35968 Scow Fall Winter - Inland Lake Yachting Association

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PAGE 58 SCOW SLANTS FALL/WINTER 2006 Pewaukee Yacht Club was the gracious host of the No Tears East Regatta on July 24th. Pewaukee had all the wind the C’s, X’s and A’s desired over the previous weekend. With blasts over 20 and a No Tears fleet ready to compete, the challenge fell on capable sailing school instructors to handle nervous parents and excited sailors. The junior fleet ages 8 and under came back to shore immediately after one brave attempt. The senior fleet got in two heavy, heavy wind races with 10 sailing instructor boats hovering, rescuing, encouraging. Twenty-two of 37 sailors braved the starts. At days end, Pewaukee had entertained 73 sailors, played “Captain’s Coming” (a sailing version of Simon Says), Drip, Drip, Splash (a sailing version of Duck Duck Goose), and Canoe Tag. Katie Porter and Jamie Baker of Pewaukee. held the attention of 70+ sailors for nearly two hours worth of on land activity. The winners pictured here were Alicia Rotier of Lake Beulah, Will Komas of Lake Beulah and Turner Jacques of Beaver. South Shore and Sheridan Shores joined ILYA lakes. A Kate Goes Sportsmanship Medal was given to Beaver’s Turner Jacques who left his boat to go rescue fellow sailors twice. He was separated from a green Croc (waterproof shoes for you not-so-hip) which was returned by some fellow boater. Scott Sazama of Okauchee won the tipover prize with a total seven and he lived to tell the story! Caroline Keck of LaBelle won a prize for smiling the most during tipovers. It never phases these kids. The top story was the start in big wind, I flag just up at four minutes when a most attractive, young girl, Paige Carlson from Powers sails by the committee boat to see if it had a ponytail holder to keep her hair back in the big wind. Race Committee member Fritz Ruf reported he had never heard that one. Race Committee member Kelly Reese sacrificed her own hair adornment to the sailor.
FALL/WINTER 2006 SCOW SLANTS PAGE 59 submitted by Tom Wiegel First nice winds, then strong winds Friday, followed by big air Saturday, then no wind Sunday. These conditions challenged the X Class at Inter- Lake hosted by Clear Lake Yacht Club August 6-8. Clear Lake X sailor Jon Osmundson was able to handle all wind and wave conditions, winning all three Inter-Lake X Class races this summer. Jon Osmundson skipped with consistency in all three races, bringing his Z-84 into first place with a total of only 3 points. Saturday one race was sailed, following a delay due to weather concerns. After a large weather front passed, without delay the course was set and the X fleet sailed a race in what developed into a big-air contest. In second overall was Mike Hansen, sailing M-99 and finished 4-2-3 in the three races with a total score of 9 points. In third place was Chris Moen, P-1, with a close 11 points. Fourth was Addy Ferguson, sailing M-87 to a finish of 16 points with 6-3-7 races, followed by Spencer Chute, sailing M-33 and finishing with 20 points with races of 11-4-5. On Sunday morning, several shifty lines of wind were enough to entice the fleet out for two more races. However, after three 120-degree direction changes, the race committee wisely decided to cancel for the morning. Three races completed this year’s Inter-Lake regatta for the 17-boat X Class fleet. submitted by Jeff Hudson Threatening clouds welcomed the 100+ sailors to the Lake Beulah Yacht Club for the 14 th annual Beulah Fun Regatta. Sailed in a RWB, Green, and No Tears format, the Optimist sailors were welcomed by regatta chair John Sullivan and his hearty crew of volunteers. RWB PRO Brian Brickler reviewed the sailing instructions (SI’s) with the competitors and fired the one hour warning, signifying the harbor start. With northerly breezes at 10 mph, MOST members Nicholas Clemence of Pewaukee, Malcolm Lamphere of Geneva, and Will Holz of Chicago started strongly and led start to finish in race one. Following an extended break in the action for a thunderstorm to pass, Clemence repeated with another race win. This time, however, Geneva’s Davis Porter, Hunter Johnstone of Lake Forest, and Pewaukee’s Augie Dale got into the mix as winds dropped to less than 5 mph. In the final race of the day, George Kutschenreuter of Beulah pulled out a victory. Kutsch outlasted Clay Danly of Lake Bluff. Overall, Clemence took home the title over Will Holtz, Hunter Johnstone, Davis Porter and Alex Curtiss. Beulah’s Andrea Sullivan finished as top girl sailor, eighth place overall. In the Green Fleet, Hannah Ripkey of Geneva took race one over Will Komas and Gregory Westin, both of Lake Beulah, and Evan Jones of Sheridan Shore. Trevor Trepton of LaBelle took the second race, winning a tightly contested race with Ford Johnstone and John Barr of Beulah. In the third and final race, Will Komas outlasted Johnstone and Cedar’s Lydia Garlie who closed with her best finish of the event. Despite not winning a race, Ford took the overall Green Fleet title over Trevor by seven points. Westin was third followed by Garlie in fourth. During the trophy ceremony a bit later in the morning, no puffs of wind were visible on any part of the lake, which allowed the sailors to enjoy the day without struggling through what would have been a shifty light-air race. We look forward to the Inter-Lake next year at Okoboji yacht Club.
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