| Regatta Notices |
OCTOBER
13 ILYA Open Forum
14 ILYA Board Meeting
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Long Lake Wins Flip Cup; Davenport Wins Sailing at First Annual Beulah C Challenge
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Boaters know how to have fun. From Friday night's registration to
Sunday's trophy presentation, the crowd handled the weekend with loads
of humor and joviality. The Friday night dinner lasted until 10:00 as
Indiana, Michigan and Illinois sailors descended on SE WI. With 15
Beulah sailors and 18 off lake crews, this was a chance to meet new
friends. The Springfield, IL crowd attended en masse. Clear, IN
traveled through Chicago to the sleepy town of East Troy. But sleep was
not part of the regatta plan with late nights at the YC followed by
visits to the local establishments, all within walking distance. Flip
Cup on Saturday followed Beer Pong on Friday. The Long Lake
Madden/Schroeder team defeated Beulah but a rematch is scheduled for
next year. On the water, Beulah's David Davenport/Joe Bitter beat Joe
Skotarzak/Anne Porter Muller by one point. First year skipper Dr. Randy
Schmidt was named top first year with David Porter as crew. There were
loads of familiar numbers with new faces in new positions on the boat.
Turns out some of the regular crew are fine, fine sailors. Kent
Haeger's crew Mike Greeson stepped right in to place top five. Some say
Haeger (20-year Blue Chipper) wouldn't have done as well. For full
results, click here. |
| 2007 MC Blue Chip |
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by Zack Clayton - Destination One Design
Spring Lake, Michigan
September 22-23, 2007
The 2007 MC-Scow Blue Chip is one of the highlights
for many of the MC-Scow sailors from the Midwest. The qualification
process allows you to earn points for regatta results and from that
process, you can earn an invitation to this prestigious event. The Blue
Chip is held annually at Spring Lake. The Fox and Walborn families help
run the regatta along with the help from the rest of the Spring Lake
membership.
The 2007 event had 31 skippers test their sailing
skill at shifty Spring Lake. The event is scheduled for six races and
the RC crew did a great job to get all six races sailed in a timely and
efficient manner. The field includes several divisions including,
Juniors, Women, Masters (over 50) and Grand Masters (over 60) and
occasionally some skippers that have more experience than that. The
MC-Scow is a great boat for sailors of all ages because it can be
sailed well by many body shapes and skill levels. The field is scored
as an open class as well as by division, so even if you are racing in
18th, you may be racing for first in your division. This keeps the
sailors on their toes and you are never out of a race.
Day 1 greeted the sailors with light to medium
breeze, a sit on high and pick your shift kind of racing that the
lighter guys really enjoy. This was the case for Cam McNeil, Andy
Molesta, Joe Rotunda and several of the other lighter guys. The bigger
skippers have to work hard to keep the boat moving in this puffy
condition, but both Dan Fink and Rick Trester had their moments of
brilliance. A fleet heavy with Michigan sailors, but skippers from
Wisconsin traveled over to grow the strength of the field. After Day 1,
there were several skippers still in the hunt for the regatta, but Cam
seemed to have a feel for the lake and the conditions.
Sunday dawned with two more races to be sailed in
a tough light (0-6mph) and shifty ESE condition that even the Spring
Lake fleet would rather not see. Cam continued his hot streak to claim
the 2007 MC-Scow Blue Chip Championship. Spring Lake dominated the
event with 6 of the top seven finishes. Top Junior, Eric Rivard from
Glen Lake, Michigan enjoyed his first trip to the Blue Chip and will
certainly be back. Lynn Walborn claimed the top female position with
Peter Toumanoff and Curt Miller in the Master and Grand Master
divisions.
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| E Blue Chip |
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photo by Dunsworth
From Destination One Design by Zack Clayton
Pewaukee Yacht Club has been the host of the
Blue Chip from the beginning and once again the club and their
volunteers shined by providing a great three days of championship
racing for the best of the E-Scow fleet. Mystery Guest, Peter Holmberg,
helmsman for Team Alinghi and internationally renown sailor showed the
fleet that you can go from an AC boat to a 28 foot scow and hang in
with the best of them. Sailors from around the country were in
attendance with teams from the East Coast, Midwest and as far west as
Colorado.
The racing began on Friday
with a puffy and building breeze of 8-15. Carl Horrocks came out of the
blocks fast to lead at the top of the first race, only to see annual
Blue Chip attendee, Tom Burton and his team take the lead on the first
run and never let go. Peter Holmberg jumped out to a second place
finish, his best race of the series, but showed everyone that he would
be a threat for the entire event. Carl held on for third in this race.
The fleet headed in for lunch and a break while the breeze continued to
build.
Race 2 had a building 15-20
plus with tremendous puffs that kept everyone on their toes and gave
some great downwind rides. Dick Wight, used to the big breeze, took
race 2 while several of the other top teams were not as lucky and felt
the wrath of the big breeze and went for a swim. These teams recover
quick and several teams righted the ship and got back in the race. Dick
Wight won with Pewaukee fleet champion, Augie Barkow second and Kevin
Jewett third overall. Day 2 would certainly be a different day with
some weather scheduled to move through and lighter breeze in the
forecast for Saturday.
