Entries from July 2012 ↓

Six windsurfers battled each other in the Perryburg Boat Club regatta Saturday July 28th on the mighty Maumee River just south of Toledo Ohio.     Winds were a favorable down the river NE direction with light 8 mph breezes and a few rare 15 mph puffs.       Six races were ran in total with a lunch served up by the members of PBC.     The RC ran a tight two start sequence with a starting air cannon that could be heard for miles.     The course was a triangle until Dr. Drag the Mark Glenn Gardner rearranged the windward mark the first three times he went around it .. costing him a chance at winning the event.     Eric  Rahnenfuerher sailed Irene, his hydrofoil with a 9.0 sail and got a second place in the one race that had several good wind puffs.  Eric has been experimenting for years now with the concept and can plane up in really light puffs.   The board he found abandoned in Hatteras after hurricane Irene almost destroyed it.

Below Scott Fohey receives his first place flag from PBC Commodore Don Hoste with RC member John Bureau presiding.

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PBC will be celebrating 75 years next season.   They have a fleet of Sunfish which was the other division in the regatta.   The Sunfish were start one and with a three minute head start most of them finished before the windsurfers.

Windsurfer Division results:
1 Scott Folhey   (Detriot)
2 Chris Berry   (Perrysburg)
3 Glenn Gardner (Detriot)
4 Scott Haas (Perrysburg)
5 Eric  Rahnenfuerher  (Cleveland)
6 Frank Murray   (Detriot)

Scott #H

The New London Ohio Reservoir Rendezvous went off without a hitch again this year.  The city supplied trophies .. the campground sold T-shirts they printed up for the event ..   there was no entry fee ..  a food ticket for lunch, supper, breakfast was $20 .. the weather and winds cooperated nicely.     A great crowd of about 60 people attended plus several dogs.      Robby cooked yummy  fried calamari until midnight on Friday and again as an appetizer on Saturday evening.      Below .. on the right .. chef Carl inspects the meat.

The park has a new public grill !

Thanks to Mark Ulicki for overseeing the skipper meetings, running the start sequence and results scoring duties.   Eric Rahnenfueher set course buoys utilizing the water space.     Three rival Ohio groups (BONCs -  Boardheads of North Coast from the Cleveland area), COWS (Columbus Organization of Windsurfers)  and TABAs (Toledo Area Boardsailing Association) battled on the course.     Six races were ran in 5 to 10 mph winds on Saturday and four more extra long races on Sunday morning.   The awards were given out and most people were on their way home by 2:30 ish.  Below some of the group taking in nourishment with part of camp windsurf in the background.

Camp Windsurf

It was great to again see lots of kids on the water learning to windsurf.        Friday afternoon things really went off and several of us tuned up on a strong easterly wind that even brought out the shortboards.   We believe  the surrounding corn fields must supercharge the air!      After the awards ceremony on Sunday about a dozen people were still on the water powered up by some nuclear level west winds as a westerly heat front blew in with gale force.     The elevated New London Reservoir is maybe Ohio’s best kept windsurfing secret spot ..  it seems to produce wind even when none is forecasted.    Hope to see you there in July 2013!

Results Fleet Overall     Results by Division

More Pictures         Some More Pictures        Some Video

On behalf of Tom Mae, here is an Announcement for the 2012 CAN-AM Windsurf Race Challenge: