Lake Maxinkuckee, Culver, IN - Sept 8 & 9

 

All the competitors had their respective favorite weather channels close at hand Friday night and Saturday morning.  While setting up their boats under rolling steel grey clouds crews dug through duffle bags and dusted off their foul weather gear not used since early spring.  Teams loaded up rigs with their heavy air sails and texted, called and scoured the area for suitable third crew. It was the last of Hurricane Gordon, breathing his last over the central mid west states.  In doing so, driving thundershowers and high winds were predicted.  Even so, four different fleets of sailors travelled from Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan to this amazing north central Indiana lake to race against a stout group of Maxinkuckee sailors. 

While the Maxinkuckee Yacht Club voulenteers worked successfully to provide third crews, diligently to find convenient housing and tirelessly to provide incredible food, they most certainly weren't willing to give any quarter out on the water!  Maxinkuckee sailors captured five of the top six spots by the end of the weekend. MYC's fleet was lead by Joe Schaub (T-17) with his crew Jen Shea and Liz Bernstein who scored and metronome-like score card of one, two, one, two.

MYC Fall Regatta Champions Jen Shea, Liz Bernstein and Joe Schaub

Only Lake Beulah's Michael and John Barr (B-66) broke through the fast Maxinkuckee fleet with an impressive low total of their own.  Doubly impressive when considering this youthful duo never took a third out on the course!

MYC Fall Regatta Runners Up, Lake Beulah's Michael and John Barr

On Saturday, the remnants of Gordon provided heavy, but steady, winds ranging from a moderate 12 knots to puffs in the low 20s. But it was the Sunday forecast for even higher winds that had all the sailors looking for as many races as could be had Saturday. The race committee obliged on Saturday getting back to back races started quickly by setting the start/finish line permanently in the middle of a windward/leeward course. This kept the race committee team centralized and allowed the races to be rolled over quickly.  Fortunately as well, Sunday cooperated.  Sailors entered the course under low grey clouds and a driving mist in moderate  to heavy winds.  But as Sunday unfurled, the sun came out and the winds (albeit strong) became more steady.  These conditions provided a great back drop for Schaub and Michael Barr to battle until the very end to decide this year's Maxinkuckee Fall Regatta Champion. And it wasn't until the final leg of the last race that Joe and Liz were able to collect a second place finish to hold off Michael and John who did all they could do by finishing 1st in the last race.

For the complete listing of the 2018 Maxinkuckee Fall Regatta final standings, please visit the Racing Schedule page at  www.cscow.org.

Thanks to the gracious Maxinkuckee Yacht Club who treated the damp and cold teams with delicious warm breakfasts, lunches and a fantastic chili cheeseburger party Saturday night.  If you have never sailed in this fall classic, then you must give it shot in 2019. Great hosts, a fast lake, beautiful grounds and a very competitive fleet are all in store for you when you do!

Okauchee Lake, Oconomowoc, WI - Sept 15 & 16

 

With a gathering of the C Scow fleet's fastest skippers and crew, the weather nearly had the final word.  On the morning of Saturday, September 15 the race committee, sailors and spectators sat idly by as beautiful Okauchee Lake became a looking glass.

Photo by Scott Harestad (SL-111)

No breeze forced the RC to sound the horn for the cancellation of any action on the water Saturday.  However, that same horn simultaneously sounded the beginning of a great night of food, drinks and dancing!

The next day the race committee was bound and determined to set a course and make sure the trophies were awarded for more than just great moves on the dance floor the evening before.  If you are going to win a regatta against the best of your peers it may as well have the challenge of navigating light wind conditions.  Congratulations belong to Joe Byrnes and his crew Andrea Keck for succeeding in doing just that; winning the one, and only, race of the weekend! 

For their efforts, Joe and Andrea were presented with an original piece of artwork from the legendary Dr. Henschel.

Dr. Henschel shown here with his outstanding artwork on display. 

Thanks, as always, to the amazing collection of volunteers who dedicate their time to make sure regattas not spent entirely on the water are just as much fun off the water.  Thanks as well to the race committee for squeezing in at least the one race so the teams had a chance to compete.  The top ten finishers were as follows:

To see the entire list of competitors and final results go to www.cscow.org Racing Schedule.

Regatta Entry Fee: Free for out of town travelers (fees for meals list on NOR posted at NCSSA website)

Launching: Lift available

Housing: Contact: Gary Schroeder [gary@kjsmarketing.com]

Schedule:

Friday September 21st 4:00pm Tune up Race

Friday Night Party (Free) -TBA

Saturday September 22nd  9:00am Skippers Meeting

First Race 10:00 am

Second and third races TBA

Saturday Night Dinner at MYC

Fourth Race: Sunday September 23rd 10:00am

Fifth Race: Time permitting No start after 12:00pm

Brunch / Awards Presentation 1:00pm 

For Questions or to preregister email: jestin.lentz@gmail.com