2018 DN North American Championship: Take A Ride With Pete
Ride along with one of our most experienced DN sailors, Pete Johns, as he sails in the 2018 DN North American Championship. Video here.
2018 DN North American Photos from Gretchen Dorian
Photo: gretchendorian.com 3 and 4, Jim Grogan & Griffin Sherry
Photographer Gretchen Dorian has been busy editing and has begun posting her regatta pictures. Take a few minutes to scroll through the Gold Fleet photos. There will be more to come so check back on her website in the coming days.
2018 North American Championship: Results
Congratulations to all for a successful regatta.
Provisional results
2018 IDNIYRA NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP - JANUARY 24 - 27, 2018
LAKE CHARLEVOIX
PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN
Gold fleet
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Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 Points
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1 US 44 SHERRY, RON (S) 2 3 ( 3) 1 3 9.00
2 US 4691 DENNIS, JOHN (S) 4 (DNF) 1 3 2 10.00
3 US 4926 ORLEBEKE, STEVE 1 2 11 ( 16) 1 15.00
4 US 5224 THIELER, JAMES 3 1 9 ( 15) 11 24.00
5 US 4975 EVANS, ROBBIE (S) 7 ( 18) 2 8 9 26.00
6 US 4487 ATKINS, CHAD 9 9 5 4 ( 15) 27.00
7 US 4824 CHRISTENSEN, MARK (S) 11 7 4 5 ( 18) 27.00
8 US 4638 LOVEJOY, GUY (S) ( 21) 10 13 2 7 32.00
9 US 5166 BERGER, CHRIS (S) 8 4 ( 27) 12 12 36.00
10 US 3 GROGAN, JIM (M) 17 12 ( 22) 6 4 39.00
11 G 551 SEEGERS, CHRISTIAN (M) 5 11 10 14 ( 21) 40.00
12 G 107 ZEIGER, BERND ( 25) 14 14 7 6 41.00
13 US 4 SHERRY, GRIFFIN (JR) 18 13 7 9 ( 19) 47.00
14 US 216 POTCOVA, RICHARD (S) ( 23) 5 12 13 20 50.00
15 US 5014 ISABELL, MARK ( 26) 19 6 22 8 55.00
16 G 679 SCHNEIDER, MARTIN-BJORN 6 6 40 (DNS) 5 57.00
17 US 60 HARPER, JOHN (M) 14 16 ( 28) 19 14 63.00
18 S 713 GUSTRING, RICHARD (M) ( 24) 23 15 17 10 65.00
19 US 5432 BLOOM, MIKE (S) ( 27) 15 17 11 22 65.00
20 US 5116 CLAPP, DAVE (S) ( 30) 21 23 10 17 71.00
21 US 2545 DERUSHA, MIKE (S) 22 17 20 ( 26) 13 72.00
22 US 1188 HADLEY, JAMES (S) 16 ( 31) 8 18 31 73.00
23 US 5193 ANDERSON, ERIC 15 20 19 21 ( 26) 75.00
24 US 4480 STANGE, AARON 12 26 21 ( 33) 25 84.00
25 US 807 FRANCIS, JR 10 ( 34) 24 23 32 89.00
26 US 3283 WILLIAMS, J.BRUCE (GM) 19 27 16 ( 29) 29 91.00
27 S 107 BOKFORS, STEFAN (S) 28 ( 33) 18 24 23 93.00
28 US 5415 MILLER, CHRIS 35 8 ( 38) 20 36 99.00
29 US 2500 SMITH, ERIC (S) 36 30 25 ( 40) 16 107.00
30 US 4868 RICHARDS, JULIE (M) ( 38) 32 26 25 27 110.00
31 Z 102 L'HUILLER, ARNAUD ( 37) 29 33 28 24 114.00
32 US 4882 WOLLAM, RICHARD (GM) 29 ( 37) 30 27 30 116.00
33 KC 4360 BABY, ANDRE (GM) 33 22 29 32 (DNS) 116.00
34 G 737 BOHN, JOERG (S) 13 ( 36) 32 36 35 116.00
35 US 3705 HOLMAN, ROBERT (S) 31 25 ( 35) 31 33 120.00
36 KC 4536 CRINION, BOB (M) ( 39) 24 36 34 28 122.00
37 KC 5514 CURTIS, JOHN 32 28 ( 37) 30 34 124.00
38 H 467 VAN RIEMSDIJK, DIDERIC (S) 20 35 41 39 (DNS) 135.00
39 US 5369 MILLER, MIKE (M) 34 ( 38) 31 37 38 140.00
40 US 5592 SMITH, MICHAEL (JR) ( 40) 40 34 38 37 149.00
41 US 294 LOENNEKE, LOUIS (GM) (DNF) 39 39 35 DNS 156.00
42 US 5053 REIS, GEORGE (M) DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 172.00
Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds
Silver fleet
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Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 Points
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1 US 4512 MADDEN, STEVE (M) ( 21) 1 2 1 2 6.00
