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The Amazing Doug Harvey
One of our eldest DN sailors and a former Commodore, Michigan’s Doug Harvey US1202, was recently in the news about his role in 84th Infantry Division during WW2.
“You gave me my life,” Sophie Tajch Klisman, a survivor of the Holocaust, told Doug Harvey, a World War II veteran, on the street in front of her home Monday, with media cameras recording and clicking. “You gave me a lot, and I can’t believe it!”
“Well, I was only one of thousands,” Harvey told her, recalling how the United States and its allies fought to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe more than 70 years ago. “You’re like the only one left,” he said, referring to the passing of many of the Holocaust generation. Read more.
The story prompted Daniel Hearn to remember how Doug Harvey also had an impact on his life and ice sailing.
Doug is an amazing man in many ways. I wrote the following story about Doug back in 2009.
Bands of Brothers
The #10 envelope caught my eye in the stack of mail. It was addressed with a typewriter. I only see them now in the offices of laptop-using writers who display them as some sort of romantic reflection of their craft. A dot matrix generated the return address and the postage was 14 cent Iceboat 1880’s stamps. Inside was a neatly typed letter with the formal elegance I recalled from my 7th grade typing class. It was charming in an age when most of our communication is abbreviated gibberish exchanged between hand-held devices. But right there under the author’s city, state and zip was an e-mail address. Just who was this Douglas J. Harvey, and what was with all these intriguing dichotomies?
“I met Bart in 1972 when I was in Europe with the first large group of (US) DN sailors to make the trip.” The letter explained that the two didn’t know each other yet, but they were not far apart in 1944 when Doug was in the Infantry as part of the northern-most troops of the US Army. I did the math. 2009 – 1944 = 65…so, if he were 18 when he began to serve our country, that would make Doug about 83 or 84.
Doug lives in Michigan. Bart Reedijk, who is Dutch, now lives in Germany. Both are active ice sailors. No, not former ice sailors… active ice sailors, TODAY! In fact, Doug is the 2009 Bronze Fleet North American Champion. And for the record, Doug is 84. Although on different continents, Doug and Bart have traveled and raced together on both sides of the pond for decades. They are a Band of Brothers.
The two decided they wanted to do something very special for the sport. So, enclosed was a very generous donation to the North American Ice Opti Racing Association with no earmarks. The letter simply stated, “Use this donation to promote youth ice sailing in any way your organization feels appropriate.”
This little story reminded me that my own love of the sport has as much to do with the camaraderie, the friendships, and the connections that can last a lifetime, as the racing itself. Although not unique to the DN, the size of the class and the geographic distribution tend to make the bands more pronounced. In my relatively brief time in the DN, I’ve already come to know many: the Twin Cities gang; the Lake Geneva contingent; the Pewaukee crew; the legendary Detroit group; the masters of hospitality from Traverse City; the Toledo boys; the Lake Wawasee squadron. And I’m starting to get to know some of great people from the east.
One day I hope to beat Matt Struble and Ron Sherry in even a single race. I might not ever get there, but the funny thing is that it doesn’t really matter. I’m enjoying the journey with my own Band of Brothers. And I’m grateful to Brothers such as Doug and Bart who are helping to ensure that there will be future generations of ice sailors forming bands of their own.
Daniel Hearn US5352
2017 DN North Americans: Congratulations Sherrys
Father and son win both fleets of the North American Championship regatta.Has this ever happened before? Congratulations Ron Sherry for winning the Gold (A) fleet and to Griffin Sherry for winning the Silver (B) fleet.
Provisional results from the DN North American Championship.
