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2018 North Americans: Called ON for Lake Charlevoix, MI
Photo: Amanda Palmer
The 2018 DN North American Championship Regatta has been called on for Lake Charlevoix in Michigan.
LAUNCH
ALTERNATIVE LAUNCH (Whiting Park is closer to sailing area)
Boyne City:
REGISTRATION
Wednesday, January 24
On site: 5 – 7:30 PM at regatta headquarters
Call In: 401-787-4567
Opening Ceremony: 8 PM
LODGING:
Odawa Hotel
1444 US-131, Petoskey, MI 49770
(231) 347-6041
$89 Wednesday & Thursday night
$119 Friday & Saturday night
Includes $15 casino voucher for each night, hot buffet breakfast, indoor pool, and hut tub
RACING BEGINS THURSDAY, JAN 25
ANNUAL MEETING: THURSDAY EVENING, JAN 25
2018 North Americans Update #6: DN DAWN PATROL EVE
Join the crowd.
All the pieces are in place tonight for DN Dawn Patrol Tuesday. Sailors are ready to sail and inspect ice with the intent of announcing the site for 2018 DN North American Championship. We will make a decision by 1 PM EST Tuesday, with registration and opening ceremonies on Wednesday evening January 24th, and first races TBD on Thursday morning.
Next update Tuesday, January 23 by 1 PM EST.
2018 North Americans Update #5: DN DAWN PATROL TUESDAY
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The regatta organizing committee has postponed the site decision.
Mother Nature has been testing our patience. We truly appreciate and thank all of you for trusting us to do our best for you.
We are dealing with some uncertainty as to how the precipitation and following cold temperatures will affect the sites under consideration. The positives right now are that we have our assets positioned in key areas to help us scout ice. Sites under consideration are Lake Winnebago at Fond du Lac, Wi, Madison, WI, Lake Charlevoix, Michigan, Lake St. Clair, Michigan. If none of these venues prove sailable after the storm, Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire remains an option.
We are confident that we will get this regatta in. Please take this time to relax and enjoy. Ice scouts should be ready to go on DN Dawn Patrol Tuesday morning to gather information in time for our 12 noon EST conference call. We are hoping to make the final decision by 1 PM EST Tuesday, with registration and opening ceremonies on Wednesday evening January 24th, and first races TBD on Thursday morning.
Next update Tuesday, January 23 by 1 PM EST.
2018 North Americans Update #4
Sit Tight!
The organizing committee has postponed the selection of the regatta site until 7:30 PM EST, Sunday, January 21, 2018.
At this point, we have possible sailable venues on Lake Charlevoix in Michigan and Senachwine Lake in Illinois. Weather issues for Lake Charlevoix include chances of mixed precipitation and lake effect snow on Monday through Tuesday.
Weather issues for Senachwine Lake include a long stretch of warm temperatures with two days into the 50s forecast during the race week. Other locations that are not regatta quality but are still under consideration with the current weather pattern include Kingston, Ontario in Canada, Lake Sebago, Maine, Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, Lake St. Clair. Michigan, Houghton Lake, Michigan, and the greater Madison region in Wisconsin. We will have ice scouts at these sites tomorrow and we will do our best to keep you informed. Thank you for your patience and thanks to the ice scouts who are trying to make this happen.
Next update by 7:30 PM EST Sunday, January 21, 2018.
2018 North Americans Update #3
Coming soon! Photo: Rick Myslinski.
The organizing committee has postponed the selection of the regatta site until 4:30 PM EST, Saturday, January 20, 2018.
Our primary site locations at this point are the greater Lake St. Clair region near Detroit, Michigan and the greater Madison, Wisconsin area. Registration has been moved to Monday evening, January 22 at the earliest.
We have two days of warm weather at both locations with a precipitation event on Monday for both locations. Changing ice surface conditions as the weather pattern moves through these areas is causing the delay. Delaying the site selection gives us more time to assess conditions in those regions.
There is a probability that after the weather pattern passes through there could be shell ice, drain holes, and shoreline erosion at either location. Drifts at both locations may not perfectly flatten out after the weather event.
Next update by 4:30 PM EST Saturday, January 20, 2018.
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
DN Western Region Update: First Start @ Noon
Attention DN Western Region Competitors!
The first race start has been moved to 12:00 noon CST in order to allow the temperatures to moderate. It’s -3F at 6AM.
If you have friends on the road, please let them know.
REGISTRATION: Registration will be in the parking lot at the launch site from 10:00 – 11:00 AM CST.
See you on the ice. It’s going to be a beautiful,sunny day on Lake Mendota!
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