Hats off to Woody and the crew up North for a very successful Canadian Masters Regatta – 55 Racers! Now that there has been some time to breathe since the big regatta, we were able to get the scores, stories, and even a full page newspaper article posted here at MOWIND.org.
I just received this message from Craig Bergh at the Midwest Speed Quest. I will be there Fri-Sun with the rest of the Anderson clan. I hope to see a few more MOWIND’ers out there. If you haven’t been to the Speed Quest yet, I can tell you it is one of the most fun events around. You get to sail on your own schedule – just strap on a gps when you’re ready to go. The launches are great. The wind is great. The city is great. You can contact Craig (info below)Â if you have questions.
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See you there,
Arden, EL-11
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Hello Fellow WIndsurfers,
The high winds have finally returned to Worthington Minnesota. The Weather Forecasts for Friday, Saturday, Sunday (and Monday too) are fantastic. The base winds will be 25 mph, with gusts over 30 mph each day.
These are excellent speed sailing conditions.
We have (2) new Carbon Art Boards here for your demo use. The SP 53 is an 83 liter board built for Pure Speed! The SL 75 is a 117 liter Slalom Board designed by New Zealand Slalom Champion James Dinnis. This board is designed for top speed while navigating the extreme choppy conditions of Lake Okabena. Thank you Carbon Art for your support!
We have KA Sails here for you, courtesy Windsurf Deal, the North American Distributor of KA Sails. These sails are tested to over 50 knots! Thank Juerg and the team at Windsurfdeal.
We have demo gear and prizes to be given away courtesy DAKINE. Thank you!
We have Gath Safety Helmets available to all racers, courtesy Murray’s Watersports. These are the best helmet your can put on your head. There will be a drawing for Gath Helmet this weekend!
As always, all speeds shall be measured using the LOCOSYS GT31 GPS. This is the most precise hand held GPS available. With over $3000 in prize money on the line, our races demand this level of accuracy.
Vector Fins Maui has delivered a quiver of Canefire and Rockit fins courtesy Vector Fins, Maui. These high performance fins are used by top racers around the world!
There will be a drawing for a copy of the new Windsurfing Movie II, courtesy Jace Panebianco and the team at Poor Boyz Productions.
The Buffalo Billfold Company of Worthington has provided a number of custom designed T shirts to visiting racers. Bill Keitel and the crew also offer the finest handmade Buffalo Leather goods available anywhere. Thank you Bill and Lauri!
All races will receive a $5 coupon good toward a great meal at La Azteca Mexican Restaurant of Worthington. They have the best food and the coldest Margaritas anywhere!
As always, we offer free on-site Pet Care, Child Care, and Spousal Care (care of the Windsurfing Widow). Please let us know if we can be of assistance!
The team at Deb’s Healing Massage and Day Spa have provided free 1 hour massages to our racers or their spouses. This is the finest Massage Therapy Center in Worthington. Thank you Deb!
So far, David Knight of Fridley Minnesota is in First Place with a Best Ten Second Run of 32.8 knots, with Ed Melechson of Papillion Nebraska in second at 30.8 knots. The top speed by October 15th will win $1000 CASH!!!
Ed is also leading the new Alpha 500 Racing event for 2010, with a speed of 20.65 knots. In this event, we measure average speed through a jibe over a total of 500 meters. This concept is new in the USA, but is popular in many countries around the world. Alpha Racing rewards those racers with superior jibing ability, and is a good measure of skills on the Slalom Race Course. The top Alpha speed racer for 2010 will win $500 CASH!
We will be having a number of drawings for many of the items listed above during this entire weekend. All racers who record a personal best speed will be eligible. It does not matter if your best is 5 knots, or 32 knots. Everyone will be included!.
The Midwest Speed Quest is an event which is based on participation. We are looking for all speed sailors of all levels from ages 6 to 86. This is a great opportunity for newer racers to learn from our top racers!
And of course, everything is always FREE!!!
This event is possible thank to the support of our many Sponsors . See out Sponsors Link Page to see who makes this event happen. Thank you!
Please let us know if you are planning on attending this weekend!
