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MC Scow Fleet CaptainMyles Sommerfeldt |
| Boat Number | Boat Name | Owner |
| 908 | Second Wind | Bill Stebbins |
| 1100 | Adagio | Andrew Lewis |
| 1427 | Nick Haemel | |
| 1571 | Summer Knot | Myles Sommerfeldt |
| 1703 | Ryan Malmgren | |
| 1931 | Lagniappe | Ray Riddle |
| 2208 | Hall Pass | Tom Stitgen |
| 2461 | Jerry Simon |
July 19, 2006
ILYA MC Invite Recap
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The 2006 ILYA MC class Invitational regatta is in the books and once again the Mendota Yacht Club showed that we really know how to put on a great regatta! I received so many positive comments from the sailors that attended that it would take a book to list them all! Needless to say, I think all enjoyed the entire event despite the heat and the fact that we had to stare at flat water most of the day Saturday
.In the end, 6 races were completed with the newest Melges hotshot, I mean employee, Jamie Kimball winning the event. He was one of those who told me what a great event we put on and said that he really enjoyed sailing on Mendota! Former MYC C boater Jay Rendall took 3rd overall. Even though he has not been a MYC member for over 20 years, we will claim him as our own! I would like to give a huge thanks to Tom Stitgen for all the work he did as regatta chair. He put together a fantastic team of MYC volunteers that made the event as good as any I have ever attended. It is extremely difficult to organize an event such as this and my hat is off to Tom for doing such a great job!! I also want to thank all of the folks who volunteered their time to help us make this happen.
There are really too many to mention by name and I would hate to leave someone off the list. You know who you are and I appreciate all the help!! Regardless, I estimate that almost 50% of our membership was involved in this regatta. That alone makes me proud to be a part of this group of wonderful people! Thank you all for your time, your boats, your labor, your donations and your smiles! I also need to thank all the folks and Bishop's Bay for allowing us to invade their beautiful facility.
I heard a number of comments about what a great Yacht Club we had...I just grinned and smiled. The staff at Bishop's Bay did a great job and I hope they will allow us to hold another regatta sometime in the future.
Finally, I hope we can tap that volunteer keg one more time this year as the club is hosting the I-20 Nationals in September. Regatta Chair Grant Frautschi is already hard at work putting together a regatta that could see over 40 boats! I'm sure he will be putting out a call for volunteers soon and I am confident the our membership will once again step up to help and show that we can host 2 major events in one summer!
Thanks again to all !!
Steve Yost Commodore Mendota Yacht Club