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2008 BLUE CHIP REGATTA RESULTS & REPORT

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The final results are:

                                                   Total
1   V-123  Kevin Jewett    1   2   13  1   9   5     31
2   I-49   Vincent Porter  2   1   2   6   19  10    40
3   ??     Dave Ullman     3   4   10  15  1   7     40
4   TO-101 Art Brereton    4   5   6   2   15  8     40
5   M-9    Tom Burton      6   16  4   5   3   11    45
6   V-777  Bob Biewer      8   7   3   17  5   6     46
7   M-1    Rob Evans       10  8   19  4   2   4     47
8   V-37   Augie Barkow    13  3   1   9   7   15    48
9   X-751  Jim Gluek       11  9   18  7   10  2     57
10  WH-77  Tom Monroe      14  17  8   14  6   3     62
11  WH-111 Doug McNeil     16  6   14  8   18  1     63
12  H-7    Lon Schoor      9   11  12  10  11  13    66
13  CR-66  Rob Terry       5   18  9   18  4   14    68
14  V-11   Peter Friend    12  19  11  3   17  9     71
15  GL-7   Toby Sutherland 7   14  5   16  20  12    74
16  TO-33  Steve Johnson   17  10  16  11  16  17    81
17  V-15   Eric Good       18  12  7   13  21  20    91
18  H-8    Tim Sugar       15  21  17  19  12  16    100
19  H13    Pat Heaney      19  15  20  21  8   18    101
20  I-71   Patrick Doran*  21  20  15  12  14  21    103
21  SC-3   Walter Prause   21  13  21  20  13  19    106

* Ken Wruk injured himself the day before the regatta and could not skipper I-71.

Day One

Vincent Porter and team (I-49) have a nice lead after three good races on Lake Pewaukee. It was a warm beautiful day starting out with light winds for the morning race and a better breeze filling in for the afternoon races. The first race was a 5 1/2 as the wind was more SW but as it built for the afternoon it moved right and we had longer legs. The second race was a 3 1/2 and the third race a 4 1/2. There were a few mark changes needed to keep the courses square, and PRO Jeff Butzer and team did a great job. Most of the boats put a fourth crew on for the afternoon, but I noticed Vincent stayed with with his three person team.

Day Two

Saturday was another beautiful day for racing. The winds were out of the west, right down the lake, actually more down the two sides of the lake as the middle was not always an easy place to be. Strength was light 4-6 mph for the morning race and nicer in the afternoon, 6-10 mph. Both races were a 2 1/2.

Today belonged to the two Minnetonka yachts, Rob Evans and Tom Burton. They didn't win either race but were the most consistent with a 4, 2 for Evans and a 5, 3 for Burton.  The rest of the days previous leaders all had a rough time in one of the races. I saw Dave Ullman in  last place at one time in the first race and he won the second race - typical of a Blue Chip regatta. Vincent Porter was in last place for much of the second after hitting the weather mark the first time up, and then shrimping his spinnaker at the second upwind mark set, and then he ran over it and had it stuck under the leeboard. Jim Gluek (V-751) was first around in the second race and then was nearly last around later in the race only to come back to 10th place. It is nice to come back but it can't be enough to erase the frustrations of dropping to the back of the fleet.

The most motivated sailors were Walter Prause (SC-3). Pat Heaney (H-13), Tim Sugar, (H-8), and I-71 boat with substitute skipper Pat Doran - they were in  last place going into the days racing. Tonight the last place boat has the honor of doing the legendary 'bar walk'. Interestingly they each had one of their best races today. But for Walter Prause and crew it wasn't quite enough. I suspect they are making a trip to Walmart to buy a new "uniform" for the bar walk. 

Final Day

The final day was sunny and warm but the northeast winds winds were anemic at best, and hovered around 3-5 mph. The course was a 2 1/2 and at the top mark it was shortened in length by moving the leeward mark closer.

Jim Gluek (X-751) got out to a nice little lead at the first mark going out in the lake to the right while a majority of the fleet headed toward the North shore. he was followed by Kevin Jewett (V-123), Doug McNeil (WH-111) and Tom Monroe (WH-77). Kevin dropped out of second when he headed toward the North shore and the others found a little more pressure out in the lake. It tunred into a battle between Gluek, Monroe, and McNeil. McNeil got by the two others on the last tack to the finish. 

Rob Evans (M-1) made a steady climb through the fleet starting in 13th place and then moving to 9th, 5th, and finally 4th. Augie Barkow (V-37 was 4th in the standings going into the last race and rounded the first mark in 8th place. Unfortunately for him he too played the north shore too much and made a steady decline at each mark rounding to end up 15th and dropping him to 8th place for the regatta. Ouch.  Tom Burton (M-9) had a similar fate but not quite as bad. He was 5th in the regatta going into the race and rounded the first mark in 5th place. So far so good. But on the next two legs he fell to 14th place and with the total points so close that would have dropped him several places in the regatta. Tom managed a little comeback and finished 11th, enough to hold onto to 5th place in the regatta.

Besides the two White Lake's boats having the best day with a first and third, and Evan's nice rally in the final race, the Mystery Guest, Dave Ullman must have felt some satisfaction ending in a tie for second place (with 40 points) in the regatta with Vincent Porter (I-49) and Art Brereton (TO-101). He did it the hard way too. Dave, who was in 16th at the first mark in todays race showed his true prowess. Dave architected a steady climb at each mark, next rounding 10th, then 8th, and finally 7th. Nice racing in tough conditions.  Art Brereton (TO-101) had to move up from 11th at the first mark to 8th for the race to stay in a tie for regatta second place.

 

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