The last week and a half have been a busy one for youth sailors and their parents as they have taken the traditional trip to the Geneva Lake Sailing School for Dinghyfest, followed by the requisite trip to the Oshkosh XTreme for the sailing and Casino Night.
GLSS X Boat
The X Boats kicked off the week 61 boats strong from 10 Inland lakes. The RC, as has been the case all summer, faced challenging shifty conditions but managed to get three races off for the fleet. Lizzy Lynn and Pepper Gale Silaing Oshkosh's J-27 came out of the gate strong with a victory in Race 1. Owen and Carson Ostbye sailing M-17 Rubber Ducky from Minnetonka took Race 2 and Andy Baker and Henry meyer sailing the P-9 Boji Baby from Okoboji triumphed in Race 3. However, it was PYC's Will Utz sailing V-312 Will.I.am with crew Elsie Niedziela who sailed the three races in the most consistent manner to take the overall crown by one point over J-27. The top 7 representing 6 different lakes competitors were only separated by 7 points. It was tight and competitive. Congratulations to all of the sailors. Special thanks to Molly Brickler and Maru Urban for taking photos.
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GLSS Opti
52 Sailors took to the waters of Lake Geneva the very next day to vie for the GLSS Opti crown. It was a two boat showdown in the Red White and Blue with Nick Berkowitxz from Pewaukee besting Zia Ahmed from Geneva by a sinle point. Nick won 2 races and Zia won 3, but Nick came in second in the other three to take the series and the Red fleet titles. Zia di take home the Blue fleet trophy and Carson Ostbye from Minnetonka, who came in 7th overall took home the White fleet honors.
Meanwhile on the Green fleet course, 35 sailors headed out to the big water for 7 races. Klaus Stein from Beulah won handily over home lake sailor Autumn Taylor followed by Cameron Brickler from Beulah as well.
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GLSS Melges 14
Finally the Melges 14 fleet comprised of 7 competitors sailed on Thursday and Colton Hibbard put up s4 bullets and a second to win handily over second place Oliver Gray.
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Oshkosh XTreme
45 X Boaters made the quick turn-around and headed up to Oshkosh for the annual XTreme Regatta. The RC helmed by David snd Candace Porter accomplished 3 races on Monday afternoon before the sailors headed to the Waters for the always exciting Casino night. Ivar and Slate Eiseman sailing I-27 from Lake Geneva edged out fellow Genevan Oliver Gray and Milena Phillips sailing I-85 Chunky Monkeyand home lake standout Lizzy Lynn and Pepper Gale sailing J-27 Poisonous Lizard to take the trophy home. No word on who the big winner was at the tables the night before.