2 US 4009 BRUSH, DON (M) 1 2 3 2 ( 9) 8.00
3 US 5219 BAKER, KENT 2 4 ( 26) 5 4 15.00
4 US 5435 KJOLLER, JODY 7 5 7 6 ( 30) 25.00
5 US 4775 WHITCOMB III, EBEN (S) ( 15) 8 1 12 5 26.00
6 US 5358 FROST, DAVID (S) ( 16) 3 8 15 6 32.00
7 US 4249 GLICK, DAVE (M) 3 11 6 ( 17) 14 34.00
8 US 610 JONES, DONALD (GM) 6 ( 14) 9 11 10 36.00
9 US 4155 LEMBERG, RICHARD (M) ( 24) 9 4 8 16 37.00
10 US 5451 ALLEN, ANDREW (S) 4 10 5 19 ( 33) 38.00
11 KC 3786 NETHERCOTE, WARREN (M) 11 17 ( 24) 9 7 44.00
12 US 3433 CUMMINS, ROBERT (GM) 14 16 11 4 ( 18) 45.00
13 US 4974 JONES, STAN (GM) 9 ( 21) 17 10 11 47.00
14 US 445 CAVE, BOB (M) 18 7 22 ( 24) 1 48.00
15 KC 4684 SAMSON, ART (M) 13 ( 37) 10 7 19 49.00
16 US 637 MEADE IV, JOE 8 12 19 ( 26) 15 54.00
17 US 5285 TEAL, CHRIS (S) 10 ( 27) 15 21 13 59.00
18 US 4203 FITZGERALD, PATRICK (GM) ( 23) 15 13 13 21 62.00
19 US 5350 TRUESDELL, PETER (S) ( 27) 23 21 3 17 64.00
20 US 5465 NILES, DON (S) 12 13 ( 33) 22 23 70.00
21 US 2360 JOHNS, PETE (GM) 5 19 23 23 ( 31) 70.00
22 US 5498 GORDON, RICK (S) 19 25 ( 25) 18 12 74.00
23 US 1277 BOWMAN, HAL (GM) ( 34) 6 12 30 26 74.00
24 US 1313 RAST, ROBERT (M) 17 29 18 14 (DNS) 78.00
25 US 5430 CUTTING, BILL (S) 26 18 20 16 ( 27) 80.00
26 US 582 GORDON, CHRIS ( 31) 24 14 31 22 91.00
27 US 4137 SMITH JR, KEN (M) 20 20 ( 34) 29 25 94.00
28 US 4690 FORTIER, DAVE (DNS) 22 30 34 8 94.00
29 US 4925 VALENTINE, SCOTT (S) 32 30 31 ( 36) 3 96.00
30 KC 5457 DUNCAN, COLIN (M) 30 ( 32) 29 20 20 99.00
31 US 581 RENJI, CLINTON 22 26 27 25 (DNS) 100.00
32 KC 5591 WEBBER, MIKE 28 28 ( 32) 27 24 107.00
33 US 107 KAISER, HANK (M) 25 ( 33) 28 32 29 114.00
34 US 8 MCGOWAN, PETER 29 34 ( 36) 33 32 128.00
35 P 71 ZIOLKOWSKI, LESZEK (M) (DNS) DNS 16 28 DNS 128.00
36 US 209 ROSE,III, TREY (N) 35 ( 35) 35 35 28 133.00
37 KC 3475 DRUIVEN, LESTER (S),(N) 36 36 37 (DNS) DNS 151.00
38 US 1576 JONES, BRIAN (N) DNS 31 (DNF) DNS DNS 157.00
39 US 3743 CARNAGHI, J.P.(S) 33 DNS (DNS) DNS DNS 159.00
40T US 1630 CONNELL, DANIEL (S) DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 168.00
41T US 3535 KENT, JEFFREY (M) DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 168.00
Scoring system: IDNIYRA WorldsWe Did It! Prize Giving at 8:30 PM
What a week! Thanks to the efforts of the regatta organizers and competitors who stuck with it, The 2018 North American Championship is in the books.
Awards ceremony is 8:30 PM tonight in the Odawa Hotel bar and lounge.
2018 DN North American Championship: In the News
On TV
Video at link.
More than 90 participants registered for the race, coming from more than ten states, and even countries as far as Germany and Sweden.
Lake Charlevoix was chosen by the Detroit News Ice Yacht Racing Association for their Central Region North American Championship.
In the newspaper:
Ice sailors from around the world race on Lake Charlevoix
CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) — Almost 100 ice sailors from around the world have converged on Lake Charlevoix for a North American championship race.
“It’s exhilarating, is the first word that comes to mind,” said James Thieler, a sailor from Newport, Rhode Island.
“Lots of people love it, especially the people who are here right now,” said Robbie Evans, who lives from Minnesota.
2018 North Americans Starting Positions: Day 1: Silver Revised
ATTENTION SILVER FLEET SAILORS! Please review your starting positions this morning because they have been revised from last night. Gold Fleet starting positions remain the same.
