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
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Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
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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
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Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
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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
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!
The DN Western Region regatta is called ON for Madison, WI for January 13-14, 2018 on Lake Mendota. Launch out of Mendota County Park. Both Mendota and Monona were inspected and Mendota’s sheet was found to be the better of the two sheets. You will need a Dane County Lake Access Permit to launch from this site. See information below. See Notice of Race
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
•Friday: 7-9 PM Registration at Regatta Hotel Headquarters @ AmericInn, 101 West Broadway, Monona, WI
•Sat 8-9 on ice registration
•Sat 9:30 Skippers Meeting
•Sat 10:30 First DN start
•Sunday 10:00 First DN start. No race will start after 2:30 PM
LAUNCH INFORMATION
Mendota County Park
5133 Co Hwy M
Middleton, WI 53562 DANE COUNTY LAKE ACCESS PERMIT REQUIRED Buy at the launch site or buy online at this link:Â https://www.reservedane.com/permits.aspx
HOTEL INFORMATION Regatta Headquarters: AmericInn Lodge and Suites Madison South
101 W. Broadway
Madison, WI
608-222-8601 americinn.com
20 rooms available (queens)
$79 – $99 plus tax
Pool, hot tub, breakfast
Country Inn and Suites by Carlson
400 River Place
Madison, WI
608-221-0055 countryinns.com
15 rooms available
$109 Friday, $96 Sat. plus tax
Pool, hot tub, breakfast
Sleep Inn and Suites
4802 Tradewinds Pkwy
608-221-8100 sleepinnmadison.com
21 rooms available for Fri and Sat
$84 plus tax
Pool, hot tub, breakfast
The DN Western Region Championship is tentatively scheduled for January 13-14, 2018. Here’s an update from Western Region Commodore Daniel Hearn.
UPDATE 2: January 11, 2018 @12:30 PM CST
Please be patient. I understand many are anxious for the call, but I won’t have enough information to make a decision until sometime Friday morning. Right now it’s 47 degrees in Madison and we’ve got lots of water on top of ice on all the Madison area lakes. Same on Green Lake, Winnebago, Delavan and Lake Geneva. When the temps drop back below freezing this afternoon and get down to 9 degrees overnight, we could have either hockey rinks or runner swallowing shell ice and drain holes. The radical temperature shift could also create cracks/heaves. Unfortunately, I’m just not going to know until tomorrow. A number of us will be on Middleton Bay on the west end of Lake Mendota early tomorrow morning. It is our intention to inspect and sail, and call the event “ON” if at all possible. Lake Mendota remains our most probable possibility, but the other lakes mentioned above are not out of consideration. Others will be inspecting those tomorrow morning, as well.
Stay tuned…
Daniel Hearn
Western Region Commodore
US 5352
Ice Sailing Friends:
The Western Regional Championships remain a possibility for this weekend. Here’s what I know—
The big Zamboni is working overtime this week on the Madison area lakes. We’ve been above freezing during the day all week with a high of 46 expected Thursday, along with some rain. This should all but eliminate the modest amount of snow we have on our ice. Then, we’re back to 12 degrees overnight Thursday, with a high of 20 on Friday and down to Zero overnight Friday. All of these factors could set us up for a choice between sheets on the Madison area lakes, but there is a possibility that we could receive some mixed precipitation Thursday evening as temperatures drop back down. If we’re lucky, the precip will have ended as the temps drop back below freezing.
Don’t believe it’s been warm enough to the north to eliminate the snow that has landed on the ice.
To the south, the warm temps have not allowed Lake Geneva to lock up yet to safe sailing conditions. Have not heard any more about Lake Decatur or any other sheets in southern Illinois or Indiana.
Have not heard any promising reports coming out of the bays of Green Bay.
Please keep ice reports coming my way!
All of this means that I am anticipating a late go/no-go call, possibly as late as noon on Friday. Have your stuff ready to go, because it just might happen! Many sailors are anxious to get in some tiller time before the North Americans, which open the following weekend. If we can’t pull Westerns off this weekend, we will postpone until after North Americans.
The 4LIYC will be checking ice on Friday. If sailable conditions exist, at a minimum, you can anticipate that scrub racing will be happening. I’m placing my personal bet on the west end of Lake Mendota.
Until later this week…
Daniel Hearn
Western Region Commodore
US 5352
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