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Para Aramid Tiller Clarification
It has come to the attention of the IDNIYRA and European governing committee that the 2014 vote to allow para aramid in the construction of tillers was conducted incorrectly. It was only sent to ballot in north America and not in Europe. This violates the specifications management agreement.
The IDNIYRA Governing Committee and European Governing Committee, with the concurrence of the technical committee have determined that the original vote allowing the use of Kevlar in the construction of tillers was not a legal vote. Therefore this specification change is reversed. Any member that constructed a tiller of para aramid (Tradename Kevlar) shall notify the governing committee of their respective continent so that tiller may be registered. Any such registered tiller will be allowed for the 2016-17 season.
Since this was originally a North American proposal, the IDNIYRA Governing Committee will resubmit this proposal to a membership vote in the fall of 2017. Any tillers that were built between 2015 and now will be grandfathered in for this season, if they are registered.
Eric Anderson NA IDNIYRA Commodore
Attila Pataki EU IDNIYRA Commodore
Jeff Kent Chairman IDNIYRA Technical Committee
DN Worlds Skippers: Travel Smart!
United States DN sailors traveling to the Worlds – it’s always a good idea to bring a passport no matter where the primary regatta site may be called on. Conditions change. Be prepared!
The goal is to announce the FINAL CALL BY 9 PM CST ON JAN 18. THE LATEST WILL BE NOON JAN 19.
2017 New England Championship Results
The 2017 New England Championship was sailed on Lake Champlain on Saturday, January 14, 2017.
2017 New England Championship - January 14, 2017 Lake Champlain Gold fleet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 4487 ATKINS, CHAD 1 3 1 2 2 3 ( 4) 1 1 14.00 2 US 5469 MOORE, OLIVER ( 3) 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 16.00 3 US 5415 MILLER, CHRIS 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 ( 4) 18.00 4 US 4690 FORTIER, DAVID (S) 8 ( 13) 5 4 5 7 5 8 7 49.00 5 US 5187 MACCORMACK, WILLIAM 4 5 4 5 7 8 8 10 (DNS) 51.00 6 US 4775 WHITCOMB III, EBEN (S) 5 ( 9) 6 7 8 5 7 6 8 52.00 7 US 5606 KNOWLES, MATT 7 8 7 9 ( 10) 6 6 5 5 53.00 8 US 637 MEADE IV, JOE DNF 12 9 (DNS) 4 4 1 4 2 56.00 9 US 4512 MADDEN, STEVE (M) 10 10 DNS 6 6 (DNS) 11 7 6 76.00 10 US 5805 GLUCKMAN, RICHARD 6 11 10 11 ( 12) 10 10 9 9 76.00 11 US 4596 MEYER, CHRIS 13 14 13 12 13 9 9 11 (DNS) 94.00 12 US 5573 FOWLER, NEIL 9 4 11 8 9 DNS (DNS) DNS DNS 101.00 13 US 5440 BISHOP, RICK 12 6 8 10 11 DNS (DNS) DNS DNS 107.00 14 US 4619 POLYBLANK, GUY 11 7 12 (DNS) 16 11 12 DNS DNS 109.00 15 US 5023 STANTON, JOHN 14 15 14 13 14 DNS (DNS) DNS DNS 130.00 16 US 4287 ATKINS, JOHN DNF 16 15 14 15 (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 140.00 17 US 4626 GERVAIS, PAUL (S) 15 DNS DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 155.00 18T US 3301 HAAG, BOB DNS DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 160.00 19T US 4032 SCHUMACHER, ROBERT (M) DNF DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 160.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds
DN Western Regional Regatta Photo Album
A pair of photographers were on Lake Monona shooting the 2017 DN Western Region regatta. They have posted their photo set on Flickr and are encouraging us to download and use as we like.
“My wife and a I had a great time Saturday and Sunday Jan. 7-8 watching the DNs race on Lake Monona and taking a few photos. I’ve put 26 photos up in a album on my Flickr page, here is the link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kdmeyer/sets/72157676991377862
Possibly somebody will enjoy a picture of themselves; the images are full-resolution and free to download with my compliments. Managed to catch both champions including #183 with quite a bit of air under one of his blades.
Thank you, we met some nice people and enjoyed being spectators.”
Worlds & NA Insurance Verification
Registered skippers, if you have not provided insurance verification for the 2017 Worlds & North American regattas, please make certain you either bring a copy of insurance to registration or email a scanned copy or photo to Regatta Chair Mike Miller prior to January 20, 2017.
