4th District Great Lakes Championships : Races by Class

Winners Todd Gay and Pat Brewer

Winners Todd Gay and Pat Brewer

4th District Great Lakes Championships

Event photos by Fried Elliott.

The 4th District Great Lakes Championships were sailed Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 25 - 27, 2006, out of the Sheridan Shores Yacht Club, Wilmette, IL.

On Friday it started out blowing 12-15 out of the SW and built through out the race. By the last leg it was blowing 35 in the puffs (according to the anemometer on the RC) and nobody could gybe. Tom Londrigan, Jr. broke his boom and turned his mast into a pretzel but otherwise no major damage. Only one race was sailed that day.

On Saturday storms were south of the city with lots of lightning so the race was postponed in the harbor until the storms dissipated. We went out about 1:00 and got in only one race in very light and shifty conditions. Everyone was happy to not sail anymore races in those conditions.

Sunday was a beautiful day. 15-18 out of the NE with big waves. We got in 3 short races and everyone was exhausted by the end of the day.

Congratulations to Todd Gay and Pat Brewer on their victory in this years' Blue Star Championship.

Star

Place	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Sail #:	Fleet	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	8217	Gay	Brewer	8217	LS	4	9	3	2	3	12
2	8215	Allen	Lichter	8215	WH	6	4	2	7	2	14
3	7905	Maine	Rogers	7905	WH	3	3	4	10	5	15
4	7986	Perce	Nevel	7986	WH	8	21	5	1	6	20
5	8245	Vandermolen	Ticknor	8245	GL	7	5	5	6	4	20
6	8077	Londrigan Jr	Pederson	8077	LS	DNF	15	1	5	1	22
7	8175	Babel	Hawk	8175	GL	1	8	8	12	9	26
8	7982	Pegel	Mark Johnson	7982	WH	12	2	9	14	7	30
9	8111	Brethorst	Ryan Ruhlman	8111	LS	2	10	13	8	10	30
10	8036	Rickard	Corrigan	8036	WH	9	18	7	4	11	31
11	7670	Mccarthy	Mccarthy	7670	PPL	11	11	17	3	8	33
12	7956	Tony Hermann	Brian Mahony	7956	WLM	15	6	12	9	13	40
13	8012	Smith	Belco	8012	GL	DNF	1	14	11	15	41
14	7193	Nielson	Nielson	7333	WLM	5	13	10	13	DNC	41
15	7957	Heitzinger	Bobby Noble	7957	WLM	10	20	11	16	DNF	57
16	8244	Preckwinkle	Wallner	8244	LS	14	22	16	15	12	57
17	7634	Schaefer	Rob Walker	7634	WLM	13	19	15	17	14	59
18	7109	Jeffery Cozzens	Lauren Cozzens	7109	WH	DNF	12	19	18	16	65
19	8168	Jim VanderMolen	Klerk	8168	GL	DNF	7	18	DNC	DNC	71
20	7078	Rundle	Scott Pirie	7078	JP	DNF	14	DNF	DNC	DNC	83
21	7434	Parks	Eadie	7434	WH	DNF	16	DNC	DNC	DNC	85
22	7660	Gudat	Huber	7660	IR	DNF	17	DNF	DNC	DNC	86