2008 Tulip Tune-Up : Races by Class

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2008 Tulip Tune-Up

May 18, 2008 – Richland, Michigan –
The Gull Lake Yacht Club and Star Fleet hosted the 55th Annual Tulip Time Tuneup Regatta this weekend on a very windy and ‘brisk’ Gull Lake. Tom Londrigan Jr. with crew Steve Cutting dominated (1,2,1,2,1) the fleet of 26 Stars to win his 2nd pair of the prized Wooden Shoes awarded to the top 5 finishers.

The competition for 2nd thru 5th was tight with 9 time champion (’70 – ’90), Peter Wright with son Dan crewing, taking 2nd with 17 pts, Ross Adams/George Lucas in 3rd with 24 pts, organizer, Jon VanderMolen/Steve Ticknor in 4th with 27 pts and Rick Brethorst/Bob Carson in 5th w/ 28 pts.

Saturday’s 3 races started with wind in the low to mid teens and built to the mid-20’s with gusts to 30+ by the end of the 3rd race. The 2nd downwind of the 3rd race was a sight to see with boats surfing and lots of wipeouts. Local sailors, Greg Smith/TC Belco, were the only casualty when their mast broke at the spreaders. Veteran Star sailor and past winner, Gene McCarthy with son Glenn, survived several wipeouts and got to go for a brief swim.

Sunday saw more of the same with the wind in the high teens at the start, easing a bit during race 4, but cranking on again for the finale.

In spite of the Western Hemisphere Championship starting this Tuesday at Seneca Lake, the turnout was good with boats from the usual Midwest Fleets and one each from Aspen, California, and Florida.

Saturday evening’s get together at the Golf Bar was short lived with most sailors turning in early after a tough day. Lots of attention was given to the pictures and videos of the day’s adventures capped off with a few of Max Doolittles jokes(?). Great sailing, great fun, great group, and of course the great venue. – Eric Lind, PC Chair

Star

Place	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Sail #:	Fleet	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	8170	Tom Londrigan	Steve Cutting	8170	LS	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	7
2	8037	Peter Wright	Dan Wright	8037	JP	2.0	3.0	9.0	1.0	2.0	17
3	7515	Ross Adams	George Lucas	7515	WH	7.0	4.0	2.0	6.0	5.0	24
4	8333	Jon Vandermolen	Steve Ticknor	8333	GL	11.0	1.0	5.0	4.0	6.0	27
5	8253	Rick Brethorst	Bob Carson	8253	LS	9.0	6.0	7.0	3.0	3.0	28
6	8217	Todd Gay	Jesse Paulson	8217	LS	3.0	8.0	10.0	7.0	8.0	36
7	7105	Bill Babel	Trevor Davis	7105	GL	10.0	10.0	4.0	11.0	9.0	44
8	7602	Pat Londrigan	Mike Marzhal	7602	LS	13.0	14.0	3.0	12.0	4.0	46
9	7905	Rob Maine	Mike Wysockey	7905	WH	14.0	11.0	8.0	9.0	10.0	52
10	8036	Jack Rickard	Tom Farrier	8036	WH	5.0	12.0	14.0	13.0	12.0	56
11	8012	Greg Smith	T C Belco	8012	GL	4.0	7.0	27.0 [DNF]	8.0	14.0	60
12	8175	Jim Babel	Bill Hawk	8175	GL	27.0 [DNF]	5.0	6.0	10.0	18.0	66
13	7670	Gene Mccarthy	Glenn Mccarthy	7670	PPL	8.0	9.0	15.0	19.0	15.0	66.0001
14	8125	Don Parfet	Craig Lockerbie	8125	GL	6.0	16.0	13.0	16.0	16.0	67
15	7660	Don Zinn	Kyle Wilhelm	7660	GL	17.0	17.0	11.0	17.0	13.0	75
16	8318	Roger Turner	Tony Collard	8318	GL	16.0	13.0	27.0 [DNF]	14.0	17.0	87
17	8238	Mac Waldorf	Darin Jensen	8238	GL	12.0	27.0 [DNF]	27.0 [DNS]	15.0	11.0	92
18	8291	Jimmer VanderMolen	Jon Klerk	8291	GL	27.0 [DNF]	27.0 [DNF]	27.0 [DNS]	5.0	7.0	93
19	7611	Scott Pirie	Rick Rundle	7611	BisB	24.0	19.0	12.0	18.0	21.0	94
20	8148	Art Riley	Steve Gerst	8148	GL	15.0	20.0	27.0 [DNF]	20.0	19.0	101
21	7216	Rolland Vortriede	Marc Jeeves	7216	DR	18.0	21.0	27.0 [DNF]	21.0	20.0	107
22	7935	Michael Ulbrich	Bill Sikkema	7935	GL	19.0	15.0	27.0 [DNF]	23.0	27.0 [DNC]	111
23	7936	Fred Einspahr	Steve Bigelow	7936	GL	22.0	18.0	27.0 [DNF]	22.0	27.0 [DNF]	116
24	7743	Jinx Stone	Rod Griem	7743	Asp	20.0	23.0	27.0 [DNF]	24.0	27.0 [DNF]	121
25	7055	Thomas White		7055	DR	21.0	22.0	27.0 [DNF]	27.0 [OCS]	27.0 [DNC]	124
26	7533	Al Covington	Glenn Zipp	7533	IR	23.0	24.0	27.0 [DNS]	27.0 [DNF]	27.0 [DNC]	128