2017 IDNIYRA NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP JANUARY 27 - 28, 2017 GREEN BAY PESHTIGO, WI Gold fleet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 44 SHERRY, RON (S) ( 44) 1 1 1 1 2 1 7.00 2 P 114 BURCZYNSKI, MICHAL 5 3 2 ( 10) 5 1 7 23.00 3 US 183 STRUBLE, MATT 1 5 6 3 2 7 ( 12) 24.00 4 P 55 ZAKRZEWSKI, TOMEK 4 4 ( 8) 4 4 6 2 24.00 5 P 31 GRACZYK, ROBERT 2 6 ( 15) 2 10 4 3 27.00 6 P 36 JABLONSKI, KAROL (S) 3 2 (DNF) 5 3 9 11 33.00 7 G 890 PETZKE, HOLGER (S) 7 ( 27) 5 11 7 5 5 40.00 8 M 53 HAMRAK, PETER 12 7 10 ( 30) 8 3 4 44.00 9 US 4691 DENNIS, JOHN (S) 9 ( 10) 9 8 6 8 6 46.00 10 G 936 KOLB, JOST (S) ( 22) 8 3 6 13 13 22 65.00 11 US 5224 THIELER, JAMES 11 18 4 12 11 12 ( 23) 68.00 12 US 60 HARPER, JOHN (M) 13 15 18 19 9 11 ( 32) 85.00 13 US 4824 CHRISTENSEN, MARK (S) ( 21) 19 14 16 17 10 10 86.00 14 US 5116 CLAPP, DAVE (S) 6 ( 45) 7 7 16 23 37 96.00 15 G 737 BOHN, JOERG (S) 23 14 13 9 14 ( 26) 25 98.00 16 G 390 FIEDLER, ANJA 15 17 19 ( 26) 20 14 14 99.00 17 G 679 SCHNEIDER, MARTIN-BJORN (DNS) 25 17 13 19 20 9 103.00 18 US 5166 BERGER, CHRIS 20 ( 36) 11 21 24 19 15 110.00 19 US 2545 DERUSHA, MIKE (S) ( 27) 22 12 23 12 24 19 112.00 20 US 1188 HADLEY, JAMES (S) 17 12 (DNS) 15 15 36 20 115.00 21 US 4926 ORLEBEKE, STEVE 18 26 16 (DNS) 25 22 8 115.00 22 H 467 VAN RIEMSDIJK, DIDERIC (S) 14 20 21 17 18 ( 28) 27 117.00 23 US 4975 EVANS, ROBBIE (S) ( 34) 23 20 14 22 29 18 126.00 24 US 3 GROGAN, JIM (M) 19 24 25 22 ( 26) 15 24 129.00 25 US 5469 MOORE, OLIVER 26 29 24 ( 31) 23 18 13 133.00 26 S 812 KLEMETS, EDDIE (JR) 28 ( 33) 28 24 27 21 16 144.00 27 US 5352 HEARN, DANIEL (S) 30 ( 37) 30 28 32 17 21 158.00 28 US 5214 MCDONAGH, JIM 35 16 27 18 36 27 ( 38) 159.00 29 US 5432 BLOOM, MIKE (S) 43 38 (DNF) 20 30 16 17 164.00 30 H 845 GREVELING, PETER 10 31 ( 33) 32 31 32 29 165.00 31 S 713 GUSTRING, RICKARD (M) 29 30 23 27 34 ( 35) 28 171.00 32 US 5193 ANDERSON, ERIC ( 41) 28 31 29 21 33 34 176.00 33 US 3705 HOLMAN, ROBERT (S) 39 34 29 25 28 30 ( 40) 185.00 34 US 5415 MILLER, CHRIS 24 21 32 (DNS) 37 38 33 185.00 35 US 3283 WILLIAMS, J.BRUCE (GM) 31 32 38 ( 39) 38 25 26 190.00 36 US 5219 BAKER, KENT 32 ( 39) 26 35 33 37 36 199.00 37 R 166 DICHENKO, VALERIY 37 ( 43) 22 36 35 39 31 200.00 38 US 5501 ORLEBEKE, PETER 25 ( 41) 37 37 39 34 30 202.00 39 US 4487 ATKINS, CHAD 8 13 DNF (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 205.00 40 S 81 LINDGREN, TOMAS (S) 16 11 DSQ (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 211.00 41 US 4923 SOLUM, JEFF (S) ( 40) 40 36 34 29 40 35 214.00 42 US 4638 LOVEJOY, GUY 38 35 35 38 ( 41) 41 39 226.00 43 G 107 ZEIGER, BERND 33 9 DNF (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 226.00 44 G 551 SEEGERS, CHRISTIAN (M) 36 42 34 33 40 (DNS) DNS 231.00 45 US 2360 JOHNS, PETE (GM) 42 ( 44) 39 40 42 31 41 235.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds Silver fleet --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 4 SHERRY, GRIFFIN (JR) 1 1 5 ( 12) 10 4 1 22.00 2 Z 102 L'HUILLER, ARNAUD ( 14) 6 3 1 1 7 6 24.00 3 KC 2766 VAN ROSSEM, PETER (S) 8 4 9 ( 20) 4 1 9 35.00 4 US 4961 DAVENPORT, JOHN 3 5 6 11 11 ( 35) 3 39.00 5 US 5053 REIS, GEORGE (M) 4 ( 15) 7 3 2 10 13 39.00 6 US 602 MEYER, TOM (M) ( 12) 3 2 7 7 9 12 40.00 7 KC 4536 CRINION, BOB 9 12 (DNF) 5 3 2 11 42.00 8 KC 5514 CURTIS, JOHN 16 ( 22) 8 4 8 5 2 43.00 9 US 4512 MADDEN, STEVE (M) 5 2 14 10 16 3 ( 19) 50.00 10 US 5358 FROST, DAVID (S) 11 ( 20) 13 6 6 20 4 60.00 11 US 5285 TEAL, CHRIS (S) 7 7 1 2 5 (DNS) DNS 64.00 12 US 5369 MILLER, MIKE (M) 2 14 15 14 12 ( 17) 7 64.00 13 US 5465 NILES, DON (S) 13 8 12 9 9 15 ( 16) 66.00 14 US 472 COBERLY, J. WILLIAM (GM) 6 11 11 15 13 21 (DNS) 77.00 15 US 637 MEADE IV, JOE ( 26) 13 4 16 17 13 15 78.00 16 US 4775 WHITCOMB III, EBEN (S) 18 ( 29) 16 8 25 6 8 81.00 17 KC 3786 NETHERCOTE, WARREN (M) 17 17 10 18 21 11 ( 22) 94.00 18 US 4319 SCHLOEMER, ERICH 15 10 ( 38) 19 14 12 24 94.00 19 US 5506 HURD, CHARLIE (M) 19 9 20 17 18 18 ( 21) 101.00 20 US 1277 BOWMAN, HAL (GM) ( 27) 19 19 21 20 23 5 107.00 21 US 5633 JOHANSON, PETER 22 25 18 25 (DNF) 8 14 112.00 22 US 5852 MALCHESKI, MARTIN (N) ( 29) 18 22 13 15 22 26 116.00 23 US 5172 BETZOLDT, GLENN (M) 10 16 17 ( 27) 26 25 25 119.00 24 KC 4684 SAMPSON, ART (M) 23 23 21 ( 24) 23 14 20 124.00 25 US 5498 GORDON, RICK (S) 24 26 30 22 (DNS) 16 10 128.00 26 US 467 RIAN, MICHAEL (S) ( 33) 21 24 23 22 26 17 133.00 27 US 3433 CUMMINS, ROBERT (M) 20 27 25 30 ( 31) 19 29 150.00 28 US 5576 GAUTHIER, RAY 21 24 29 ( 31) 27 29 31 161.00 29 KC 5591 WEBBER, MIKE (N) 31 28 ( 32) 26 30 24 23 162.00 30 US 5350 TRUESDELL, PETER (S) ( 36) 31 26 29 28 28 27 169.00 31 US 4137 MOYER, KEN 39 37 37 ( 39) 19 34 18 184.00 32 US 6001 MEREDITH, JOHN 30 30 23 32 29 (DNS) DNS 186.00 33 US 1006 VITALE, NICK (M) 28 35 31 ( 37) 32 33 30 189.00 34 US 5593 WOLFFE, TOM 32 ( 36) 35 34 35 27 28 191.00 35 KC 5457 DUNCAN, COLIN (M) 34 32 33 33 ( 36) 30 32 194.00 36 US 5471 CLEARY, TIM 38 34 28 28 24 (DNS) DNS 194.00 37 US 4925 VALENTINE, SCOTT (S) ( 40) 38 34 38 34 32 33 209.00 38 KC 4443 HEFFLER, TERRY 35 39 27 35 33 (DNS) DNS 211.00 39 US 107 KAISER, HENRY (M) 37 ( 40) 36 36 37 31 34 211.00 40 US 5577 HILLYER, CHASE 25 33 DNF (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 226.00 41 P 71 ZIOLKOWSKI, LESZEK (M) 41 DNF DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 251.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds
