2001 Midwest Regionals

The weekend featured a great lack of wind but a lot of camaraderie! Saturday dawned with only whispers of wind on the lake which soon died to nothing. We spent most of the day on the beach catching up with friends and tinkering with boats. Races were canceled at 3:30. The evening consisted of some sailors braving the 2-3 knot evening breeze for some roll tacking practice followed by some excellent Go-Kart racing on the local slick track oval. (There was some consideration of deciding the Regional Champ on the track if the wind didn't come in the morning!)

Sunday brought light northerly air and we quickly got out into it to get in at least one race. The 23 sailors fought shifty, fickle and dying winds around the course with Derrick Fries finishing first followed by Rich Chapman, Dan Feldman, Jim Irwin and rounding out the top 5, Kyle Lyke.

The fleet waited for the wind to come back, but no luck. The racing was canceled for the remainder of the day and the regatta was finished!

Other sailors in the top 10 were Bruce Hubbel, Ron McHenry, Gail Turluck and Peggy Malecki. Congratulations to junior sailor Eric Hanselman on his 6th place finish!

Thanks to the Devil's Lake Yacht Club for hosting the 58th annual regatta. They did a great job!!

Pos	Name	Location
1	Derrick Fries	Clarkston, MI
2	Rich Chapman	Libertyville, IL
3	Dan Feldman	Highland Park, IL
4	Jim Irwin	Highland Park, IL
5	Kyle Lyke	Lansing, MI
6	Erik Hanselman	Libertyville, IL
7	Bruce Hubel	Davisburg, MI
8	Gail Turluck	Chelsea, MI
9	Ron McHenry	Cortland, OH
10	Peggy Malecki	Elk Grove, IL
11	John Huebner	Chicago, IL
12	Mike Scriver	Waterford, MI
13	Craig Gabel	Sylvania, OH
14	Melissa Bearns	Chicago, IL
15	Leland Brode	Lake Bluff, IL
16	David Yanoff	Chicago, IL
17	Jim Fernamberg	Ft Wayne, IN
18	Tom Katterheinrich	New Knoxville, OH
19	Mark Melling	Clarklake, MI
20	Anne Weber	Centerville, OH
21	Laura Turluck	Saginaw, MI
22	Steve Kraft	Washington, MI
23	Seth Horowitz	Lake Bluff, IL