Five hearty sailors showed up to race in the 3rd annual Tour da Croix, a long distance challenge from Point Douglas in Prescott, WI sailing approximately 5 miles upriver/upwind to the Kinnickinnic and then another 5 miles back. Total distance covered by the sailors due to tacking upwind was about 14 miles.
Arnie Cleveland presented the course and then had us off to start at 11:00 am on the button. Wind conditions were about 5 mph out of the north and temperature was in the mid 80’s.
The course was basically a race up to the Kinnickinnic and back, but there were two mark rounding that we needed to complete early in the race ; one on the Minnesota side of the river and one on the Wisconsin side of the river. Adam Anderson jumped out to an early lead and led to the first mark on the Minnesota side, followed closely by the rest of the fleet. The sailors spread out some as they worked there way upwind back and forth across the river. Sailing in the lead, Adam Anderson needed to spot the Wisconsin mark and had a hard time finding it on such a big body of water. Meanwhile Arden Anderson made a tactical decision to tack up the Wisconsin shore in order to spot the mark, and was able to quickly find it and make a clean rounding to continue upwind while Adam and Peter had each overstood the mark. Arden hailed the other sailors to tell them where the mark was and Peter quickly changed course to get back to the mark, but Adam was far enough ahead that he didn’t hear the hail. Adam sailed on for another 10 or more minutes before turning back to go find the correct mark. More on that later…(Update after reviewing gps tracks: Adam took a 35 minute detour – 15 minutes to get back down to the mark once he realized his mistake, and another 20 minutes to get upwind to where he had been).
Peter was still able to round right with Wayne Anderson, with Tom Stokes in hot pursuit, and the race was on the rest of the way to the Kinney. The next several miles saw Arden and Peter dueling it out on the imco’s with the distance between them varying as they played the shifts. Eventually Peter was able to get into striking distance and make a pass as the river necked down and winds got lighter and shiftier. He worked through the narrow and over to the Minnesota side and opened up a 300-400 yard lead as Arden made slower progress up the Wisconsin side.
Peter maintained his lead up to the turnaround point. Here are the rounding times (remember we started at 11:00 am so a 1:00 pm rounding took 2 hours of elapsed time):
Peter Hartwhich PJ1 – 1:09 pm
Arden Anderson EL11 – 1:13 pm
Adam Anderson EL111 – 1:17 pm
Wayne Anderson EL – 1:21 pm
Tom Stokes USA099 – 1:32 pm
The times show Adam Anderson working his way back towards the leaders after his detour early in the race. He showed a lot of determination sticking with the race after the big setback early. Realizing it was a long race though he stuck with it to grind his way back into site of the leaders.
On the way downwind Arden was able to close the gap on Peter and Adam continued to whittle away at the leaders After working through the narrow part of the river Peter, Arden, and Adam were virtually tied. As they reached the wider part of the river and could see the finish a few miles ahead, Arden and Adam pulled away from Peter as they stayed towards the Wisconsin side of the river. The rest of the way to the finish Adam was able to finally put some distance on Arden and complete his comeback, winning the 3 1/2 challenge.
Final Finish Times (start at 11:00 am)
Adam Anderson EL111 – 2:28:28 pm
Arden Anderson EL11 – 2:29:56 pm
Peter Hartwhich PJ1 – 2:33:33 pm
Wayne Anderson EL – 2:50:44 pm
Tom Stokes USA099 – 3:40:44 pm
An interesting note is that this race featured all three of the official Olympic Windsurfing boards. Adam Anderson sailed on the Div2 Lechner board featured in ’88 and ’92, Arden and Peter each sailed the IMCO board and sail that were used in the ’96, ’00, and ’04 games, and Tom Stokes sailed the Neil Pryde RSX that was used in the ’08 games. Wayne Anderson was the only sailor on a non-Olympic board, but he was on the unofficial MOWIND one design board, the Equipe II.
Tom Stokes won the Sport Fleet and is congratulated for completing the distance race on his first attempt. He also won the “Long Distance Traveler” award for driving about 500 miles from Indiana. He said that he will be driving back to Indiana Sunday and will return to Minnesota again next weekend for the Waconia Wind and Wave event. Hats off to Tom for his dedication.
The racing was followed by All-You-Can-Eat PRIME RIB at The Point in Hastings, MN. A great way to recharge after a long race. Many thanks the The Point for their hospitality and especially to Arnie Cleveland for all of his Race Committee efforts.
