North American Championship Update #2
The regatta site decision has been postponed for 24 hours because of unsettled weather conditions in all regions. Thank you for your patience. Next update Friday, January 18 by 10 PM EST.
2018 North Americans Update #1
Racers,
On behalf of the Race Organizers and Governing Committee, we will hope to make the final call for the 2018 NA’s this Thursday at 9 PM EST. As usual the weather is unsettled, and a snowstorm has just or is about to affect many of the potential locations. We simply have to let it pass before we can make a good decision.
Currently we are looking at multiple sites, as far east as Sebago Lake in ME, as far west as Michigan, and at locations in Canada.
When we know where we are going- we will let you know. If you know of good sailable ice, please get that information to your regional Commodore so it can get considered
Think Ice, with no snow, big launch areas, cheap hotels,
Eric Anderson
Commodore IDNIYRA
2018 Western Region Championship Final Results
The 2018 DN Western Regionals are in the books. Even though temperatures were above 10 F today, the overcast skies made it seem even colder than Saturday. Winds were up from yesterday at 8-15 mph. The ice remained hard and fast.
Congratulations to Steve Orlebeke for his win in the Gold Fleet and Mike Barnett in the Silver Fleet. Many thanks to the Western Region Commodore Daniel Hearn, PRO Dan Heany, Race Committee helpers Fred Stritt, Julie Jankowski, and Jori Lenon, and scorer Mercedes Auger. Thanks to Loretta Rehe for tabulating back at the Home Office in Michigan.
PROVISIONAL 2018 WESTERN REGION REGATTA - JANUARY 13 - 14, 2018 LAKE MENDOTA MADISON, WISCONSIN Gold fleet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 4926 ORLEBEKE, STEVE 1 1 4 ( 4) 1 1 1 3 12.00 2 US 4691 DENNIS, JOHN (S) ( 6) 4 1 3 3 3 3 1 18.00 3 US 5166 BERGER, CHRIS (S) 4 ( 9) 8 1 2 5 2 4 26.00 4 US 4824 CHRISTENSEN, MARK (S) 2 ( 11) 3 6 4 2 4 5 26.00 5 US 4975 EVANS, ROBBIE (S) ( 8) 7 2 2 5 4 5 2 27.00 6 US 5432 BLOOM, MIKE (S) 3 2 6 ( 11) 7 6 6 6 36.00 7 US 5352 HEARN, DANIEL (S) 10 ( 10) 7 8 6 7 8 7 53.00 8 US 5508 SUGAR, TIM 5 6 11 9 ( 13) 8 9 8 56.00 9 US 4923 JEFF, SOLUM ( 12) 8 10 5 8 9 10 9 59.00 10 US 5486 ELSMO, DAVID 11 3 5 12 9 (DNS) 7 12 59.00 11 US 5501 ORLEBEKE, PETER 7 5 9 7 ( 11) 10 11 10 59.00 12 US 5536 SCHMITT, MATT 9 12 12 10 ( 12) 11 12 11 77.00 13 US 4249 GLICK, DAVE (M) 13 13 13 13 ( 14) 13 14 13 92.00 14 US 602 MEYER, TOM (M) 14 14 DNS (DNS) 10 12 13 14 92.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds Silver fleet --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 5507 BARNETT, MIKE 1 ( 2) 1 1 2 1 2 1 9.00 2 US 5522 METZLOFF, KYLE 3 4 2 ( 4) 3 2 1 2 17.00 3 US 5479 HEARN, BRIAN 2 1 3 ( 5) 4 3 3 3 19.00 4 US 4203 FITZGERALD, PATRICK (GM) 8 3 ( 10) 9 6 4 4 4 38.00 5 US 548 HOVLAND, NICK 6 7 4 2 ( 12) 5 9 6 39.00 6 US 5517 THOMPSON, JASON (S) 4 9 ( 9) 8 5 6 6 5 43.00 7 US 5602 KICKHAFER, MATTHEW (JR) 10 5 8 7 8 7 5 (DNS) 50.00 8 US 3433 CUMMINS, ROBERT (GM) 9 ( 12) 7 6 9 8 7 8 54.00 9 US 2360 JOHNS, PETE (GM) 7 8 6 10 7 9 12 (DNS) 59.00 10 US 1277 BOWMAN, HAL (GM) 5 6 DNS (DNS) 10 10 8 7 64.00 11 US 5397 FOSSATI, DANNY (N) 12 10 12 12 1 (DNF) 11 10 68.00 12 US 4137 SMITH JR, KEN (M) 13 11 5 3 11 12 (DNS) DNS 73.00 13 US 4602 KICKHAFER, DAVID (S) ( 14) 13 11 11 13 11 10 9 78.00 14 US 1313 RAST, ROBERT (M) 11 14 13 DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 110.00 15 US 888 ROSTEN, THOR (JR) 15 DNS DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS DNS 123.00 16 US 294 LOENNEKE, LOUIS (GM) DNS DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 126.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds
DN Western Region Update for Sunday 1-14
Photo Jori Lenon; Steve Orlebeke loses his head to become more aerodynamic
ATTENTION: RACING TO START AT 11 AM SUNDAY, JAN 14
Via Western Region Commodore Daniel Hearn
Let’s be ready to start first race tomorrow at 11 AM. The temperature is forecast to be 9 degrees by 11 AM and 12 degrees at noon.
