2011 Al Henning Regatta : Races by Class

photo by Mike Pobar

photo by Mike Pobar

2011 Al Henning Regatta

Saturday was a beautiful day with air temperatures in the mid 80s and the water temperatures in the mid 70s. Three races were sailed in moderate wind from the North at 5-8knots veering to the NE at 7-11 knots for the third race. Each race was a 4 mile long star class course 4. Jeff Schaefer/Rob Walker won the first and third race. Ben Sternberg and Donald Massey won the second race running away.

Sunday some weak storms moved through in the morning leaving light winds behind it. One race was sailed in 2-6knots out of the Southeast-Southwest. Sternberg/Massey won this race with Schaefer/Walker holding onto second and winning the regatta.

On a personal note, my regular crew couldn't sail this weekend so I recruited my wife (Deanna) to crew. This was her first time out on a star. Our boat handling improved each race and our third place in race 3 will always be one of my most memorable races. Unfortunately an ankle sprain on the dance floor Saturday night kept us out of Sunday's race. She could sail like a star crew but couldn’t party like one.

Also thanks to Ben and Don coming up from Chicago to join us this weekend. It was a pleasure having you both join us.

Matt Pederson

WLM Fleet Secretary

Star

Place	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Sail #:	Fleet	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Jake	Schaefer	Walker	8111	WLM	1	2	1	2	6
2	7741	Sternberg	Massey	7741	CLIS	2	1	4	1	8
3	Howie	Nielson	Nielson	7333	WLM	3	3	5	3	14
4	Morning Star	Herrmann	Herrmann	8312	WLM	5	5	2	4	16
5	At Last	Pederson	Lewis	6933	WLM	6	6	3	9 [DNC]	24
6	Double Vision	Berger	Berger	7302	WLM	4	4	7	9 [DNC]	24
7	Star of the Sea	Schroeder	Poirier	7956	WLM	8	8	6	9 [DNC]	31
8	Trim	Kasabian	Van Parys	7834	WLM	7	7	8	9 [DNC]	31