Director of Harken engineering, Steve Orlebeke US4926, shares his obsession with ice sailing in the Harken magazine “At The Front”:
Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Whisper it with me…black ice. One more time…black ice. I have a confession to make: I dream about black ice — even sometimes in July. Occasionally, even when I’m in a bunk on a boat sailing in soft water. Continue reading.
The 2018 DN Western Regionals are in the books. Even though temperatures were above 10 F today, the overcast skies made it seem even colder than Saturday. Winds were up from yesterday at 8-15 mph. The ice remained hard and fast.
Congratulations to Steve Orlebeke for his win in the Gold Fleet and Mike Barnett in the Silver Fleet. Many thanks to the Western Region Commodore Daniel Hearn, PRO Dan Heany, Race Committee helpers Fred Stritt, Julie Jankowski, and Jori Lenon, and scorer Mercedes Auger. Thanks to Loretta Rehe for tabulating back at the Home Office in Michigan.
PROVISIONAL 2018 WESTERN REGION REGATTA - JANUARY 13 - 14, 2018 LAKE MENDOTA MADISON, WISCONSIN Gold fleet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 4926 ORLEBEKE, STEVE 1 1 4 ( 4) 1 1 1 3 12.00 2 US 4691 DENNIS, JOHN (S) ( 6) 4 1 3 3 3 3 1 18.00 3 US 5166 BERGER, CHRIS (S) 4 ( 9) 8 1 2 5 2 4 26.00 4 US 4824 CHRISTENSEN, MARK (S) 2 ( 11) 3 6 4 2 4 5 26.00 5 US 4975 EVANS, ROBBIE (S) ( 8) 7 2 2 5 4 5 2 27.00 6 US 5432 BLOOM, MIKE (S) 3 2 6 ( 11) 7 6 6 6 36.00 7 US 5352 HEARN, DANIEL (S) 10 ( 10) 7 8 6 7 8 7 53.00 8 US 5508 SUGAR, TIM 5 6 11 9 ( 13) 8 9 8 56.00 9 US 4923 JEFF, SOLUM ( 12) 8 10 5 8 9 10 9 59.00 10 US 5486 ELSMO, DAVID 11 3 5 12 9 (DNS) 7 12 59.00 11 US 5501 ORLEBEKE, PETER 7 5 9 7 ( 11) 10 11 10 59.00 12 US 5536 SCHMITT, MATT 9 12 12 10 ( 12) 11 12 11 77.00 13 US 4249 GLICK, DAVE (M) 13 13 13 13 ( 14) 13 14 13 92.00 14 US 602 MEYER, TOM (M) 14 14 DNS (DNS) 10 12 13 14 92.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds Silver fleet --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pos Sail# Name Race> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 US 5507 BARNETT, MIKE 1 ( 2) 1 1 2 1 2 1 9.00 2 US 5522 METZLOFF, KYLE 3 4 2 ( 4) 3 2 1 2 17.00 3 US 5479 HEARN, BRIAN 2 1 3 ( 5) 4 3 3 3 19.00 4 US 4203 FITZGERALD, PATRICK (GM) 8 3 ( 10) 9 6 4 4 4 38.00 5 US 548 HOVLAND, NICK 6 7 4 2 ( 12) 5 9 6 39.00 6 US 5517 THOMPSON, JASON (S) 4 9 ( 9) 8 5 6 6 5 43.00 7 US 5602 KICKHAFER, MATTHEW (JR) 10 5 8 7 8 7 5 (DNS) 50.00 8 US 3433 CUMMINS, ROBERT (GM) 9 ( 12) 7 6 9 8 7 8 54.00 9 US 2360 JOHNS, PETE (GM) 7 8 6 10 7 9 12 (DNS) 59.00 10 US 1277 BOWMAN, HAL (GM) 5 6 DNS (DNS) 10 10 8 7 64.00 11 US 5397 FOSSATI, DANNY (N) 12 10 12 12 1 (DNF) 11 10 68.00 12 US 4137 SMITH JR, KEN (M) 13 11 5 3 11 12 (DNS) DNS 73.00 13 US 4602 KICKHAFER, DAVID (S) ( 14) 13 11 11 13 11 10 9 78.00 14 US 1313 RAST, ROBERT (M) 11 14 13 DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS 110.00 15 US 888 ROSTEN, THOR (JR) 15 DNS DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS DNS 123.00 16 US 294 LOENNEKE, LOUIS (GM) DNS DNS (DNS) DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 126.00 Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds
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