1 I 49 Vincent Porter 3 pts 1 1 1
2 I 71 Ken Wruk 13 pts 9 2 2
3 WA 47 Bob Herdrick 13 pts 6 3 4
4 TO 12 Pete Price 14 pts 2 9 3
5 CR 66 Rob Terry 15 pts 4 6 5
6 WA 99 Casey Call 16 pts 3 7 6
7 H 7 Lon Schoor 17 pts 5 5 7
8 WA 8 JB Van Meter 27 pts 7 11 9
9 SL 22 Paul Wickland 29 pts 10 8 11
10 CH 6 Rick Turner 30 pts 7 11 9
11 WA 200 Rick Lemberg 36 pts 13 4 19
12 WA 22 Dick Tillman 37 pts 15 14 8
13 WA 17 Chad Herdrich 40 pts 11 15 14
14 WA 12 Bill Misenheimer 42 pts 16 10 16
15 WA 21 Dave Imscher 42 pts 12 17 13
16 H 11 Lance Puccio 45 pts 14 19 12
17 WA 31 Terry moorman 51 pts 18 13 20
18 WA 51 Andy Allen 53 pts 20 16 17
19 CH 1 Chris Creighton 53 pts 17 18 18
20 CR 12 Richard Halliday 54 pts 19 20 15
21 ID 1 Pete Hagar 64 pts 21 22 21
22 WA 90 John Call 67 pts DNF 21 22
23 WA 9 George Simpson 69 pts 22 23 DNF
Wawasee club members gave everyone a great reception on their arrival - what a treat to come to a club like this. Friday saw several boats arrive late in the night, but they stayed up at the club and welcomed each one and lead them to their hosts house for the weekend. Seems like everyone who traveled is staying with a Wawasee club member.
The first day was calm until about 11:30 when the PRO announced a 1:00 start. The breeze was light to light medium (7-11) and the shifts were large (50+ degrees).
Pete Price lead around the first mark of the first race and stayed there until Vincent Porter passed him late in the race to win. Vincent was 8th at the first mark and rode a nice puff into second at the next leeward mark. The course was a 2 1/2, as were the two other races, and the leaders finished in 50 minutes.
The breeze was a little stronger in the next race and Vincent team finished first in about 40 minutes. they were battling alone the whole race with Ken Wruk, who finished second. Bill Misenheimer had a grat first downwind, going from 15th to 5th. Like the first race one side or the other seemed to come in with a big beneficial shift, so there were opportunities to gain big. Bob Herdrich moved from 12th at the first mark to 3rd for the race. Rick Lemberg had his best race finishing 4th, and he did it the hard way - hanging on to that position for the whole race in tough to read big shifts, while most everyone else was going up and down with each major shift.
The third race lasted about 50 minutes and the breeze seemed to steady out compared to the previous two races - but still had some good shifts and puffs to work with. I believe the Porter team lead the whole way {and if they didn't I am sure someone will let me know tomorrow after they read this report : ) }
The day ended with the beer and rum punch flowing, some crazy flamingo racing (don't ask), and a great diner at the club. There were more games after diner to entertain all - what a supper effort by everyone to make this an outstanding regatta.
