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Cruiser Fleet Captain Betsey Day  827- 5934 daybuss charter.net

August 15, 2008

Cruiser Photos Now Posted

Here is a page of pictures from Bill Schellpfeffer took while doing ROA duties on August 6, 2008.

July 7, 2008

Weekend Racing Photos Posted

First, here's a link to Jeff Russell's Picasa album for some great photos. And second, check out these photos from Tim Stanton on the Photo Page.

July 29, 2008

MYC MEMBERS PLACE 1st OA IN THE 2008 100 MILER

MYC sailors Dave Gorwitz, Andrew Lewis, Bruce Renwick and Elise Renwick teamed up with skipper Chris Schoendorf (Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club) on the Melges 24, Taz, to place 1st overall in the 72nd annual 100 Miler race sailed out of the M&M Yacht Club in Menominee, Michigan, this past weekend.

Team Taz led the 28-boat spinnaker class scratch for much of the 42 nautical mile course. Another 19 boats sailed the somewhat shorter non-spinnaker course. The race was sailed under perfect sunny skies in a puffy 15-25 knot WNW breeze. Second place overall went to the Melges 32, Peerless, out of Muskegon, Mi. Third was the DuBois 50, Twister. Fourth was the J145, Main Street (owned by Sailing Magazine editor Bill Schanen). Fifth was the Mumm 36, Mrs. Jones.

Fast is fun. The first half of the race was mostly downwind with the fun-meter on Taz consistently showing boat speeds in the upper teens to low twenties. On the decisive 15-mile reach, most of the fleet chose to stick to the rum line under main and jib while Taz opted for maximum VMG while close reaching some 15-20 degrees low of course under spinnaker, prompting tactician/jib trimmer Gorwitz to confidently proclaim to the crew, “I have no idea if we’re going the right way, but we sure are going fast!”. The strategy worked as Taz led the entire fleet around Horseshoe Island, near Fish Creek, Wi.

Taz then held on through a 10-mile beat into building seas across Green Bay, just north of Chambers Island, and finished the race off with a 14-mile jib-reach up the Michigan shoreline to cross the line behind only four boats. MYC Vice Commodore Andrew Lewis earned his rum by trimming (hanging on to?) the M24’s spinnaker for over two hours without a break (for those unfamiliar with the boat, the M24 does not have winches). Bruce and Elise Renwick expertly handled the sail changes and kept Taz on her feet by calling every puff. Taz is owned and steered by Chris Schoendorf of Sturgeon Bay, Wi. (Taz’s picture adorns the cover of the 2008 MYC directory).

For detailed results, see the M&M Yacht Club website .

2008 100 MILER Sail Race Score Sheet SP OVERALL
Race Name: 100 Miler Race
Date: 07/26/08
Course Name: COURSE 1
Course Length: 41.80 Nautical Miles
RACE RESULTS: SPINNAKER OVERALL
RANK OVERALL Boat Name Sail No. Boat Owner City ST Boat Type Corrected Time
1 TAZ USA 458 SCHOENDORF. C STURGEON BAY WI MELGES 24 4:59:53
2 PEERLESS 110 TORRESEN, B MUSKEGON MI MELGES 5:10:36
3 TWISTER USA 5115 WAKE, H MENOMINEE MI DU BOIS 50 5:10:59
4 MAIN STREET USA50048 SCHANEN, B PORT WASHINGTON WI J 145 5:17:23
5 MRS JONES 50399 JONES, E BROOKFIELD WI MUMM 36 5:19:29
6 REGARDLESS 40625 TEAM REGARDLESS WILMETTE IL NELSON-MAREK 5:24:26
7 TANGO IN BLUE 50593 TRISCO/FONS BAYSIDE WI CM1200 5:25:29
8 NORTHSTAR USA 246 GUSTMAN, D WILMETTE IL J 109 5:29:17
9 HASTEN 25103 STRITT, F DELAVAN WI C & C 41 5:30:20
10 DASH 539 BONVALLET, J ONEIDA WI S2 7.9 5:32:13
11 SIROCCO 2 50791 KLAIRMONT, R LAKE FOREST IL J-120 5:33:57
12 GRAFFITI TRAIN IRL 3600 BERGER, C CHICAGO IL MUMM 36 5:34:07
13 WHISTLER 549 BEYER/BANNOW MENOMINEE MI J 80 5:35:12
14 THUNDER 6759 KEYS, S DE PERE WI PETERSON 34 5:45:55
15 WIND CHASER 32112 MUELLER, L MILWAUKEE WI BENETEAU FIRST 38 5:50:56
16 LATIS 43937 MIETZ/KUPTZ CUDAHY WI J105 5:51:26
17 SHOWDOWN 30383 NORDAHL, K STURGEON BAY WI MERIT 25 5:52:33
18 ZIPPY R USA37 THOMPSON, S NEW BERLIN WI BENETEAU 10R 5:54:02
19 BRAVO 42330 DEKKER, T CEDAR GROVE WI TAYLOR 40 5:55:08
20 FLASH GORDON 25293 HUBERT, M MENOMINEE MI TRIPP 33 6:04:19
21 DRUMBEAT 26609 PETERS, T NEENAH WI NA 40 6:11:47
22 JACELYN 511 AGERTER, T SUPERIOR WI RANGER 6:15:02
23 PERFECTION USA 6307 STEPHENSON, I MENOMINEE MI LE COMTE MEDALIST 6:23:15
24 MERLIN 16087 MILLER, J PULASKI WI SLOOP 6:24:02
25 COOT 2582 or 6258 SHEPRO, J MENOMINEE MI CATALINA 6:38:45
26 NOBLE BUFFALO 42738 JAHNKE, R KENOSHA WI J 35 DNC
27 PROMO 52791 KUBER, J RICHFIELD WI NM 52 DNC
28 KANA WA 402 GOWER, J OCONTO WI TARTAN 27 DNF

January 27, 2006

Key West Update from Anma Ingeana

Team Veloce finished 11th in a fleet of 19 at the end of Key West Race Week. The winds of 30 knots and 6 foot waves proved challenging for us flat water sailors on Day Two of racing. Our division had 5 dismasting, a couple of holes in various hulls and three medical emergencies so we were pretty happy to come in all in one piece both mechanically and physiologically. We did manage to have a 6th place finish on day three once the winds calmed down to only 20 -25 knots and we got into our grove. All in all is was a lot of fun and it sure beat shoveling snow.
Photo Gallery (updated link)

August 22,2005

WITS Team Wins Silver At S2 7.9 Class Championship Regatta

WITS Team Wins Silver At S2 7.9 Class Championship Regatta The WITS team took Barigenae #78 to the Racine Yacht Club for the S2 7.9 Class Championship Regatta and made a respectable showing for their first off lake regatta. Jill Schleis helmed for three hard days of racing on Lake Michigan placing 4th over all in the Silver Division, 3rd on Saturday Silver Division and First in the inboard division. Betsey Day served as Tactician, Peggy Elath trimmed jib and flew the chute, Judi Trampf trimmed jib and Anma Ingeana on foredeck. Conditions on Thursday were moderate winds but rough seas. Storms blowing in from the west shortened the race day to only one completed race. Friday brought calmer seas and a variety of wind direction and speed, which allowed for 4 complete races. Saturday allowed three races to be completed. Next year S2 7.9 CCR is in Holland Michigan and the team hopes to convince more of the S2 fleet to join in the fun.

July 17, 2005

Hot Day

Photo Credits: John Hayashi

John writes, "Here are some J-80 photo's MYC's hottest one design sport boat fleet. They had a great race going this morning."

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