2001 Central Lakes Regional ChampionshipThe Central Lakes Regional Championship was held on Gull Lake, MI over the weekend of January 20 & 21. The lake was almost completely snow free, but had some rough spots and occasional patches of sticky snow. On Saturday the wind refused to cooperate, and the sailors were once again left standing around in bright sunlight chatting and comparing boats. Late in the day the wind picked up a little, allowing the race committee to set a course and complete two races in each fleet. The racing on Saturday was mixed up enough in Gold fleet to have two boats tied for 1st place, and five boats tied for 2nd place!!! Greg Smith and Jan Gougeon got off to a good start and traded 1st and 2nd places. Following them it was anybody's guess with five boats tied for 2nd, and 8th place only one point behind them. In Silver fleet, Ray Croasdale was battling with Eric Ryan for 1st place, and they were also tied on Saturday night. On Sunday, we woke up to an overcast day, and early wind that was already building. There was a slight delay while the lake was checked for better ice, and the wind had a chance to settle in a bit. Winds of 10-12 MPH made for more excitement than the light winds the day before, and racing proceeded quickly. We sailed on a course between 1/2 and 3/4 mile long, with lots of shifts to keep things interesting. The race committee managed to complete five more races for each fleet. Greg Smith sailed a consistent regatta, rarely giving an inch of slack to his competitors, but Jan Gougeon was nipping constantly at his tail. Matt Struble and Bryan Brieden tied for 3rd place, with Matt winning the tiebreaker. John Harper made a comeback on Sunday and finished in 5th place. Ray Croasdale really heated things up in Silver fleet on Sunday, taking two 1st places, two 2nd places, and a 5th place (his throwout) to clinch the Silver trophy. Eric Ryan finished in 2nd place, one point ahead of Vince Labozzetta, who was closing the gap with every race. After a slow start and the feeling that another weekend of iceboating might slip away, we had some great sailing to round out a fine weekend. We also enjoyed excellent hospitality from the local fleet. After racing we were treated to some home-cooked soup and barbecue next to a fire pit. Debbie Goodwin and Marcus Zulke handled all the scoring chores, making the whole thing look easy as usual. There was a lot of volunteer help in setting the starting line and marks, many thanks to all that helped make the event come off so well. Paul Goodwin - US 46 Gold fleet
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 3662 SMITH, GREGORY 1 2 2 1 3 1 ( 5) 10.00 2 US 1183 GOUGEON(S), JAN 2 1 3 2 1 ( 4) 3 12.00 3 US 183 STRUBLE, MATT 8 4 4 4 2 ( 10) 6 28.00 4 US 4175 BRIEDEN, II, BRYAN 7 5 5 ( 9) 4 5 2 28.00 5 US 4379 HARPER, JOHN 9 ( 11) 6 5 5 3 4 32.00 6 US 44 Sherry, Ron DNS (DNS) 1 3 7 2 1 44.00 7 US 882 GOUGEON(M), MEADE 3 9 ( 10) 8 9 8 8 45.00 8 US 3283 WILLIAMS(S), J. BRUCE 6 6 ( 16) 6 11 7 10 46.00 9 US 4055 STRUBLE(S), BOB 10 3 7 7 8 11 ( 14) 46.00 10 US 46 GOODWIN, PAUL 4 8 8 11 (DNF) 6 20 