** Random sort for starting positions ** -----------------Gold fleet roster----------------- Sail Number Name Rank --------------------------------------------------- 1 US 5224 THIELER , JAMES 2 US 3283 WILLIAMS , J.BRUCE (GM) 3 S 713 GUSTRING , RICHARD (M) 1 4 G 679 SCHNEIDER , MARTIN-BJORN 5 US 807 FRANCIS , JR 6 US 5432 BLOOM , MIKE (S) 7 Z 102 L'HUILLER , ARNAUD 8 X 5369 MILLER,M , XII 9 X 4882 WOLLAM,D , III 10 US 5053 REIS , GEORGE (M) 11 X 294 LOENNEKE,L , IX 12 G 737 BOHN , JOERG (S) 13 X 5193 ANDERSON,E , II 14 X 2500 SMITH,E , VIII 15 US 3 GROGAN , JIM (M) 16 X 5415 MILLER,C , IV 17 US 4691 DENNIS , JOHN (S) 18 X 4536 CRINION,B , X 19 H 467 VAN RIEMSDIJK, DIDERIC (S) 20 US 4975 EVANS , ROBBIE (S) 21 US 3705 HOLMAN , ROBERT (S) 22 US 4824 CHRISTENSEN , MARK (S) 23 US 4 SHERRY , GRIFFIN (JR) 24 US 216 POTCOVA , RICHARD (S) 25 US 4926 ORLEBEKE , STEVE 26 X 5514 CURTIS,J , XI 27 US 5144 BOKFORS , STEFAN (S) 28 X 4360 BABY,A , V 29 US 60 HARPER , JOHN (M) 30 US 5014 ISABELL , MARK 31 US 2545 DERUSHA , MIKE (S) 32 US 5166 BERGER , CHRIS (S) 33 US 1188 HADLEY , JAMES (S) 34 G 107 ZEIGER , BERND 35 US 4868 RICHARDS , JULIE (M) 36 X 4638 LOVEJOY,G , I 37 G 551 SEEGERS , CHRISTIAN (M) 38 US 44 SHERRY , RON (S) 39 X 4482 STANGE,A , VI 40 X 5592 SMITH,M , VII 41 US 4487 ATKINS , CHAD 42 US 5116 CLAPP , DAVE (S) 2018 IDNIYRA NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP - JANUARY 24 - 27, 2018 LAKE CHARLEVOIX PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN Silver fleet -------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 Points -------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 4009 BRUSH, DON (M) 1 1.00 2 US 5219 BAKER, KENT 2 2.00 3 US 4249 GLICK, DAVE (M) 3 3.00 4 US 5451 ALLEN, ANDREW (S) 4 4.00 5 US 2360 JOHNS, PETE (GM) 5 5.00 6 US 610 JONES, DONALD (GM) 6 6.00 7 US 5435 KJOLLER, JODY 7 7.00 8 US 637 MEADE IV, JOE 8 8.00 9 US 4974 JONES, STAN (GM) 9 9.00 10 US 5285 TEAL, CHRIS (S) 10 10.00 11 KC 3786 NETHERCOTE, WARREN (M) 11 11.00 12 US 5465 NILES, DON (S) 12 12.00 13 KC 4684 SAMSON, ART (M) 13 13.00 14 US 3433 CUMMINS, ROBERT (GM) 14 14.00 15 US 4775 WHITCOMB III, EBEN (S) 15 15.00 16 US 5358 FROST, DAVID (S) 16 16.00 17 US 1313 RAST, ROBERT (M) 17 17.00 18 US 445 CAVE, BOB (M) 18 18.00 19 US 5498 GORDON, RICK (S) 19 19.00 20 US 4137 SMITH JR, KEN (M) 20 20.00 21 US 4512 MADDEN, STEVE (M) 21 21.00 22 US 581 RENJI, CLINTON 22 22.00 23 US 4203 FITZGERALD, PATRICK (GM) 23 23.00 24 US 4155 LEMBERG, RICHARD (M) 24 24.00 25 US 107 KAISER, HANK (M) 25 25.00 26 US 5430 CUTTING, BILL (S) 26 26.00 27 US 5350 TRUESDELL, PETER (S) 27 27.00 28 KC 5591 WEBBER, MIKE 28 28.00 29 US 8 MCGOWAN, PETER 29 29.00 30 KC 5457 DUNCAN, COLIN (M) 30 30.00 31 US 582 GORDON, CHRIS 31 31.00 32 US 4925 VALENTINE, SCOTT (S) 32 32.00 33 US 3743 CARNAGHI, J.P.(S) 33 33.00 34 US 1277 BOWMAN, HAL (GM) 34 34.00 35 US 209 ROSE,III, ARTHUR (N) 35 35.00 36 KC 3475 DRUIVEN, LESTER (S),(N) 36 36.00 37T US 1630 CONNELL, DANIEL (S) DNS 41.00 38T US 1576 JONES, BRIAN (N) DNS 41.00 39T US 3535 KENT, JEFFREY (M) DNS 41.00 40T P 71 ZIOLKOWSKI, LESZEK (M) DNS 41.00
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