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Heckl Invite 2005

Final Results from May 14th, 2005
White Bear Lake, YC - Minnesota

Sail #	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Total	Skipper
89	2	2	3	2	2	11	Bruce Martinson
491	3	3	2	3	1	12	Mark Dunsworth
228	8	1	1	1	3	14	Mike Bowers
965	5	4	6	5	6	26	Kurt Holtze
534	9	5	5	6	4	29	Hugh Harris
238	1	6	4	7	15	33	Josh Garber
5	6	9	8	12	5	40	Jack Reed
19	7	7	7	4	15	40	Andrew Keane
88	13	8	9	8	8	46	Potts
66	11	10	11	9	7	48	Trask Reed
484	10	12	10	10	9	51	Mike Simon
234	4	11	15	11	15	56	Charlie Igo
995	12	15	15	15	15	72	Matt Seltzer
4995	14	15	15	15	15	74	Sweeney

Fourteen sailors came out to celebrate the Heckl Memorial Regatta this past Saturday. As predicted, the weather in the morning was: rainy, cold and little wind. Also as predicted, the wind shifted to the NW and built to a stead 17 with gusts topping 23 mph and warmed to a toasty 51 degrees. The competitors didn't seem to mind a bit. Josh Garber started off the season with a bullet in the first race beating Bruce Martinson by about 1/2 boat length. The wind strength built between races and for the next 4 races it seemed that success was dependant upon boat handing and hiking stamina; the top three of Martinson, Dunsworth, and Bowers never fell out of the top three spots for the remainder of the event. Harris and Holtze got to know each other pretty well over the final few races while the next five sailors had bright moments but were plagued by inconsistency. I think every sailor dumped at least once in this event. Bowers even admitted to a chicken gybe to pass 4 or 5 boats at a leeward mark yard sale. For those at the back of the fleet that finished all the races, the time will soon come that you are trading tacks with the top boats if you stick with it. Yesterday was a demanding day out on the water and anyone that completed all the races should feel good about the time they spent in the boat. A hearty congratulations goes out to Bruce Martinson as the two-time Heckl Memorial Regatta Champ!

D21's next event will be held at Bald Eagle YC in White Bear Lake on June 11/12.

See the D21 website for further details on fleet racing (three nights a week!!) and upcoming events.

Thanks to Louie Newell for running the RC, Kristin Digiulio for scoring, Andy Heckl for hosting the party and organizing the event. Also, thanks to David Keane and Mr. Potts for running two mark-set boats; the events are much better with you there. Finally, many thanks to WBYC for supporting this event.

Past Winners
2003- Andrew Keane
2004- Bruce Martinson
2005- Bruce Martinson