Lake Michigan SuRF Newsletter - LMSRF
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HEARD ON THE RAIL � (Tattle On Your Friends!)<br />
New Boats to <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Michigan</strong><br />
Spill the beans here—let us know about your new, new-to-you, or new-to-your-skipper boat!<br />
Births<br />
Hooray! <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Michigan</strong> has a new sailor!<br />
Claire Elizabeth Downey, born March 30, 2012, 10:12 a.m., weight: 7 pounds, 13 ounces,<br />
length: 20 inches to parents Aaron and Megan Downey, who own s/v Turning Point and report<br />
she spent much of her summer on the water and completed her first lake crossing (Chicago-<br />
South Haven) at 4.5 months. Look—she’s driving!<br />
Sailed off to a Last Sunset<br />
Paul Stephen “Steve” Case, 68, died October 12, 2012, after a sail on the 43-foot Cuchulain knocked him overboard<br />
at the finish of the annual Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. Cuchulain had finished competing about 4 p.m.<br />
near Windmill Point at the mouth of the Rappahannock River in Virginia. It was windy and the water was choppy<br />
while the crew was taking down the sails. His fellow crew members jumped in to try to save Case, who was not<br />
wearing a life jacket. He was conscious when he landed in the water but he lost<br />
consciousness by the time he was pulled out. Case, of Racine, Wis., was an avid sailor and<br />
member of Racine Yacht Club, and had participated in races around the world. This was his<br />
second time in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. Professionally, Case spent time in<br />
the Peace Corps, before launching a highly praised teacher at Mitchell School and a teacher<br />
and football coach at Washington Park High School in Racine, Wis., from which he was retired.<br />
He volunteer coached wrestling at Horlick High School for a few years after retirement.<br />
Surviving are his loving wife of 47 years, Nancy; their beloved sons, Matt Case of Nashville, Tenn., and Jason<br />
(Nicola) Case of Grayslake, Ill.; adored grandchildren, Marissa, Brayden and Brynley; sister, Julianne (Joseph)<br />
Fletcher; brother, David Case; sisters-in-law, Eleanor Grams and Shirley Zick; and other dear relatives and special<br />
friends too numerous to mention by name. Memorials to the First Church of God or to the Steve Case Memorial<br />
Scholarship Fund have been suggested.<br />
-Share your “Heard on the Rail” stories at lmsrfadministration@lmsrf.org.<br />
Mark Your Calendars!<br />
Major Championships on <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Michigan</strong><br />
July 26-29, 2013 NORTH AMERICAN CHALLENGE CUP, Chicago Yacht Club, Chicago, Illinois<br />
www.chicagoyachtclub.org<br />
August 23-25, 2013 MELGES 20 US NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club, Macatawa Bay,<br />
<strong>Michigan</strong>.<br />
YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS SURFING ON LAKE MICHIGAN<br />
Hey, this looks gnarly, dude!! Photo of surfers taken<br />
off Grand Haven, <strong>Michigan</strong>, October 13, 2012. Photo<br />
credit: Sam Nedeau.<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Michigan</strong> Sail Racing Federation 24 November 2012 <strong>Newsletter</strong>
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