35968 Scow Fall Winter - Inland Lake Yachting Association
35968 Scow Fall Winter - Inland Lake Yachting Association
35968 Scow Fall Winter - Inland Lake Yachting Association
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
FALL/WINTER 2006 SCOW SLANTS PAGE 77<br />
reported by Sharon Garber<br />
The Deephavern Centennial Regatta was held on<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> Minntonka on July 7th. The day started out<br />
with a calm breeze and then picked up steadily<br />
throughout the whole day. A record 90 boats<br />
participated at the TC Youth sailing event and<br />
everyone had a great time. Some Opti sailors used<br />
the day as a warm up for the USODA Upper Midwest<br />
regatta, which started the next day. The 32 Green<br />
Fleeters had a lot of fun and had to sail in after the<br />
second race because the wind picked up too much.<br />
Once we calmed the sailors down all the Opti’s<br />
followed Dan Crear like little ducks and sailed in<br />
Carson’s Bay, which was protected, from the big<br />
wind. The top three finishers in the Green Fleet were<br />
1. Marissa Bernstein of Minnetonka YC, 2. Cole Lee<br />
of White Bear Yacht Club and 3. Connor Slocum of<br />
Minnetonka YC.<br />
The 29 boat Championship Fleet was very<br />
competitive with some close finishing races. The top<br />
three Overall Opti’s were 1. Charlie Burton of<br />
Minnetonka YC, 2. Robbie Seltzer-Schultz of<br />
Calhoun YC, 3. Harrison Burton of Minnetonka YC.<br />
I don’t know which was better—the volleyball,<br />
swimming, or sailing!<br />
The 420 fleet had 15 boats, the Laser fleet had 4 - 4.7’s, 8<br />
Radials and 6 Full Rigs. The big kids were exhausted after<br />
sailing all day in the winds. The 420 sailors had some<br />
expert help from Molly O’Brien, a guest coach from the<br />
Navy collegiate sailing team. This regatta has a special<br />
tradition. The winners of the double-handed (420) and<br />
singled handed (Opti) Fleets have their names engraved on<br />
a special plague, which hangs at the yacht club year round.<br />
The winners this year were Charlie Burton for Singlehanded<br />
and Matt Thompson and crew for double-handed.<br />
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○<br />
The city of Deephaven also honors the winning sailors.<br />
In light and variable wind conditions, Beulah’s Chris<br />
Colombe won three of six races, taking home his first<br />
Laser Radial title. Anne Franzene of Beulah won<br />
the last two races to place second. Will Howard of<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> Forest also won a race while placing third in the<br />
highly competitive fleet.<br />
divisions sailed in 420s and C division sailed in<br />
Laser Full Rigs.<br />
In A Division, the competition was very strong as<br />
seven different teams won races. Grosse Pointe<br />
North (MI) (GPN)’s Charlie Trost and crew Christie<br />
Listwan got off to a strong start by taking the first of<br />
their two wins in race one. Black River (MI)’s Alex<br />
Kiss/Chloe Beigley followed by outlasting the<br />
combined Edina/Hill (MN) team of Brady<br />
Hutchinson/Anne Tigelaar in race two. Later, the<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> Forest freshman tandem of Will Haeger/Ian<br />
Schappe won five races while New Trier’s Stephanie<br />
Hudson/Gardner Yost and Minnetonka’s Harrison<br />
Burton/Tess Porter each won two races. Will<br />
Starshak/Mary Duncan of St Ignatius and Nate Swift/<br />
Emma Rovit of Latin also sailed to race wins.<br />
Overall, <strong>Lake</strong> Forest’s Haeger/Schappe crew, took<br />
the A division title with 65 points, defeating<br />
Stephanie Hudson/Gardner Yost of New Trier by ten.<br />
St Ignatius placed third with 90 points.<br />
Minnetonka’s Mike Hanson and Melissa Kennedy<br />
finished fourth with 102 points while International<br />
School of Minnesota’s Chris Loew-Blosser / Auriane<br />
Muse finished fifth with 116.<br />
In B division, Walter Payton’s crew took top honors<br />
over GPN’s team. GPN won two races as did St<br />
Ignatius’ Michael Lee/Molly Condon who finished<br />
third. New Trier also won two races, finishing fourth<br />
overall. Single race winners included Grosse Ile,<br />
Grosse Pointe South, Latin, and Minnetonka’s Brady<br />
Solum / Phil Holt.<br />
Finally, Junior Erik Bowers of International School<br />
of Minnesota dominated the Laser Full Rig division,<br />
winning seven of 14 races, en route to a 22 point win<br />
over GPN senior Brady Savage. Savage, who had<br />
won the MISSA Cressy Qualifier, finished with two<br />
firsts and three seconds. Josh Garber of Minnetonka<br />
High School (MN) also won two races while placing<br />
third with 77 points<br />
Overall, Grosse Pointe North’s team total of 239<br />
points bested six time defending champion New Trier’s<br />
248 to take the title of Great <strong>Lake</strong>s Champion by nine<br />
points. St Ignatius finished third with 265 followed by<br />
Minnetonka with 290 and Latin with 331.