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February Runner Tracks Newsletter
Current Issue: February 2018
Published and delivered all in the same day, here’s the mid-season edition of the IDNIYRA Newsletter, Runner Tracks for your perusal. That’s 2018 DN North American Silver Fleet champion, Steve Madden, on the cover; photo by Gretchen Dorian.
RUNNER TRACKS IS AVAILABLE IN THREE DIFFERENT FORMATS:
Flipbook Magazine (Flash, best for computers)
Download pdf file (best for tablets)
Download single page pdf (best for phones)
- 2018 North Americans Recap by Mike Bloom
- Minutes from the 2018 Annual Meeting
- Western Region Regatta
Get this issue in a full color soft cover book for $18. 
2018 DN North American Championship: The Day in Two Minutes
When someone asks you about DN sailing, all you need to do is take our your phone, dial up YouTube, and show them this extraordinary video created by Jeff Turick. DN sailor Dave Elsmo of Madison, WI put it this way, “This is what it’s about. We might not know why, but we are drawn to it”.
2018 DN North Americans: Jeff Kent’s Drone Footage
Drone footage from previous Gold Cup champion, Jeff Kent, who knows the best place to watch an iceboat race is at the weather mark.
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2018 DN North Americans: Rise of the Drones
As promised, from Up North Imaging Drone Photography, 5 minutes of the regatta from the air.
2018 DN North Americans: UpNorth Imaging Photos
It was an amazing day for aerial shots too. Photographer Charles Dawley’s Flickr page is filled with one great shot after another from the event. Watch for some drone video footage from him as well.
DN North American Championship: The Flag Is UP
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.
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