1994 - ncesa

WESTERN MICHIGAN CHAMPIONSHIP
The 65th Annual Western Michigan Yachting
Association Regatta was held on Muskegon Lake
August 10-13, 1994. Twenty-three crews arrived
with high hopes for four days of Great Muskegon
sailing. Along with theE's were fleets of C's, MC's
and Butterflies. The E schedule was one race for
Wednesday and Thursday with two back-to-back
on Friday and a final race on Saturday.
Wednesday brought light winds and some rain.
The fleet headed out for the lO:OOAM start only to
end in no race due to winds that failed to fill in.
Some of the E fleet sailors were lucky enough to
be sailing in the other fleets when some wind
developed for the later races in the day. Spectator
boats were available, and many E sailors took
advantage of this to watch some of the other
action.
Thursday's race saw light winds out of the east
that later shifted to the southeast. Friday also
brought about light and shifty conditions. Once again
Brereton dominated followed by Bill Walter, Dave Koch,
McMurray/Gill, and Spring Lake's Fox/Reuterdahl. The
wind refused to cooperate and no second race was sailed.
Saturday looked good early with the E's scheduled to
start at 2:00; however, as time progressed the picture got
worse. Several times dwing the MC race the fleet disappeared
from view as heavy fog rolled in and the winds died.
WESTERN MICHIGAN CHAMPIONSHIP
PLACE BOAT SKIPPER R1 R2 PTS.
1 T0·101 Art Brereton 1 1 0
2 W-30 David Koch 2 3 8.7
3 WH-88 McMurray 4 4 16
4 MU-1 Pete Price 3 10 21.7
5 CR-113 Larry Price 5 7 23
6 CR-100 Bill Walter 15 2 24
7 MU-11 Tom Monroe 6 8 25.7
8 SL-8 Fox/Reuterdahi/Fox 14 5 30
9 WA-11 Chris Herdrich 8 11 31
10 WH-1 Larry Brand 10 9 31
11 MU-22 Paul Wickland 9 6 31.7
12 MU-400 Tom Klaban 7 13 32
13 SL-39 Chris Eggert 13 14 39
14 Cf\-6G Rob Terry 12 16 40
15 MU-7 Steve Schiller 16 12 40
16 MV-49 Jeffrey Felinski 11 20 43
17 1-27 Bill Freytag 18 15 45
18 SL-12 Tad Welch 20 17 49
19 SL-88 Fox/Waring 17 23 52
20 SL-1 11 Bill Waring 22 18 52
21 WH-11 Tracy Brand 19 22 53
22 G-12 Molesta/Sorensen 23 19 54
23 SL-18 Bob Knape 21 21 54
August 10-13 • Muskegon, M l • by .Jeff Feli11ski
Moment of Reckoning at the Western Michigan Championship. Photo by Ted Slater
THE
The C and MC sailors all found their way back to regatta
headquarters at the Muskegon Yacht Club but the afternoon's
E race never got underway.
Even though Muskegon Lake didn't provide the "never
cleat anything" sailing it is known for, everyone seemed to
enjoy the regatta. There were parties every night and the
facilities were excellent thanks to hard work by regatta hosts
Pete and Nancy Price.
REPORTER
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Food For Thought
A good sense of humor and a contagious
never-say-die attitude can do wonders with a
frustrated or discouraged skipper or crew.
Written by David Dellenbaugh in Cruising
Magazine and submitted by Wendy Thrower
1983 Melges "E"
includes '78 aluminum trailer
and two suits of sails.
Re-rigged by Henry Colle in 1989. $3,900.
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