Mike Miller email: miller.m@mchsi.com
As stated in the Notice of Race: “All participants shall provide proof of $300,000 personal liability at time of Registration.”
Click here to open and check the list of registered sailors to see if you need to bring a copy of your insurance to registration or email a scanned copy to Mike Miller.
We would hate to have people scrambling at the last minute on a Saturday night trying to secure insurance information. Please plan ahead!
2017 DN Worlds & NA Sailing Instructions Posted
The Sailing Instructions for the 2017 World and North American championships have been posted. Access them on the 2017 Worlds webpage or click here to download in pdf.
Agenda for the 2017 NA Meeting
Download 2017 DN NA Annual Meeting Agenda
Agenda for the 2017 IDNIYRA NA Annual Meeting
- Call to order and Welcome, Commodore as Chairman
- Roll Call
- Additions or changes to Agenda
- Secretary’s Report
- Request motion to approve minutes of the 2016 Annual Meeting
(published in the May 2016 issue of Runner Tracks)
- Request motion to approve minutes of the 2016 Annual Meeting
- Treasurer’s Report
- Distribute 2016 Financial Report
- Request motion to approve Financial Report
- Vice Commodore’s Report
- Report on perpetual trophies
- Technical Committee Report
- Junior Program Report and Discussion.
- Old Business – nothing tabled in 2016
- Nomination of Candidates for the 2017? NA Officers
- Nominating Committee Lou L.
- Open Nominations to the floor
- Request a motion to close nominations
- Vote on Candidates for 2017 NA Offices
- Nomination and Election of NA Technical Committee Member
- Discussion of Electronic Balloting
- Proposals (published in the Dec. 2016 Runner Tracks)
- Proposal 1 Change the rules about fleet splitting (Robert Cummins US 3433)
- Proposal 2 Change when competitors must select equipment (Eric Anderson US5193)
- Proposal 3 Eliminate T runners (Eric Anderson US5193)
- Proposal 4 Eliminate runners with welded contact edges( Stellite) (Eric Anderson US5193)
- Proposal 5 Change from 9 runners per regatta to 10 runners, 2 of which must be steering runners (Eric Anderson US5193)
- New Business
- Executive committee items.
- Open floor for proposals.
- Request a motion for adjournment
2017 DN Western Region Regatta Provisional Final Results
The 2017 DN Western Region regatta was completed today on Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin. The breeze filled in late in the morning which allowed for another 3 races in each fleet today.
Congratulations to Gold fleet winner Matt Struble US 183 and Silver fleet winner Bob Rast US 1313 . Thank you to all who came from near and far to participate.
2017 Western Regional Regatta - January 7 - 8, 2017 Lake Monona Madison, WI Gold fleet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 US 183 STRUBLE, MATT 1 1 2 1 3 ( 4) 8.00 2 US 44 SHERRY, RON (S) 2 2 1 ( 6) 1 6 12.00 3 US 4926 ORLEBEKE, STEVE 3 4 5 ( 12) 4 1 17.00 4 US 4691 DENNIS, JOHN (S) 4 7 ( 8) 2 2 2 17.00 5 US 4824 CHRISTENSEN, MARK (S) ( 10) 3 3 4 5 8 23.00 6 US 5224 THIELER, JAMES 5 6 4 3 7 ( 11) 25.00 7 US 5166 BERGER, CHRIS 6 10 6 5 ( 14) 3 30.00 8 US 5501 ORLEBEKE, PETER ( 20) 8 