Ugotta Love 111-105-35 One-Design Sailing

KASHMIR, CREATIVE DESTRUCTION, FALCON Class Winners

(Harbor Springs, MI)- Sailing teams from across America head to Harbor
Springs each July for a summer tradition: the Little Traverse Yacht Club
"Ugotta Regatta". Hosted by the LTYC, the Regatta brings together some
of the best sailboat racing in the country on Little Traverse Bay and
takes place the weekend following the second of the Mackinac Races (Port
Huron to Mackinac or Chicago to Mackinac).



This year’s 2011 Regatta, sponsored by Credit Suisse, began with one
design racing on Friday followed a "Tour of the Bay" course on Saturday
and windward-leeward racing on Sunday. The weekend’s festivities kick
off bright and early Friday morning with a fun tradition: a long line of
happy people beginning at sun-up outside Irish Boat Shop to purchase
the 2011 Regatta t-shirt. Each year, the shirt design changes and with a
limited number produced, the lines begin early so that the shirts can
be had.



Enjoying the fun and festivities were Karl Brummel, Steve Henderson and
Mike Mayer on the J/111 KASHMIR, showing the J/111 fleet how to get
around the track (or in some cases, get out of trouble), finishing the
event with a consistent scoreline of 1-1-2-2-1-3 for 10 pts.  Local
favorite and sailing hero, Dave Irish took aboard as much local talent
as possible on NO SURPRISE and simply couldn't muster up enough
fire-power to overcome KASHMIR's ability to sail fast and smart. NO
SURPRISE finished the series with a 4-2-1-1-2-2 for just 12 pts.  Third
was Paul Stahlberg's fun-loving team on the fast red boat MENTAL!  The
MENTAL team sailed consistently and snuck in a first in the last race to
finish with a tally of 2-4-3-4-3-1 for 17 pts.



Over in the J/105 fleet, local sailors took home the bacon with Carter
Williams' CREATIVE DESTRUCTION winning in convincing fashion with a
3-1-4-1-1-2 record for 12 pts.  Second was Clarence Holman on EXIT
STRATEGY with 14 pts.  In nearly a three-way tie for third was Bill
Petzold on GREEN FLASH, Mark Symonds on PTERODACTYL and Richard Lehman
on WIND CZAR.  Based upon how these three teams had been sailing all
weekend, it was anyone's guess what the outcome would be after the last
race.  By getting a 3rd, Bill's flashy team won the tie-breaker over
Mark's raptors with their 5th and coming up short was Richard's czars
with a 4th.



Like their 35 foot sisterships, the J/35s had a fun, close series. 
While the leader, Ed Bayer's FALCON walked off with three 1sts, the
battle for 2nd to 4th was close.  It was Bruce Metcalf's BOZO'S CIRCUS
that managed to squeak by with a 4-2-2 to finish second by a half point
over Larry Taunt's BAD DOG.



In handicap world, a fleet of J's sailed well to take places in three of
the divisions.  In PHRF E class, Mike Graham's J/109 MERENGUE finished
5th after three races and Mitch Padnos' gorgeous J/124 SUFFICIENT REASON
finished 6th.  In PHRF H class, the J/95 STILL CRAZY sailed by Justin
Palm was 2nd and the J/100 JUST MESSIN sailed by Adam Esselman was 5th. 
In PHRF I Class (jib & main only), the J/42 JAYWALKER sailed by
Bill and Judy Stellin continue to sail fast after criss-crossing the
Atlantic Ocean, pulling off 4th in their class.   For more Ugotta Regatta sailing results

  

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