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2010 Lake Lansing Annual PDF Print E-mail
Written by Doug Carlson   
Monday, 23 August 2010 07:41

37 boats in Attendance !!!   Click here for full results. 

Lansing Sailing Club - 2010 District 19 Laser Regatta 

August 28, 2010 Warm temperatures, clear skies and a favorable southerly wind provided the perfect playground for 37 Laser sailors from three different states who participated in the 2010 Lansing Sailing Club District 19 Laser Regatta. 

With winds blowing from the south the race committee was able to set an Olympic course with a windward leg approximately three quarters of a mile long. Tom LaBelle from Rochester Hills, a two time winner of the LSC Laser Regatta got off to a great start again this year winning the first race of the day. He went on to win two more races earning him the top spot of the regatta and his third LSC Laser Regatta title. Fresh off of his second at the US Nationals and first place finish at CORK, EJ O’Mara from Burton, MI, posted high finishes throughout the day to keep pressure on LaBelle and finish 2nd for the day. Doug Carlson from Okemos, MI and a LSC member rounded out the top three in 3rd place.  

This year there were special classes for both women and junior competitors. Mary Vorel from Grand Rapids finished 14th in the regatta to top the woman’s group. Ethan Battani from Grand Rapids, MI finished 7th overall to lead the juniors. 

 John LeFevre led the Race Committee consisting of Alanna Harvey, Paul Chaffee, Jonathan Ahlbrand, and Stephen Wagner with John Kolstoe assisting on shore. The team did a great job of keeping the day moving and enabling us to get all six races in with plenty of time for the post-racing festivities.

 Maribeth Fletcher again organized and set up all the fixings for the “you cook-it” BBQ that included huge steaks, chicken, baked potatoes, ice cream and beverages provided by Michigan Brewing Company. No one left hungry… After the BBQ trophies where presented to the top finishers and door prizes, provided by Avon Sailboats, were awarded to the lucky ticket holders.

As always the regatta was also supported by many fleet members before and during the regatta in getting the facilities ready for hosting this annual event. Participants were especially appreciative of the contributions made by our Regatta Sponsors, Avon Sailboats and Michigan Brewing Company.

Visit the Lansing Sailing Club Website at www.lansingsailing.org for complete race results and to view over 300+ pictures of the event taken by Stephen Wagner.  Thank you to all our participants and sponsors. Without you we could not have had such a great day! 
Last Updated on Saturday, 04 September 2010 16:45
 
2010 Westerns PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ken   
Tuesday, 03 August 2010 20:27

August 11-14 West Michigan Yachting Association Championship Regatta at Spring Lake Yacht Club

Here is a write-up from Bruce Hansen:

There was a fairly low turn out in the Laser fleet, 18 boats. That was expected. Still had great racing though. Charlie Knapp won all 5 races while the rest of fleet battled for the remaining podium. In 2nd place with 31 points was Dell Todd. In third and the top woman in the fleet was Amy Bourne with 33 points. The top Junior also with 33 points was Isaac Kremers. Full results can be found here: http://www.wmya.org/race_info/2010/laser_results.html
Last Updated on Monday, 23 August 2010 07:39
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2010 Masters Great Lakes PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ken   
Monday, 28 June 2010 20:25

2010 Laser Masters Great Lakes Championships

Hosted by Sarnia Yacht Club 

There 4 races on Saturday with winds from 5 to 12 knots.  The weather mark ended up quite close to the beach which made for some challenging tactical situations.  Each start had the current (a bit over 1 kt) pushing everyone over so if you look in the Full Results links you will find some OCS scores.  On Sunday we were greated by fog and no wind so we waited ashore for an hour before getting towed out. Some nice wind filled in and we started a race but part way through it got weird so it was abandoned.  The wind shifted about 90 degrees, settled, and off we went again.  The wind stayed fairly steady throughout this race at about 5-6 kts.  The wind and current were almost the same direction which made for a very long beat and fairly quick run.  The race comittee tried to get another race off.  We started and about 20 minutes later only made it 1/2 way up the beat.  They were also monitoring weather and some nasty front was approaching so they thought it best to ttow us in.  We got heavy rain while putting away the boats but nothing too bad.  Later that day we heard about a tornado just to the Northwest in Michigan.

 

All in all from RC to food to billeting the Sarnia group did a great job!

 

Full Results by Category click here

Full Results Overall click here

 
Last Updated on Monday, 23 August 2010 07:40
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2010 D19 Championships PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ken   

2010 LASER & LASER RADIAL

DISTRICT 19 CHAMPIONSHIP

GULL LAKE, MICHIGAN

Results and Photos

Gull Lake Yacht Club did a great job hosting this years District.  Chad Coberly and his wife Michelle did a lot of work getting it all organized.  Michelle did registration and was able to get over a dozen new Lasere Class members signed up!  Way to go!! 

The club facilities are very, very nice.  They even have towels in the shower!  It is also a golf and country club but luckily they were able to tolerate us for a couple daysInnocent.

Satrurday started out looking promising as we were rigging but then as we sailed out it got quite a bit lighter.  We waited about 1/2 hour for the wind to settle enough before the RC got things going.  Gull Lake had some interesting winds that sailors such as myself could never really figure out. If you look at the results you'll see some guys had it figured out pretty good.  We got 4 races, as planned, sailed and were in by about 5pm.

Sunday did not look as promising and we all drifted to the starting area and waited about an hour for some wind.  It was again difficult to figure out what side would pay.  It seemed most of Saturday was "go left" but on Sunday it was hit and miss. 

Chad ended up wining the tie breaker over Matt Woodworth for the overall win.  After Master's scoring Chad also was top Master.  He ran the regatta and won!  Way to go!

Click the link below for Results

Photo Link from Michelle Coberly click here
Last Updated on Saturday, 24 July 2010 10:32
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2010 Leland Annual Regatta - Results PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ken   
Wednesday, 26 May 2010 09:11

2010 Leland Laser Regatta


Sat/Sun-Jul31/Aug1

This past weekend was another great event by Leland Yacht Club. Hats off to Alan and his group for top rate hospitality. We only got one day of racing but it is always fun to hang out with that group in Fish Town! First place was Jeff Ragains, second was Jim Meyers, and third was Ken Swetka.  For full results and other info on the regatta click the link below.
Last Updated on Monday, 09 August 2010 12:14
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