NorthStar Games 2004 - Results

White Bear Yacht Club
District 21 Laser Grand Prix
8/28-29/04
SERIES SUMMARY

Last weekend D21 held our 2004 Grand Prix regatta on White Bear Lake in Minnesota. Twenty six competitors from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Canada and Italy came for a great weekend of 10 races. It was great to see all the Minnesota fleets out competing in our great Corinthian sport. I was very glad to see representation from Wayzata, Calhoun, Bald Eagle and White Bear at the event. Saturday started out very slow, with cloud, no wind and some light drizzle. Luckily our fortunes changed by the start of race 1 of 6. Kurt Holtze, Erik Hegstrom and Bruce Martinson started off strong finishing one, two and three while other top sailors faltered. Kurt slipped in races 2 and 3 finishing out of the top five while Bruce pulled two bullets out of his hat. Meanwhile in the rest of the fleet, Susie Pagel, Mark Dunsworth, and Andy Heckl were setting up a battle for the rest of the day with relatively consistent finishes around 5th place. The day became more pleasant as each race passed. The clouds cleared, the rain stopped and the wind filled to 10 to 12 kts. By the end of racing there were three clear fleets in the top ten. Kurt and Bruce were within 1 point, 3 rd through 6th were within 4 points while 6th through 10th were separated by 5 points. We were off the water after a cool 6 ½ hours of racing and off to Andy Heckl’s house for guacamole, chips, cold beverages and live-giving Carbone’s Pizza. After the mosquitoes chased the weak away, the remaining stuck around to catch some taped Olympic sailing, cookies, tequila and couch-time.

Sunday dawned with 10 to 12 knots of breeze, clouds, and a race committee dedicated to completing four more races before our 1:30 cut off time. Kurt, Andy and Mark all faltered in the first race of the day while Bruce, Dave Schmitt, Susie Pagel, and Andrew Keane all finished well in the first race on Sunday. Kurt continued to falter throughout the event while Bruce seemed to hone his sights and never finished out of the top 4. At that point the real race was between 3rd through 6th place. Mark covered Andy, Mike Bowers covered Susie, Susie covered Andy, and Andy covered Mike….or something like that at least. After everything shook out, consistency and throw-outs (Sorry Mike) were key in the event. The top five in the event were: Bruce Martinson, Kurt Holtze, Andy Heckl, Mark Dunsworth, and Susie Pagel.

Thanks go out to White Bear YC for hosting, Louis & Pattie Newell for running all the races and General Recalls, The Keane’s for running the mark boat & filling the fleet with several loaner boats, and Andy Heckl for organizing the event and putting on the party.

Keep an eye out for the Calhoun Classic and NUMB regattas coming up in the Twin Cities this fall.

Pl Sail # Skipper
Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 159089 Bruce Martinson
27
3
1
1
4
(27\OCS)
7
1
3
3
4
2 152965 Kurt Holtze
37
1
8
(10)
2
1
3
7
9
4
2
3 173204 Andy Heckl
49
6
6
9
5
2
6
(15)
7
5
3
4 164234 Mark Dunsworth
55
5
15
6
9
4
2
(17)
5
8
1
5 170757 Susie Pegel
57
(21)
5
5
6
8
15
4
2
1
11
6 152921 Mike Bowers
58
4
(13)
8
3
11
9
6
1
7
9
7 41 David Onan
76
18
16
4
1
6
11
8
10
2
(27\DNC)
8 148998 Eric Hegstrom
81
2
10
2
(16)
3
14
14
12
12
12
9 180491 Dave Schmitt
81
13
14
12
8
9
(27\OCS)
2
11
6
6
10 135002 Jeff McIntosh
89
11
2
18
11
7
5
(19)
15
10
10
11 15883 Tim Sugar
93
(15)
4
15
13
10
12
11
4
11
13
12 168469 John Dyer
98
10
7
3
7
14
4
13
13
(27\DNC)
27\DNC
13 175191 Jeremy Hutchinson
99
8
18
11
10
5
8
18
(21)
14
7
14 19 Andrew Keane
101
12
3
7
15
20
1
3
22
18
(27\DNF)
15 24670 Fabrizio Perri
114
24
9
16
14
13
10
9
6
13
(27\OCS)
16 177260 Mike Elson
114
9
(19)
17
12
15
13
16
8
9
15
17 144330 Uta Moncur
123
7
12
(21)
20
17
18
10
14
17
8
18 180063 M Maas
132
19
11
14
17
12
(21)
20
19
15
5
19 180066 John Reed
145
20
(27\BFD)
13
21
22
16
5
18
16
14
20 180484 Mike Simon
169
14
17
22
22
(25)
25
12
16
20
21
21 176072 Bill Reed
172.5
22
20
20
18
18
17
(24)
17
21
19.5\TIE
22 5 Trask Reed
185
17
21
23
(25)
21
19
21
23
24
16
23 2 A Jagger
193
16
23
(26)
26
19
23
25
25
19
17
24 172995 Matt Seltzer
202
23
24
19
19
16
20
(27\DNC)
27\DNC
27\DNC
27\DNC
25 16220 D Renneckar
203.5
(26)
25
25
23
24
22
22
20
23
19.5\TIE
26 5646 J Weiss
204
(25)
22
24
24
23
24
23
24
22
18

30 Aug, '04, 17:56
St. Pete Scorer

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