57.00 11 US 118 CARTWRIGHT, CLIFF ( 23) 14 9 20 10 9 9 71.00 12 US 3 Grogan, Jim DNS (DNS) 14 12 6 14 7 83.00 13 US 610 JONES(M), DONALD 14 19 18 ( 22) 14 12 12 89.00 14 US 2360 JOHNS(M), PETE 13 16 15 ( 21) 19 15 13 91.00 15 US 5014 ISABELL, MARK 17 15 ( 21) 18 17 17 11 95.00 16 US 4192 ROGOSKI, RANDY 11 24 12 ( 26) 13 21 16 97.00 17 US 294 LOENNEKE(S), LOUIS 12 10 13 17 16 (DNS) DNS 98.00 18 US 4155 LEMBERG, RICHARD 19 ( 26) 11 14 20 16 19 99.00 19 US 4710 KENNEDY, THOMAS 5 ( 25) 20 15 22 18 23 103.00 20 US 4974 JONES(M), STAN 18 21 23 10 ( 24) 19 15 106.00 21 US 4000 JOHNSON(S), RANDY 24 (DNF) 17 19 18 13 17 108.00 22 US 445 CAVE, BOB 22 7 26 13 12 (DNS) DNS 110.00 23 US 1202 HARVEY(M), DOUGLAS 20 12 22 23 23 ( 26) 22 122.00 24 US 4926 Orlebeke, Steve 26 18 25 ( 28) 15 20 18 122.00 25 US 406 COBERLY, CHAD 15 13 24 16 (DNS) DNS DNS 128.00 26 US 4915 COOK(S), BOB 16 23 ( 27) 25 25 23 21 133.00 27 US 4755 LEMBERG, JR, RICK 21 20 19 24 ( 27) 24 26 134.00 28 US 4137 SMITH JR., KEN 27 22 ( 28) 27 21 22 25 144.00 29 US 1854 THIESSEN(M), BOB 25 17 29 ( 29) 26 25 24 146.00 Silver
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 1873 CROASDALE(M), RAYMOND 1 2 2 1 ( 5) 2 1 9.00 2 US 5123 RYAN, ERIK 2 1 1 5 ( 6) 3 5 17.00 3 US 4962 LABOZZETTA, VINCE 3 ( 13) 7 4 1 1 2 18.00 4 US 4968 Wheatley, D. Edward ( 23) 3 3 6 9 5 9 35.00 5 US 4297 WEITZMANN, JAMES 7 9 10 ( 12) 2 4 6 38.00 6 US 4826 CROASDALE, CHRIS 12 11 ( 15) 2 3 6 8 42.00 7 US 4730 LEONARD, DAVE 4 6 12 9 ( 13) 9 3 43.00 8 US 4328 KLINE, RANDALL ( 17) 12 11 10 7 8 10 58.00 9 US 2780 NICHOLS(M), MEL 10 8 ( 13) 11 12 11 7 59.00 10 US 5122 YOUNG, CHARLIE 8 15 9 ( 16) 10 10 12 64.00 11 US 4794 Blacklock(S), Peter DNS (DNS) 6 13 4 7 4 66.00 12 US 151 LEONARD, BRUCE 9 7 17 7 14 ( 23) 17 71.00 13 US 4 VANDERBERG(M), EVERT 11 17 14 14 8 12 (DNS) 76.00 14 US 4757 FREDRICKSON, JOHN 14 18 16 (DSQ) 11 17 11 87.00 15 US 5172 Betzoldt(S), Glenn 15 10 ( 22) 20 18 13 18 94.00 16 US 1277 Bowman(M), Hal 21 ( 26) 8 8 24 20 13 94.00 17 US 472 COBERLY(S), J. WILLIAM 13 14 4 3 (DNS) DNS DNS 98.00 18 US 4436 LINSNER(S), ARTHUR 18 16 20 ( 21) 15 16 14 99.00 19 US 4580 LOWSTUTER(S)(Alum), BRUCE 19 ( 23) 18 19 20 15 16 107.00 20 US 4959 Hutchinson(M), Bruce 22 ( 25) 21 15 22 14 15 109.00 21 US 4246 HARRISON, RITCH 26 21 19 18 16 19 (DNS) 119.00 22 US 4989 Hutchinson, Drew 20 19 (DNF) 22 21 18 21 121.00 23 US 4998 Waldorf, C. Mac 16 20 5 (DNF) 19 DNS DNS 124.00 24 US 3400 GIBSON(M), DAVID ( 24) 22 23 17 23 21 19 125.00 25 US 5084 STEFANSKI, AL 5 4 DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 137.00 26 US 2138 LONG(S), GEORGE 6 5 DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 139.00 27 US 4114 Hudak(M), John 28 DNF 24 23 (DNS) 22 20 149.00 28 US 5110 MACK(Alum), GEORGE 30 24 25 24 17 (DNS) DNS 152.00 29 US 4085 Mason(M), Lynn 25 DNF DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 185.00 30 US 4160 Hoffman(S)(Alum), Rick 27 DNF DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 187.00 31 US 4755 Schwartz(S)(Alum), Tom 29 DNF DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 189.00Updated January 24, 2001 |