MCSA Sloop Championship
Detroit Yacht Club
September 23-24, 2006
REGATTA HIGHLIGHTS:
Saturday: It was a partly sunny day with the temperature in the upper 60's.
The wind was
from the southwest from 5-7. Marquette was a No Show causing one of the
Detroit Yacht Club's
Flying Scots to be left at the dock for each race. PRO Ed Theisen set a two
lap windward
Leeward course. Things were going fine until on the second beat Ohio State
suffered a break-
down when their jib halyard parted. Wisconsin was disqualified for a violation
of Rule 10
in race 1 after failing to cross Ohio University. Ohio University fouled
Western Michigan at the leeward mark of race 2 and took a 20% penalty for the
infringement. Northwestern protested Ohio for making contact with the same
mark. The protest Committee of George Griswold, Ed Olsen, and Ed Theisen
exonerated Ohio University on the basis that the infringement was part of the
same incident with Western Michigan. After race 3 the fleet took a lunch break
only to find out that the wind had decreased in strength enough to make it
impossible to sail against the current on the Detroit River. After hanging on
anchors for a half an hour racing was postponed until later in the day. Just as
the hearings for the protests were concluding the wind came back up as a front
approached. Race 4 was started in winds of 6-8 and concluded in winds of
15-18. Ohio State's spinnaker exploded on the last run
but they finished in second place and decided not to apply for breakdown points.
Michigan was in the lead with Minnesota one point behind, and Miami three
points back.
At the end of the day the Detroit Yacht Club provided a cookout for the
competitors.
The general activities for the evening included a trip to Canada, and a trip to
East
Lansing by the Notre Dame Team to watch the football game between Notre Dame
and
Michigan State which started at 8 and ended after midnight getting them back at
3 am.
Sunday looked promising and the fleet was prepared to start with only a short
delay from
the scheduled 9:30 warning signal. The winds were building from 15-18 and
everyone was
looking forward to an exciting day of sailing. However, Northwestern capsized
their Flying Scot while trying to untangle an hourglass in their spinnaker. It
took over an hour to get the boat righted and ashore where it could be pumped
out. In the meantime Western Michigan's
jib halyard had let go. As they were attempting to sail back to the dock the
head stay
also broke and the mast came crashing down. With the winds continuing to build
racing was
postponed and all boats went ashore. At about 12:30 the winds had dropped from
about 25 to
under 20 and it was decided to sail race 4 without spinnakers. Unfortunately,
Wisconsin
was OCS at the start and did not return. Northwestern's problems continued
when the
rudder blade on their boat broke off just below the rudder head. They were
awarded a
breakdown for race 5. Race 6 was started just after 2 pm and saw Miami's jib
halyard
fail. They were awarded a breakdown for race 6. In Sunday's racing Michigan
was unable
to keep pace with Minnesota and slipped to 4th in the final standings behind
Miami and
Ohio State.
A special thanks to Al Minsterman and the rest of the Detroit Yacht Club
volunteers who
made the 30th time that the Detroit Yacht Club has hosted this event a success.
A division = 6 Races
TOT
1. Minnesota 14 Mark Dunsworth 06
Dave Elsmo 08, Nick Hovland 10
2. Miami 18 Matt Rush 07
Doug Baker 08, Jocelyn Pollak 07
3. Ohio State 20 Connor Hawkins 08
Joe Groszek 08, Joe Minerd 07
4. Michigan 21 Chris Granger 07
Scott Pfeffer 09, David Altshuler 09
5. Notre Dame 31 John Dailey 08
Tim Roy 08, Caroline Nally 08
6. Ohio Univ. 35 Jordan Gourash 09
Eric Milliman 08, Christine Rice 09 (4-5),
Caroline
Sundman 08 (1-3,6)
7. Wisconsin 36 Matt Schmidt 07
Dan Barker 07, Matt Kirley
8. Northwestern 42 Liz Hines 08
Tod Reynolds 09, Dagmar Van Ergen 07
9. W. Michigan 47 Geoffrey Lindenberg 08(1-3,5-6), Sara Burton
07(4)
Lindsey Gates 10(2-4,5-6), Sara Burton 07(1,3),
Kyle
Wilhelm 10(1-2, 4-6)
10. Marquette 66 No Show/ No Show, No Show
1 2 3 4 5 6
1
Minnesota 4 2 1 3 1 3
Golden Gophers 6 7 10 11 14
2
Miami 1 4 2 6 2 BKD
Red Hawks 5 7 13 15 18
3
Ohio State BKD 6 5 1 3 2
Buckeyes 9 14 15 18 20
4
Michigan 3 1 3 2 5 7
Wolverines 4 7 9 14 21
5
Notre Dame 6 3 8 5 4 5
Fighting Irish 9 17 22 26 31
6
Ohio Univ. 2 20% 6 8 6 4
Bobcats 11 17 25 31 35
7
Wisconsin DSQ 5 4 4 OCS 1
Badgers 16 20 24 35 36
8
Northwestern 5 8 9 7 BKD 6
Wildcats 13 22 29 36 42
9
W. Michigan 7 9 7 9 7 8
Broncos 16 23 32 39 47
10
Marquette DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS
Golden Eagles 22 33 44 55 66
WINNING TEAM : Minnesota Golden Gophers
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