We will post pictures when we get back to a computer.Â
As promised, pictures have been loaded to a Picasa Album.
– Arden & Adam via smart phone at The Point
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The ferry ride over to Middle Bass Island for the Bay Week Regatta  started with a good omen as a Miller Beer delivery truck was parked in the ferry line also.
Good Omen in the Ferry Line
The 2010 new Bay Week (Fri - Sat – Sun weekend ) regatta had great winds each day, unfortunately the wind came late afternoon on Friday and Saturday after racing had been postponed for the day.   However being full of energy us windsurfers got in several hours of great fun sailing until dark both those days.  Just in case you are wondering … let me say the wind wasn’t little puffs either …   it was great powered up full on shore 7.5 conditions that blew hard even after sunset.       There were 150 entries total in the regatta eight of them being windsurfers.  That’s a heck of a big fleet and the Put-In-Bay harbor was jammed with sailboats boats stacked five deep at the docks. In the centerboard fleet that us windsurfers were part of, the big class was a group of 25 Hobie 13’s.   Those Hobies 13 really know how to flip!   Â
On day one and two USA-136 Eric Rahnenfueher set up practice marks so we could perfect our mark roundings during our fun sessions. Novice lady windsurfer Denise Roznovsky got in some good wave sailing practice on an RS:X.   Early Saturday afternoon a gang of five of us SUP paddled our windsurfers over to the west point of Middle Bass where JJ graciously gave us some refreshments for our efforts.  However while drinking those refreshments a breeze started kicking up so we had to get back and as it did late afternoon the day before the wind magically returned.         When we woke up on Sunday morning the wind was still blowing strong and it seemed to be building a bit.   Â
On day three we established what I believe is likely a new MOWIND record for windsurfers.  Because the centerboard fleet had not raced on day one or two the RC wanted an extra earlier start time to make sure we got at least three races in on Sunday morning.      The windsurfer class was start three in a fleet that had four starts and the course that day was a triangle with an extra sausage leg around the windward and leeward marks.      The RC the evening before moved the first warning gun up to 7:55 am meaning we might need to leave shore at 7:30 am if winds were light.      Fortunately for us windsurfers that were staying at Middle Bass Island state campground it was an quick easy ten minute reach to the start line.   The reason it was so easy was the winds were building quickly and three guys even returned to shore to get their 7.5’s on.       As far as the MOWIND record …  I believe an 8:10 am start with three races completed by 10:15 am  for windsurfers has to be some kind of record.     Â
Below USA 064 Rod Clevenger accepts his 1st place flag and cup from the I-LYA Commodore.    Rod also won the daily award (first finisher in the first race) a nice I-LYA logo fleece vest and hat.  In the background in the straw hat,  JDX Jim Donahue pours a beer at the beer wagon.
Rod Clevenger - 1st in Windsurfer Class
Fleets results for windsurfer class.
1. USA 64 – Hybrid - Rod Clevenger
2. USA 136 – Unlimited – Eric Rahnenfueher
3. H – Hybrid – Scott Haas
4.  JDX – Hybrid – Jim Donahue
5.  W - Hybrid – Gary Smith
6. 12 – Hybrid – Philip Dufresne
7.  D -  Women Sport – Denise Roznovsky
8.  S1 – Hybrid – Scott Foley
Hopefully more windsurfers will come out to Middle Bass Island in August 2011 for the next I-LYA Bay Week event and enjoy a few days windsurfing.   Yes there is a race but you can also elect to just race a couple races if that’s all you want.   2010 was an epic year as we had several days in a row of beautiful 85 degree temperatures, wind and no rain!    The islands offer something for everyone and for photographers there are lots of beautiful views of boats sailing by .. click image for larger view!  Â
Two sail boats pass by windsurfer launch beach at Middle Bass State Park Campground.
The 2010 Door County Breeze hosted 23 racers, several recreational sailors, along with family and friends over the 4th of July weekend. Steve and Jan Vande Corput once again did an excellent job with the regatta. Along with their suport team they ran 9 course races plus a fantastic distance race, provided a delicious meal Saturday night, gathered local support that included numerous raffle prizes, and made sure everyone had a great time.