The 2008 DN Western Lake Regional Championship Regatta was this year held on Lake Geneva, WI, March 8th & 9th.
The ice was smooth with small drifts 1” high. The temperature Sat & Sunday stayed below 30 degrees, so they were a little stiff. Saturday breeze was light and the north direction made it very shifty coming over and around the West point of Williams Bay. This made for tricky conditions that rewarded those who sail with their heads out of the boat. It was more like dinghy sailing than your typical speed fixes all iceboat Regatta. 4 races in the Gold fleet and 3 in the Silver were completed on Saturday before the breeze died. Saturday night we had a Pizza & beer/cocktail party upstairs at Chucks in Fontana right at the launch. Sunday’s wind clocked to ESE, which was favorable because it was along the length of the lake allowing for a more steady wind. We were also able to stretch the course to over 1 mile. It was still shifty but with the bigger course you were able to stretch out. It did snow during a few races making the visibility poor, but the new MONSTER MARKS provided by the class association headed up by Randy Rogoski were a big help. We completed all 7 races in both fleets by the early afternoon. John Dennis was once again the Champion. He has won the trophy 8 times.
A special thanks to Bob Pegel for running the races. He did a great job getting the races off in tricky conditions. Bob’s long time Renegade friend, Arlyn LaFortune, assisted him with the course details. Tony Orlebeke and his friend Jason from Sheboygan worked quickly with course changes and scoring the races. Thanks to Lou Loenneke for helping with the logistics of hotel and party location preparation.
And thanks to all the sailors who traveled from NY, PA, OH, MI, IN, IL, MN and WI.
John Davenport US-4961
Gold
PLACE Sail NAME j/s/m R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 PTS THROW ADJ POINTS
1 4691 Dennis, John 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 10 3 7
2 4379 Harper, John S 2 2 8 5 2 2 5 26 8 18
3 4824 Christensen, Mark 3 7 4 2 4 3 3 26 7 19
4 4480 Stange, Aaron 5 4 21 3 6 4 1 44 21 23
5 4926 Orlebeke, Steve 9 3 2 8 3 8 8 41 9 32
6 5224 Thieler, Jim 11 11 1 6 5 5 6 45 11 34
7 5219 Baker, Kent 6 8 16 7 7 6 4 54 16 38
8 45 Sherry, Wendell M 7 12 6 4 10 7 7 53 12 41
9 4155 Lemberg, Rick S 12 6 11 9 9 9 11 67 12 55
10 4961 Davenport, John 10 15 5 11 8 12 13 74 15 59
11 5393 Lashaway, Ryan 14 5 9 13 16 15 9 81 16 65
12 4638 Lovejoy, Guy 8 9 7 19 15 10 21 89 21 68
13 445 Cave, Bob S 16 18 13 14 11 11 7 90 18 72
14 602 Meyer, Tom S 17 13 17 12 14 13 12 98 17 81
15 4249 Kaiser, Rick M 18 17 10 10 13 17 21 106 21 85
16 5285 Teal, Chris 13 16 15 18 12 16 21 111 21 90
17 2170 Creigh, John S 4 14 19 16 21 21 21 116 21 95
18 5214 McDonagh, Jim 21 21 14 15 18 18 14 121 21 100
19 294 Loenneke, Lou M 19 19 12 21 17 14 21 123 21 102
20 2360 Johns, Pete M 15 10 18 17 21 21 21 123 21 102
Silver
PLACE Sail NAME j/s/m R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 PTS THROW ADJ POINTS
1 5352 Hearn, Daniel 11 7 3 1 1 1 1 25 11 14
3 905 Pegel, Susie S 3 4 1 3 9 4 8 32 9 23
2 5414 Wilcox, Wes S 6 1 6 6 2 2 11 34 11 23
4 4137 Smith, Kenny S 1 13 8 2 3 3 12 42 13 29
5 535 Wilsom, Eric S 2 3 7 8 7 10 13 50 13 37
7 3433 Cummins, Robert M 13 8 11 5 8 6 2 53 13 40
6 581 Rengi, Clinton 5 10 5 13 12 5 3 53 13 40
8 805 Pegel, Jane M 4 6 9 7 10 8 7 51 10 41
9 5395 Shaentz, Ben 7 9 4 9 11 7 6 53 11 42
10 4929 Zils, John M 9 2 13 12 6 11 5 58 13 45
11 5156 Sobering, Geoff 14 5 2 4 13 13 9 60 14 46
12 4140 Hoeper, Peter S 8 14 10 10 4 9 10 65 14 51
13 5471 Cleary, Tim 10 12 12 14 14 12 4 78 14 64
14 4436 Linsner, Arthur S 12 11 14 11 5 14 14 81 14 67