11 7 8 10 44.00 9 US 5486 ELSMO, DAVID ( 22) 9 10 8 6 17 50.00 10 US 5536 SCHMITT, MATT 11 16 7 ( 26) 10 14 58.00 11 US 5352 HEARN, DANIEL (S) 13 13 13 ( 21) 9 18 66.00 12 US 4975 EVANS, ROBERT (S) 9 14 17 ( 23) 15 12 67.00 13 US 5298 BROWN, SCOTT (S) 19 11 9 ( 22) 12 19 70.00 14 US 4148 DIXON, TIM (S) ( 25) 20 12 10 24 5 71.00 15 US 5522 METZLOFF, KYLE 18 15 14 13 ( 19) 13 73.00 16 US 5415 MILLER, CHRIS 8 5 19 ( 27) 17 25 74.00 17 US 4882 WOLLAM, RICHARD (GM) 12 12 22 11 21 ( 23) 78.00 18 US 5432 BLOOM, MIKE (S) 7 19 16 9 (DNF) DNS 81.00 19 US 4155 LEMBERG, RICHARD (M) 17 17 15 ( 28) 13 26 88.00 20 US 4 SHERRY, GRIFFIN (JR) 21 21 20 17 ( 22) 9 88.00 21 US 4923 SOLUM, JEFF (SR) 14 ( 24) 23 14 16 22 89.00 22 US 5451 ALLEN, ANDY (S) 15 22 18 19 27 ( 28) 101.00 23 US 445 CAVE, BOB (M) 26 27 (DNS) 16 26 7 102.00 24 US 602 MEYER, TOM (M) 16 18 21 ( 29) 28 21 104.00 25 US 5430 CUTTING, BILL (S) 29 DNS (DNS) 15 18 15 107.00 26 US 3271 JANKOWSKI, MIKE (M) 24 25 (DNS) 24 20 16 109.00 27 US 5507 BARNETT, MIKE 23 DNS (DNS) 25 11 24 113.00 28 US 2360 JOHNS, PETE (GM) 28 23 (DNS) 20 23 20 114.00 29 US 4868 RICHARDS, JULIE (M) 27 26 (DNS) 18 25 27 123.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds Silver fleet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 1313 RAST, ROBERT (M) ( 5) 3 4 2 2 3 14.00 2 US 4335 GLICK, DAVE (M) 6 6 ( 8) 1 3 4 20.00 3 US 5172 BETZOLDT, GLENN (M) 7 4 ( 7) 3 5 5 24.00 4 US 4203 FITZGERALD, PATRICK (M) ( 15) 2 2 11 7 8 30.00 5 US 5517 THOMPSON, JASON (SR) 4 (DNS) 1 8 4 15 32.00 6 US 5369 MILLER, MIKE (M) 1 1 3 4 (DNF) DNS 38.00 7 US 5506 HURD, CHARLIE (M) 8 15 11 6 ( 19) 1 41.00 8 US 3433 CUMMINS, ROBERT (GM) ( 13) 8 10 9 8 6 41.00 9 US 452 DIXON, LOU (M) 3 5 9 12 ( 14) 13 42.00 10 US 581 RENJI, CLINTON ( 19) 9 6 5 6 16 42.00 11 US 5471 CLEARY, TIM 12 10 5 7 13 ( 14) 47.00 12 US 5479 HEARN, BRIAN (N) 9 11 13 14 ( 16) 9 56.00 13 US 5405 BUSHEY, SAM (JR,N) 14 12 (DNS) 16 9 11 62.00 14 US 4802 KICKHAFER, MATTHEW (JR,N) 18 7 14 ( 20) 20 7 66.00 15 US 4137 SMITH JR, KEN (M) 17 14 15 10 12 ( 18) 68.00 16 US 1277 BOWMAN, HAL (GM) 10 DNS (DNS) 17 11 2 69.00 17 US 5299 CAMARDA, ANDY (N) 2 DNS (DNS) 21 1 23 76.00 18 US 5603 WITMAN, BEN (JR,N) DNS (DNS) 12 15 18 10 84.00 19 US 5158 BUSHEY, JOHN (M) 16 13 (DNS) 24 15 19 87.00 20 US 65 GRAY, ROBERT (GM) 11 DNF (DNS) 18 17 17 92.00 21 US 4602 KICKHAFER, DAVID (SR) DNS DNS (DNS) 13 10 12 93.00 22 US 900 KAISER, HANK (M) 22 16 17 ( 22) 22 20 97.00 23 US 5352 HULL, RONNIE (N) 23 17 16 ( 23) 23 21 100.00 24 US 4140 HOEPER, PETER (M) 21 DNF (DNS) 19 21 22 112.00 25 US 5362 ROSENTHAL, JIM DNS 18 18 (DNS) DNS DNS 123.00 26 US 148 WALTER, IAN 20 DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 136.00 27T P 71 ZIOLKOWSKI, LESZEK (M) DNS DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 145.00 28T US 294 LOENNEKE, LOUIS (GM) DNS DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 145.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds
DN Western Region Update: Day 2
Via Western Region Commodore Mike Miller:
It’s Sunday, January 8, 2017. The first race is postponed until 10:30 AM in order to give the wind time to settle in. Gold fleet will start first.