2017 DN North Americans: Provisional Results Day1
Provisional results from the first day of sailing for the 2017 DN North American Championship regatta sailed on Green Bay, Peshtigo, WI.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS 2017 IDNIYRA NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP JANUARY 27 - 28, 2017 GREEN BAY PESHTIGO, WI Gold fleet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 Points ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 44 SHERRY, RON (S) ( 44) 1 1 1 1 4.00 2 US 183 STRUBLE, MATT 1 5 ( 6) 3 2 11.00 3 P 36 JABLONSKI, KAROL (S) 3 2 (DNS) 5 3 13.00 4 P 114 BURCZYNSKI, MICHAL 5 3 2 ( 10) 5 15.00 5 P 55 ZAKRZEWSKI, TOMEK 4 4 ( 8) 4 4 16.00 6 P 31 GRACZYK, ROBERT 2 6 ( 15) 2 10 20.00 7 G 936 KOLB, JOST (S) ( 22) 8 3 6 13 30.00 8 G 890 PETZKE, HOLGER (S) 7 ( 27) 5 11 7 30.00 9 US 4691 DENNIS, JOHN (S) 9 ( 10) 9 8 6 32.00 10 US 5116 CLAPP, DAVE (S) 6 ( 45) 7 7 16 36.00 11 M 53 HAMRAK, PETER 12 7 10 ( 30) 8 37.00 12 US 5224 THIELER, JAMES 11 ( 18) 4 12 11 38.00 13 G 737 BOHN, JOERG (S) ( 23) 14 13 9 14 50.00 14 US 60 HARPER, JOHN (M) 13 15 18 ( 19) 9 55.00 15 US 1188 HADLEY, JAMES (S) 17 12 (DNS) 15 15 59.00 16 US 4824 CHRISTENSEN, MARK (S) ( 21) 19 14 16 17 66.00 17 H 467 VAN RIEMSDIJK, DIDERIC (S) 14 20 ( 21) 17 18 69.00 18 US 2545 DERUSHA, MIKE (S) ( 27) 22 12 23 12 69.00 19 G 390 FIEDLER, ANJA 15 17 19 ( 26) 20 71.00 20 G 679 SCHNEIDER, MARTIN-BJORN (DNS) 25 17 13 19 74.00 21 US 5166 BERGER, CHRIS 20 ( 36) 11 21 24 76.00 22 US 4975 EVANS, ROBBIE (S) ( 34) 23 20 14 22 79.00 23 US 4926 ORLEBEKE, STEVE 18 26 16 (DNS) 25 85.00 24 US 3 GROGAN, JIM (M) 19 24 25 22 ( 26) 90.00 25 US 5214 MCDONAGH, JIM 35 16 27 18 ( 36) 96.00 26 US 5469 MOORE, OLIVER 26 29 24 ( 31) 23 102.00 27 H 845 GREVELING, PETER 10 31 ( 33) 32 31 104.00 28 S 812 KLEMETS, EDDIE (JR) 28 ( 33) 28 24 27 107.00 29 S 713 GUSTRING, RICKARD (M) 29 30 23 27 ( 34) 109.00 30 US 5193 ANDERSON, ERIC ( 41) 28 31 29 21 109.00 31 US 4487 ATKINS, CHAD 8 13 (DNF) DNS DNS 113.00 32 US 5415 MILLER, CHRIS 24 21 32 (DNS) 37 114.00 33 US 3705 HOLMAN, ROBERT (S) ( 39) 34 29 25 28 116.00 34 S 81 LINDGREN, TOMAS (S) 16 11 (DNF) DNS DNS 119.00 35 US 5352 HEARN, DANIEL (S) 30 ( 37) 30 28 32 120.00 36 US 5219 BAKER, KENT 32 ( 39) 26 35 33 126.00 37 US 5144 DICHENKO, VALERIY 37 ( 43) 22 36 35 130.00 38 US 5432 BLOOM, MIKE (S) 43 38 (DNF) 20 30 131.00 39 G 107 ZEIGER, BERND 33 9 (DNF) DNS DNS 134.00 40 US 5501 ORLEBEKE, PETER 25 ( 41) 37 37 39 138.00 41 US 4923 SOLUM, JEFF (S) 40 ( 40) 36 34 29 139.00 42 US 3283 WILLIAMS, J.BRUCE (GM) 31 32 38 ( 39) 38 139.00 43 G 551 SEEGERS, CHRISTIAN (M) 36 ( 42) 34 33 40 143.00 44 US 4638 LOVEJOY, GUY 38 35 35 38 ( 41) 146.00 45 US 2360 JOHNS, PETE (GM) 42 ( 44) 39 40 42 163.