July 2023

Vicki Palmer, Windward Leg Editor

windwardlegeditor@gmail.com

IN THIS ISSUE

Pan Am Games Final Country Qualification
Pan Am Games TEAM USA Announced
New England Regional Championship Report, Wequaqet Lake Yacht Club
NY Downstate Regional Championship Report, Wet Pants Sailing Association
Youth Sailors team up for Hyannis YC Regatta
Sunfish Jr Nationals at Lake Norman YC Board Boash
Lansing Sunfish Regatta Report, Haslett, Michigan
Sam Myers Regatta Report, Andover, Ohio

SAVE THE DATES

August 19-20 Women's Sunfish North Americans Lewes YC DE

Sept 16-17 Midwest Regional#2/Bruce Goldsmith Memorial Regatta (WQ) Devils Lake YC MI

Sept. 23-24 Gulf Coast Regional Championship Grand Lagoon YC, Pensacola FL

Sept. 23-24 Sunfish Junior Nationals at Lake Norman YC Board Bash

Sept. 30-Oct 1 Southwest Regional #2 (WQ) Rush Creek Fall Dinghy Fest TX

Sept. 30-Oct 1 Mid-Atlantic Sunfish Regional Championship, Normandy Beach YC

Oct. 14-15 Pumpkin Regatta/Midwest Regional Championship #3 Louisville SC, KY

Oct. 14-15 US Masters National Championship Niantic Bay YC

More events please check the monthly calendar

Windward Leg - Spanish Version

Pan Am Games Final Qualification

Men's Countries & where qualified	Women's countries & where qualified
CAN - MW23	ARG - SA23
CHI - Host Country	ARU - QS
DOM - CAC23	CHI - Host Country
GUA - SA23	COL - CAC23
PER - MW23	CUB - SA23
PUR - SA23	GUA - SA23
USA - MW23	MEX - QS
VEN - SA23	PER - MW23
MW23 = Midwinters	USA - MW23
SA23 = South American Championship	VEN - MW23
CAC23 = Central American & Caribbean Games
QS = Qualification System

The women competitors got 2 extra spots that was based on the goal to have 50/50 split in male/female representation -- 86/86 athletes in sailing. Final report includes all classes and the qualification series. Final Report July 4, 2023

Team USA for the 2023 Pan American Games:
• 49er – Ian Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI) & Hans Henken (Coronado, CA)
• 49erFX – Stephanie Roble (East Troy, WI) & Maggie Shea (Wilmette, IL); 2019 Pan Am Games Silver Medalists, 49erFX
• Men’s Formula Kite – Markus Edegran (Palm Beach, FL)
• Women’s Formula Kite – Daniela Moroz (Lafayette, CA)
• ILCA 6 – Erika Reineke (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
• ILCA 7 – Chapman Petersen (Fontana, WI)
• Men’s iQFOiL – Noah Lyons (Clearwater, FL)
• Women’s iQFOiL – Dominique Stater (Miami, FL)
• Lightning – Allan Terhune, Jr. (Annapolis, MD), Sarah Chin (Harvey Cedars, NJ), Madeline Baldridge (Charleston, SC)
• Nacra 17 – Sarah Newberry Moore (Miami, FL) & David Liebenberg (Richmond, CA)
• Snipe – Ernesto Rodriguez (Miami, FL) & Kathleen Tocke (Buffalo, NY); Rodriguez – 2019 Pan Am Games Gold Medalist with partner Hallie Schiffman
• Men’s Sunfish – Conner Blouin (Charleston, SC); third consecutive Pan American Games appearance
• Women’s Sunfish – Amanda Callahan (Canton, MA)

New England Regionals at Wequaquet Lake Yacht Club (WLYC)

July 22-23, 2023

Celebrating a 60-Year History with WLYC

The Camp Opechee restaurant opened in 1903 on Lake Wequaquet and was famous for its lobsters and steamers. That same building, today, is the clubhouse for the Wequaquet Lake Yacht Club famous for 60 years of Sunfish regattas.
Forty Sunfish sailors from all over the country sailed in the New Regionals to help celebrate this special occasion and enjoy the warm welcome and excellent event that Chairperson Wendy LeJava has organized for many, many years.

So this is also a year when the Sunfish Class wants to celebrate Wendy for her years of dedication, excellent organizational skills and obvious passion for Sunfish sailing. Our Sunfish sailors always look forward to their adventures at WLYC – adventures that are filled with challenging sailing conditions and generous hospitality on shore. Thank you, Wendy, and to everyone at the Wequaquet Lake Yacht Club who provide an event every year that makes Sunfish sailors feel like they have “come home.”

Photo 1:

A peek at the 60-year list of Sunfish winners on display at this year’s New England Regionals.