2018 DN Western Region Championship Day 1 Results
Line up for the DN Western Region championship on Lake Mendota.
Good Cold Racing
Sailors persevered the single digit temperatures, bright sunshine, and 5-10 mph winds on the regatta’s first day. Many thanks to all who hung in there including the hard working race committee.
PROVISIONAL2018 WESTERN REGION REGATTA - JANUARY 13 - 14, 2018 LAKE MENDOTA MADISON, WISCONSIN Gold fleet ------------------------------------------------------------------ Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 Points ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 US 4926 ORLEBEKE, STEVE 1 1 4 4 10.00 2 US 4691 DENNIS, JOHN (S) 6 4 1 3 14.00 3 US 4975 EVANS, ROBBIE (S) 8 7 2 2 19.00 4 US 4824 CHRISTENSEN, MARK (S) 2 10 3 5 20.00 5 US 5432 BLOOM, MIKE (S) 3 2 6 10 21.00 6 US 5166 BERGER, CHRIS (S) 4 8 8 1 21.00 7 US 5501 ORLEBEKE, PETER 7 5 9 6 27.00 8 US 5508 SUGAR, TIM 5 6 10 8 29.00 9 US 5486 ELSMO, DAVID 11 3 5 11 30.00 10 US 5352 HEARN, DANIEL (S) 10 9 7 7 33.00 11 US 5536 SCHMITT, MATT 9 11 11 9 40.00 12 US 4249 GLICK, DAVE (M) 12 12 12 12 48.00 13 US 602 MEYER, TOM (M) 13 13 DNS DNS 54.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds Silver fleet ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 Points ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 5507 BARNETT, MIKE 1 3 1 1 6.00 2 US 4923 SOLUM, JEFF (S) 4 1 3 2 10.00 3 US 5479 HEARN, BRIAN 2 2 4 6 14.00 4 US 5522 METZLOFF, KYLE 3 5 2 5 15.00 5 US 548 HOVLAND, NICK 7 8 5 3 23.00 6 US 5602 KICKHAFER, MATTHEW (JR) 11 6 9 8 34.00 7 US 4203 FITZGERALD, PATRICK (GM) 9 4 11 10 34.00 8 US 5517 THOMPSON, JASON (S) 5 10 10 9 34.00 9 US 2360 JOHNS, PETE (GM) 8 9 7 11 35.00 10 US 4137 SMITH JR, KEN (M) 14 12 6 4 36.00 11 US 3433 CUMMINS, ROBERT (GM) 10 13 8 7 38.00 12 US 1277 BOWMAN, HAL (GM) 6 7 DNS DNS 49.00 13 US 5397 FOSSATI, DANNY (N) 13 11 13 13 50.00 14 US 4602 KICKHAFER, DAVID (S) 15 14 12 12 53.00 15 US 1313 RAST, ROBERT (M) 12 15 14 DNS 59.00 16 US 888 ROSTEN, THOR (JR) 16 DNS DNS DNS 70.00 17 US 294 LOENNEKE, LOUIS (GM) DNS DNS DNS DNS 72.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds
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