six
youth participants; I-20s two; M-16's six; E's seven. Additionally
(with no discount) five sailors competed in the ILYA Youth Champs and
then returned in one of our adult fleets. For a complete list, click here. The challenge for our fleets is to keep the momentum rolling
with another fresh idea to encourage the transition from youth to adult
fleets and to maintain those from this year. |
| Olympic Trials Continue |
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total races make an Olympic representative. Sailors get a layday on
Wednesday. Seems our sailors are improving along with the week. Click here for results. Ruf"s Saturday race win was omitted which makes his climb harder but he is regaining his position.
The website has protests, race committee actions against the
sailors posted, notices posted for changes to conditions, SI's etc.
It's interesting to follow. Some famous (infamous?) dads are in
attendance so we can get a more complete report upon return. |
| C fleet shows how to do it! |
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Fall Regattas Boast High Numbers
Not to be outdone, Bob Cooley of Lotawana, MO, has sent report of another strong, 30+ event in the C's. Results here. It was all Missouri as they captured 13 of the top 15!! Spencer Brackman took top honors with a 6-6-1-3.
And the Polar Bear results are here.
Congrats to Okauchee's Dave Smith for an exceptional event as a Master!
Dave won the event with a 1-1-2-1-1-1! He must like the current.
Delavan checked in with results. The newly married Krech's of
Minnetonka grabbed gold with a 1-5-3-1-10. Minnetonka placed 4 in the
top ten with 1-2-3 sweep of Krech, Andert and Wick. For results, click here. |
| C Fleet Road Warriors and Best Lake Regatta Finishers |
| | Lake Beulah Takes it All
Want
to know how to build a strong, big fleet? Ask Kent Haeger how to do it.
Then add the youthful Brian and Kevin Bricker, the not-so-youthful (he
has to party only one night per regatta now) Frank Davenport, the
enthusiastic duo of Anne Porter Muller and Joe Skotarzak and you begin
to get the picture. Little do you know Beulah has a team who stays home
who beats them all. Team Sumo (Jeff Lippert and Don Franzene) don't
travel but they win the sailing and the coveted auctioned parking spot
at the club. They all attend the paint ball parties (wives do not
approve), have a draft meeting (with catered food) for Fantasy Football
- this is serious stuff - and have their C children in a youth fantasy
league with sailing school instructor Ben Porter.
What
does this have to do with sailing? This cohesive group has created a
fleet that plays, sails hard and travels together. You can see the C
boats at the crane every Friday night or Saturday morning. Double and
tripledeckers load for the distant spring events. Last year's sail
inventory gets passed down to the younger sailors. College seniors are
strong-armed into entering the fleet. Immediate-past X boat sailor Joe
Kutschenreuter was paired with first-year skipper and boat owner Randy
Schmidt to co-skip. There is no choice but a C on this little lake.
That
system has produced Nationals Champs Joe Skotarzak, Peter Keck and Kent
Haeger. Watch out for the Bricklers, they are pushing up there. It is
no surprise that Beulah wins the team award for the Road Warriors Best
Lake. Joe Skotarzak and Anne Porter Muller co-skipped themselves into
the Road Warrior Championship top position with only one last event in
Augusta left for points.
For
more on this lake, Minnetonka or successful Okauchee, ask for a visit
from some of these C boaters this fall or spring to rejuvenate your
fleet. They are willing to visit to talk or sail with you or invite you
to their home clubs to assist you with fleet development. The ILYA
Promotion Committee can assist you with making arrangements.
Congrats
to our ILYA Members of the Year - the C fleet committee - for creating
the excitement on the ILYA scene and club level to encourage such great
fall sailing participation. Congrats to Beulah for the Road Warriors
individual and team title. |
| Last week for US Sailing nominations |
|  Send in a nomination for our best
One-Design Award Nomination Deadline
October 15
Your commodore has nominated someone for an
individual award. It took 10 minutes. The form is online and quick.
There are a multitude of clubs, events, individuals who deserve mention
from our membership. Nominate your favorite club, fleet, regatta or
one-design spark plug for a US SAILING One-Design Award. US SAILING
wants to hear about it. At the One-Design Symposium in November, up to
five awards will be presented to recognize outstanding individuals and
organizations in one-design sailing. The categories are: Service,
Leadership, Club, Regatta, and Creativity. These awards highlight role
models of creative leadership in one-design sailing. Let's nominate our
ILYA sailors and clubs.
Then consider attending the One-Design
Symposium in Colombus, Ohio, November 17-18. Dave Perry, Stuart Walker
and Greg Fisher will present. The ILYA has been represented the past
two years. The fee is $120 but with a $25 discount with US Sailing
membership this event is most reasonably priced. Click here for the details.
Editors personal note: The ILYA fleets
have much to share as well as to learn here. We are very strong
compared to many of the classes you will see at this event. The huge
Opti, Laser or Snipe classes have much more organized class structures,
websites, national events but more than 50 distinct classes attend this
event. There are fleet building, boat building, insurance, rules issues
discussed here. The editor's impression after attending is that the
ILYA fleets do so much that is right, right, right. There are fresh new
ideas from all over the country presented. Meet the national leaders
here and enjoy listening. This event is traditionally held on the East
Coast so enjoy the Midwest location this year. |
| Atlantic Coast Championships |
| | Morgan Kiss and Malcolm Lamphere in Top Ten
The MOST team traveled to Norfolk to compete
in the ACCs. A strong showing by Macatawa's Morgan Kiss and Lake
Geneva's Malcolm Lamphere in the 275-boat fleet will certainly land
these two sailors placement on the Spring Optimist teams. Kiss was
third overall and Lamphere 10th, both landing automatic spots for the
South Americans. A strong traveling Midwest component will filter into
the European teams in the next few weeks. Trevor and Parker Trepton,
Augie Dale, Ben and Tommy Garber, Declan Armour, Connor Slocum also
attended. Add our Chicago friends who attend many of our events and the
Midwest had a strong contingent: Alex Curtiss, Will Holz, Clay Danly,
Hunter Johnstone.
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| Where in the World is Sally Barkow? |
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Match racing is
on Sally's Barkow's calendar for the next couple weeks. As the Yngling
class faces a possible change in Olympic status for 2012, Barkow is
allowing no grass to grow underfoot. She is competing against the best
match racing men in the world in the 59th annual King George VII Gold
Cup regatta in Bermuda. She has added new crew from England and New
Zealand to sail in a sleeker International One Design boat. Sally is
the sole womens team in the event. |
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To submit articles, send to Candace Porter
Inland Lake Yachting Association website, click here.
To contact Executive Secretary Jim Smith, click here.
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