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For further information, contact Class Commodore Mike Dow.

Please be sure to Pre-order T-shirts or you can order them through and ILYA website. The deadline to pre-order the T-Shirt is Friday, June 29, 2012

We are offering housing for the regatta this year. If you would like housing for the regatta, please contact Housing Chair Tammy Sawyer or at 262.695.7137.

The Registration Deadline for the event is Friday, June 30 (Late fee is $20 online, $30 on site)

If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Regatta Chair.

A full event report will be published shortly.

TOP FIVE RESULTS (FINAL After 7 Races)
1.) Tom Munroe, Sr., USA-11; 1-1-2-4-2-3-1 = 14
2.) Rob Terry, Thrill Seeker; 3-4-1-1-4-2-2 = 17
3.) Chad Coberly, USA-3; 4-8-5-3-1-1-3 = 25
4.) Mitchell Kiss, Bacetto Duo; 5-6-8-11-3-5-44 = 42
5.) Tom Munroe, Jr., T$; 7-3-15/OCS-8-5-4-5 = 47
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Reeds Lake is a fun and challenging lake to sail on, in the center of East Grand Rapids, MI.  Please feel free to bring your family along to enjoy our beach, swimming area, new club house, and right outside our gate is Gaslight Village with many shops and restaurants. There are plenty of nice hotels in the area and limited housing by our membership.  Motorhome and tent camping is allowed on the club grounds with power, showers and restrooms.  If you intend to camp or would like housing please let me know ASAP so that we can reserve you a space. 

$150.00 which includes all meals for the skipper and crew.

For more information, Download The 2012 Brownwater Regatta Promo or contact Carl Reid direct on e-mail.

The NOR is now available for the 2012 Melges 17 U.S. National Championship! Taking place on August 24-26, hosted by the Grand Traverse Yacht Club in Traverse City, Michigan, the Nationals is THE marquee event of the year for the fleet and without a doubt, it will summon those thirsty for speed and fun unlike ever before! 

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Stay close to melges17.com and Yachtscoring. This event will have full online registration available shortly. BE THERE!

Saturday arrived and the forecast was accurate – chilly and breezy.Winds were from the northeast at 5-10 with some occasional stronger puffs. Three races were sailed in rapid succession in the morning and we got to shore for lunch by noon. Most spent some time during the lunch break in a warm car as it was cold and damp. It was decided that the outdoor steak cookout be scrubbed in favor of an indoor restaurant. The group went out for the afternoon racing session and fortunately the temps warmed up and it ended up being very comfortable racing conditions to finish the first day. Again, three races were run in quick succession Saturday afternoon and we were all back on shore by 3:30 PM.

The Sunday morning "harbor gun" was postponed waiting for the wind to fill in. At 10 AM it was decided to head out and we got in 2 light air races.As we finished the wind was getting very fluky so we were fortunate to get it two pretty good races on Sunday to finish the regatta. The wind from noon – 3 PM was pretty light and variable so it was good that we got in the races during the window of time that we did.

Tom and Reid Monroe won the regatta with very consistent sailing which included 5 first place finishes of the 8 total races sailed. When you have a 3rd as a throw out, you know you are racing very well. Jeff and Emily Lewis traveling from Wisconsin also sailed very consistently including two first place finishes. Mike and Stephanie Dow won one race and were second 4 times to capture third place, and John and Margo Schumacher sailed very consistently including a third place finish in Race 5 to capture fourth place.

For the Monroe team getting around the course all weekend was all about looking for the pressure and getting to it no matter what the wind direction was. With 5 to 12 mph wind speed differences getting to and trying to stay with the 12 was huge. Jeff and Emily Lewis found this to be especially true on the downwind legs as they made huge gains that led to some very close finishes. Mike and Stephanie were always right there too. It was almost comical how 10 yards and a shift with pressure would change your position by 50 yards to the good or bad. The last race was especially fun with a great tacking and jibing flurry with the three lead boats to the finish.

To sail 8 races in two days was a treat for the M17 crews on hand for this season opener. This regatta was a great kick-off to the M17 regatta season. You are always taking a chance with an early May regatta but the Lansing venue has pulled off a good weekend of racing two years in a row. It was great to have two new M17’s on hand to get some experience and join the fleet with Poppert and Schottke participating in their first M17 regatta. The Lake Lansing Sailing Club looks forward to hosting this event next year and sincerely appreciates all the boats that traveled to Lansing to participate.

Photos, video clips and race results are posted through a link on our website at lansingsailing.org

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