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds Silver fleet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 Points ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Z 102 L'HUILLER, ARNAUD ( 14) 6 3 1 1 11.00 2 US 5285 TEAL, CHRIS (S) ( 7) 7 1 2 5 15.00 3 US 5053 REIS, GEORGE (M) 4 ( 15) 7 3 2 16.00 4 US 4 SHERRY, GRIFFIN (JR) 1 1 5 ( 12) 10 17.00 5 US 602 MEYER, TOM (M) ( 12) 3 2 7 7 19.00 6 US 4961 DAVENPORT, JOHN 3 5 6 ( 11) 11 25.00 7 KC 2766 VAN ROSSEM, PETER (S) 8 4 9 ( 20) 4 25.00 8 KC 4536 CRINION, BOB 9 12 (DNF) 5 3 29.00 9 US 4512 MADDEN, STEVE (M) 5 2 14 10 ( 16) 31.00 10 US 5358 FROST, DAVID (S) 11 ( 20) 13 6 6 36.00 11 KC 5514 CURTIS, JOHN 16 ( 22) 8 4 8 36.00 12 US 5465 NILES, DON (S) ( 13) 8 12 9 9 38.00 13 US 472 COBERLY, J. WILLIAM (GM) 6 11 11 ( 15) 13 41.00 14 US 5369 MILLER, MIKE (M) 2 14 ( 15) 14 12 42.00 15 US 637 MEADE IV, JOE ( 26) 13 4 16 17 50.00 16 US 4319 SCHLOEMER, ERICH 15 10 ( 38) 19 14 58.00 17 KC 3786 NETHERCOTE, WARREN (M) 17 17 10 18 ( 21) 62.00 18 US 5506 HURD, CHARLIE (M) 19 9 ( 20) 17 18 63.00 19 US 4775 WHITCOMB III, EBEN (S) 18 ( 29) 16 8 25 67.00 20 US 5852 MALCHESKI, MARTIN (N) ( 29) 18 22 13 15 68.00 21 US 5172 BETZOLDT, GLENN (M) 10 16 17 ( 27) 26 69.00 22 US 1277 BOWMAN, HAL (GM) ( 27) 19 19 21 20 79.00 23 US 467 RIAN, MICHAEL (S) ( 33) 21 24 23 22 90.00 24 KC 4684 SAMPSON, ART (M) 23 23 21 ( 24) 23 90.00 25 US 5633 JOHANSON, PETER 22 25 18 25 (DNF) 90.00 26 US 5576 GAUTHIER, RAY 21 24 29 ( 31) 27 101.00 27 US 3433 CUMMINS, ROBERT (M) 20 27 25 30 ( 31) 102.00 28 US 5498 GORDON, RICK (S) 24 26 30 22 (DNS) 102.00 29 US 6001 MEREDITH, JOHN 30 30 23 ( 32) 29 112.00 30 US 5350 TRUESDELL, PETER (S) ( 36) 31 26 29 28 114.00 31 US 5471 CLEARY, TIM ( 38) 34 28 28 24 114.00 32 KC 5591 WEBBER, MIKE (N) 31 28 ( 32) 26 30 115.00 33 US 1006 VITALE, NICK (M) 28 35 31 ( 37) 32 126.00 34 KC 4443 HEFFLER, TERRY 35 ( 39) 27 35 33 130.00 35 KC 5457 DUNCAN, COLIN (M) 34 32 33 33 ( 36) 132.00 36 US 4137 MOYER, KEN 39 37 37 ( 39) 19 132.00 37 US 5593 WOLFFE, TOM 32 ( 36) 35 34 35 136.00 38 US 5577 HILLYER, CHASE 25 33 (DNF) DNS DNS 142.00 39 US 4925 VALENTINE, SCOTT (S) ( 40) 38 34 38 34 144.00 40 US 107 KAISER, HENRY (M) 37 ( 40) 36 36 37 146.00 41 P 71 ZIOLKOWSKI, LESZEK (M) 41 DNF (DNS) DNS DNS 167.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds
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