Junior Racers On Wawasee
By: jbolles
Posted On: 7/20/2011
Check out the Advanced Junior Sailing class racing I-20's on Wawasee this evening:
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Fond Du Lac was a Great Weekend!
By: Pat Flemming
Posted On: 6/7/2011
Saturday light and shifty but managed to get two races in, the race management team worked hard with the wind shifts and the day ended with Aaron Lynn in first with 2 bullets, Dave Whealon in 2nd with two 3rds, and Jack Boatman in third, with a 6 and a 2. Sunday morning looked outstanding, Again a great job by the race management team, boats were in by 9 am and a nice NNE was at about 10. Then we started racing the wind stopped. By the third race the wind was back and it was on. Jack sailed great all day Sunday and in the end took it from Aaron by 1 point. What a weekend, great food, great Rum, great racing and weather. Thanks to the Race management team, I do this myself and they were challenged by the wind and did a great job with the conditions, thanks to all the sponsors and the volunteers who put up boats and time to help out. See you all in Iowa. June 11th early registration ends get it in at the ILYA web site.
Check out the results by clicking the "Lighthouse" link above. |
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Spring Fling a Great Success
By: jbolles
Posted On: 5/26/2011
Lets see, what could a sailor possibly want? - Great Weather? - highs were in the 70s with sunshine - check
- Good Wind - morning racing on both Saturday and Sunday had winds around 12 MPH - check
- Competitive Racing - 8 of the 9 boats that sailed won an individual race - check
- Good Food - Pulled Pork BBQ, Steak Dinner, ummm yeah - check
- Good Friends - The last light didn't go out in the club on Friday Night until a keg of Bud Light had been emptied - so check
Basically Wawasee had it all this year. The Weather Gods gave us great wind, warm weather, and the group at Wawasee gave us great racing and even better food. With this being the I-20s first foray into team racing, the large and well trained race committee did an excellent job getting everyone up to speed on the new rules. That meant 3 minute start sequences, port rounding at the windward mark, and "falling on your sword" to win the team race.
It took until the second set of round robins in the afternoon for the racers to really figure out what team racing was all about. But once everyone got the hang of things, man was it a good time. The last day of racing consisted of several head to head battles, from the 3 minute gun through the last boat finishing. At several points it looked like "three simultaneous match races" on the course according to a race committee judge.
All that were involved agreed that the team racing format was a success. Each boat started 12 races over the course of the weekend, and I think it is safe to say the final upwind leg of each race consisted of several tacking duals. With each racing only lasting about 15 minutes, one wrong move could spell doom for any boat taking too big of a risk.
A small photo album from the weekend can be seen here:
See you all in Iowa! |
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UPDATE - Registrations starting to flow in for Spring Fling
By: jbolles
Posted On: 4/30/2011
Are you on the list for Spring Fling? So far the following have committed or registered:
1. Justin Bolles
2. Kenny Bolles
3. Bob Herdrich
4. Bill Pipp
5. Brook Patten
6. Jeff Patten
7. Willie Crear
8. George Winter9. Andy Allan 10. Ricky Lemburg 11. Sam Whalon 12. John Sepanski
Get your registrations sent in or let me know via email - jbolles@gmail.com - if you are planning to attend!
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Spring Fling NOR Posted
By: jbolles
Posted On: 4/22/2011
Its that time of year again! Thaw out the gear, unroll the sails, and get ready for the annual I-20 Spring Fling regatta, May 21st and 22nd!
This year we attempt to knock off the rust at the scene of the 2009 National Championship – Lake Wawasee, IN. As always there will be great wind, great friends, great beer, and great food. Well, we can't guarantee the wind part, but the rest is always true!
For those of you that did make it to Nationals at Wawasee last time, you will surely remember the steak dinner from Saturday night. Well, the same cook is back in the building, so we will need a good headcount in advance of the event to prepare, please get your registrations in early! Registration deadline is May 15th, which is also the housing deadline. For Nationals we were able to put all sailors up in local housing, and that same hospitality will be extended for Spring Fling. Let us know as soon as possible so we can alert the locals who they will be hosting.
Use the "Spring Fling" link above to find the NOR and fill out the registration forms.
Too add a twist to this year's event, we will be doing team racing. Boats will be divided into teams of three on Saturday morning, followed by a brief seminar reviewing team racing rules and principals. The regatta will consist of head to head matchups between teams, with races lasting 10-15 minutes each. At the end of the event, the team with the best record takes home the hardware! It should be a great event. For more information on team sailing, please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_racing.
See you on the water!
NISSA Executive Board
Justin Bolles, Anita Bersie-Chabalowski, Pat Fleming
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