Saturday dawned with a
light 5-10 and was much more to the liking of the Pewaukee fleet. Light
and shifty is what the Midwest has been sailing all summer and P.J.
Friend took advantage. P.J. gave the Pewaukee fleet their first race
win of the event, followed by class secretary, Lon Schoor and Augie
Barkow rounding out the top three. The fourth race, second of the day
had a even lighter and much more shifty 0-5. Bob Biwer used his home
lake knowledge, experience and guile to have a great first beat and
split with the leaders on the run and took advantage. Bob built a big
lead followed by Dick Wight and Will Graves, setting up a final day
showdown between five boats for the overall championship.
Sunday had a bit more
breeze, but still on the light side. Will Graves capitalized on his
opportunity and took the final race with Augie Barkow and Lon Schoor
rounding out the top three. Dick Wight did enough to capture the title,
but the excitement came down to the 2nd thru 5th places. When the
points were added up, the tiebreakers had to come out in full force
with four teams tied with 29 points. Will Graves came out on top of the
tiebreak with the race win in the last race, with Tom Burton getting
hurt with a double digit race in this last one. Tom was third, Augie
Barkow fourth and losing out on the tiebreaker derby was Kevin Jewett
claiming fifth overall
Click here for the report on Digital Reaches which features mystery guest Peter Holmberg. Results are also on this site |
| Save the Date |
|  All of you are invited
The
ILYA Board meeting will be held in the Minneapolis area Sunday, October
14th. New this year will be a Saturday night social, informative
gathering. Please reserve Saturday night 7:00 to bar closing to give
your opinion and enjoy all your sailing friends. Watch Scowlines for a
location. Jim Smith is getting us a site. You provide the agenda. |
| Kohler Spearheads Olympic Change for '12 |
| From Scuttlebutt
FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
When the world's attention focuses on the
Olympic Games, it's usually figure skating or track and field that
captures most people's interest. More obscure events such as like
sailing hardly get a notice, but a group of professionals and
enthusiasts in Sheboygan are trying to help change that.
Led by the Women's International Match Racing
Association, local sailor and businessman Terry Kohler and
Sheboygan-based Zimmerman Design Office are trying to get women's match
racing included in the 2012 Olympics.
Kohler, 73, owns Windway Capital Corp. and its
subsidiary, North Sails, which makes sails. An accomplished longtime
sailor, he got involved in the effort to include women's match racing
in the Olympics accidentally last spring. In Valencia, Spain, for the
America's Cup because of his connection to North Sails, Kohler found
himself talking to sailors and other people he knew in the industry
about a long-defunct attempt to get the event included in past Olympic
games.
Suddenly, the concept came back to life. "The
idea came back up again and we . . . had a dozen gals who came on (our
boat) over a period of a week or two, who are all in the international
match racing circuit, so this idea of trying to get match racing in the
Olympics for 2012 became a hot idea again," Kohler said. "It was during
dinner conversation." To get the ball rolling, Kohler enlisted the help
of the staff of Zimmerman Design Office, which handles the marketing
for Windway and North Sails, and Jerry Baumann, who is marketing and
projects director for Windway Capital Corp.
The Sheboygan Press, complete story: http://tinyurl.com/yvobtu.
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| M-16 Nationals Provides Re-match in Egg Harbor |
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Reinecke/Rehberger Top NJ's Applegate
Paul Reinecke of Pewaukee fought to a tie
and won the tiebreak to defeat this year's ILYA champ John Applegate.
It came down to who beat whom in the final race. Great job, Paul. Also
traveling to the 24-boat event were Rick Wilfert with Katie Hertel as
crew who finished 3rd and Jan and Debbie Gill in 10th. The M-16 class
voted to host the Nationals on a biennial basis and look for a bid from
Pewaukee for 2009.
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| Don't forget I-20 Nationals |
|  Lake Carlyle, IL
Twenty sailors are pre-registered for this weekend's I-20 Nationals. Go to the website for more details. |
| Let's Toot Our Own Horn |
|  Send in a nomination for our best
The following notice was rec'd from US
Sailing. We know we host the grandest of regattas and boast the most
active spark plugs who promote our fleets. Please nominate an ILYA
Club, fleet or member and consider attending the One Design Symposium
One-Design Award Nomination Deadline Moved Up to October 15
Nominate
your favorite club, fleet, regatta or one-design spark plug for a US
SAILING One-Design Award. Did your club run an outstanding multi-class
regatta this year? Is there an exceptional person at your club who was
responsible for making your fleet grow? US SAILING wants to hear about
it.
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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.
If
you know of a deserving club, class or regatta, please take the time to
make a nomination. Nominations may be made online at
www.ussailing.org/odcc/awards/index.htm. Nominations are due October
15. For more information go to the web site or contact Lee Parks at
leeparks@ussailing.org.
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To contact Executive Secretary Jim Smith, click here. | | |