DN Western Region Championship Provisional Results: Day 1
2017 Western Regional Regatta
January 7 – 8, 2017
Lake Monona
Madison, WI
Gold fleet --------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 Points --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 183 STRUBLE, MATT 1 1 2 4.00 2 US 44 SHERRY, RON (S) 2 2 1 5.00 3 US 4926 ORLEBEKE, STEVE 3 4 5 12.00 4 US 5224 THIELER, JAMES 5 6 4 15.00 5 US 4824 CHRISTENSEN, MARK (S) 10 3 3 16.00 6 US 4691 DENNIS, JOHN (S) 4 7 8 19.00 7 US 5166 BERGER, CHRIS 6 10 6 22.00 8 US 5415 MILLER, CHRIS 8 5 19 32.00 9 US 5536 SCHMITT, MATT 11 16 7 34.00 10 US 5298 BROWN, SCOTT (S) 19 11 9 39.00 11 US 5501 ORLEBEKE, PETER 20 8 11 39.00 12 US 5352 HEARN, DANIEL (S) 13 13 13 39.00 13 US 4975 EVANS, ROBERT (S) 9 14 17 40.00 14 US 5486 ELSMO, DAVID 22 9 10 41.00 15 US 5432 BLOOM, MIKE (S) 7 19 16 42.00 16 US 4882 WOLLAM, RICHARD (M) 12 12 22 46.00 17 US 5522 METZLOFF, KYLE 18 15 14 47.00 18 US 4155 LEMBERG, RICHARD (M) 17 17 15 49.00 19 US 5451 ALLEN, ANDY (S) 15 22 18 55.00 20 US 602 MEYER, TOM (M) 16 18 21 55.00 21 US 4148 DIXON, TIM (S) 25 20 12 57.00 22 US 4923 SOLUM, JEFF (SR) 14 24 23 61.00 23 US 4 SHERRY, GRIFFIN (JR) 21 21 20 62.00 24 US 3271 JANKOWSKI, MIKE (M) 24 25 DNS 79.00 25 US 2360 JOHNS, PETE (GM) 28 23 DNS 81.00 26 US 4868 RICHARDS, JULIE (M) 27 26 DNS 83.00 27 US 445 CAVE, BOB (M) 26 27 DNS 83.00 28 US 5507 BARNETT, MIKE 23 DNS DNS 83.00 29 US 5430 CUTTING, BILL (S) 29 DNS DNS 89.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds Silver fleet -------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 Points -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 5369 MILLER, MIKE (M) 1 1 3 5.00 2 US 1313 RAST, ROBERT (M) 5 3 4 12.00 3 US 452 DIXON, LOU 3 5 9 17.00 4 US 5172 BETZOLDT, GLENN (M) 7 4 7 18.00 5 US 4203 FITZGERALD, PATRICK (M) 15 2 2 19.00 6 US 4335 GLICK, DAVE (M) 6 6 8 20.00 7 US 5471 CLEARY, TIM 12 10 5 27.00 8 US 3433 CUMMINS, ROBERT (M) 13 8 10 31.00 9 US 5479 HEARN, BRIAN 9 11 13 33.00 10 US 5517 THOMPSON, JASON (SR) 4 DNS 1 34.00 11 US 581 RENJI, CLINTON 19 9 6 34.00 12 US 5506 HURD, CHARLIE (M) 8 15 11 34.00 13 US 4802 KICKHAFER, MATTHEW (JR) 18 7 14 39.00 14 US 4137 SMITH JR, KEN (M) 17 14 15 46.00 15 US 5405 BUSHEY, SAM (JR) 14 12 DNS 55.00 16 US 900 KAISER, HANK (M) 22 16 17 55.00 17 US 5352 HULL, RONNIE 23 17 16 56.00 18 US 5158 BUSHEY, JOHN (M) 16 13 DNS 58.00 19 US 5299 CAMARDA, ANDY 2 DNS DNS 60.00 20 US 5362 ROSENTHAL, JIM DNS 18 18 65.00 21 US 1277 BOWMAN, HAL (GM) 10 DNS DNS 68.00 22 US 65 GRAY, ROBERT (GM) 11 DNF DNS 69.00 23 US 5603 WITMAN, BEN (JR) DNS DNS 12 70.00 24 US 148 WALTER, IAN 20 DNS DNS 78.00 25 US 4140 HOEPER, PETER (M) 21 DNF DNS 79.00 26T US 294 LOENNEKE, LOUIS (GM) DNS DNS DNS 87.00 27T US 4602 KICKHAFER, DAVID (SR) DNS DNS DNS 87.00 28T P 71 ZIOLKOWSKI, LESZEK (M) DNS DNS DNS 87.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds
You Don’t Need Wings to Fly!
The 2017 DN Iceboat Worlds are coming January 22-28, 2017 and being hosted by the DN Western Region. Enjoy this promo video by Dave Elsmo.
More information on the 2017 DN Worlds can be found here.
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