Wendy LeJava, Chairperson

Wequaquet Lake located on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

Amanda Callahan – 1^st place winner at the New England Regionals at WLYC

Will Kresic, USSCA President – 2^nd Place Winner at WLYC

(L to R) Bottom Row: Ken Charles, 6^th; Amanda Callahan, 1^st; Will Kresic, 2^nd
(L to R) Top Row: Drew Buttner, 5^th; Sydney Karnovsky, 4^th; Ken Legler, 3^rd

	Sail #	Skipper	8 Races	TOT
1	82481	Amanda Callahan	1-4-5*-4-1-1-1-1	13
2	4705	Will Kresic	3-1-4-3-3-3-10*-2	19
3	86518	Ken Legler	2-21*-6-9-6-2-3-6	34
4	77028	Sydney Karnovsky	10*-8-1-6-8-6-2-5	36
5	60085	Drew Buttner	4-7-7-1-2-12-18*-8	41
6	12	Ken Charles	6-9-15-20*-5-5-4-3	47
7	61299	Bill Brangiforte	8-11*-2-7-9-11-6-10	53
8	55900	Alan Beckwith	11-5-3-5-11-18*-5-14	54
9	3868	Gail Heausler	7-2-8-2-16-26*-7-15	57
10	37894	Cesar Brea	16*-13-13-12-4-4-13-7	66
11	15	Rick Stewart	9-3-9-15-15-14-11-DNS*	76
12	4872	Kimmy Jackman	18*-10-12-13-12-15-14-16	92
13	78275	Kevin Buruchian	13-17-16-14-19*-17-8-9	94
14	58984	Eric Woodman	19-15-11-10-10-20-9-24*	94
15	22533	Mark Buruchian	17-12-29*-8-13-22-15-11	98
16	5785	Lee Parks	5-6-10-23-30*-24-12-23	103
17	43433	Elizabeth Clinton	24-14-17-25*-17-7-22-12	113
18	1457	Peter Eastman	DNS*30-22-22-14-10-17-13	128
19	4875	Paul Dierze	21-22-20-18-22-9-28*-22	134
20	5070	Jack Campo	27*-27-25-24-24-8-19-17	144
21	9102	Rapid Buttner	12-19-33-11-18-32-24-DNS*	149
22	4729	Faye Flam	15-16-24-35*-23-19-31-21	149
23	39	Micky Kalish	29-20-14-DNS*-41-13-30-4	151
24	81373	Austin Williams	20-33*-26-27-33-16-20-18	160
25	78065	Tracy Taylor	DNS*-41-30-26-7-23-16-20	163
26	5784	Emily Wagner	23-23-28-21-34*-21-21-26	163
27	55273	Geoff Stucke	28-28-18-16-26-25-27-32*	168
28	4331	Andrew Silhavy	14-24-23-29-21-28-35*-33	172
29	14	Mary Charles	25-32-19-33*-25-30-25-19	175
30	76494	Doug Ambos	22-26-21-28-32*-29-23-28	177
31	55	Mary Kalich	26-25-32*-17-29-27-32-25	181
32	76016	Darryl Tomash	36*-29-31-19-20-33-34-27	193
33	81716	David Ryan	31-35-27-34-28-DNF*-29-29	213
34	27777	Paul Odegaard	34-18-34-31-27-34-37-DNS*	215
35	60616	Marty Rich	35-31-35-32-37*-35-33-30	231
36	58760	Sam Mazzeo	33-36-36-36-31-31-36-DNS*	239
37	81263	Catherine Buttner	30-37-DNS*-41-41-36-26-31	242
38	81509	Sid Snow	32-34-37-30-36-DNS*-41-41	251
39	58761	Kathleen Hanson	38-39*-39-38-35-37-38-34	259
40	81382	Katie Snow	37-38-38-37-38-DNS*-41-41	270

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Downstate NY Regionals Championship

Wet Pants Sailing Association

July 29-30, 2023

	Sail #	Skipper	Division	8 Races	TOT
1	81334	Griffin Sisk	Open	3-1-1-1-7*-2-1-1	10
2	78242	Lee Montes	Master	1-2-2-2-3-4-13*-11	25
3	77855	Erich Hesse	Master	9-3-3-4-2-6-12*-4	31
4	4815	John Condon	Master	2-5-7-3-4-11-5-15*	37
5	4321	Brian McGinnis	Master	7-6-6-5-8-1-15*-8	41
6	39	Micky Kalich	Open	4-8-5-6-5-14*-6-9	43
7	8377	Paul Clifford	Master	5-12-10-7-6-13*-7-3	50
8	81743	Kerry Gendron	Women's	10-7-11-14-32/DNF*-10-3-2	57
9	79587	Joseph Beitch	Open	11-11-9-10-14*-8-2-13	64
10	81618	Kira Munger	Women's	13-15-16*-9-10-7-4-6	64
11	5101	Patrick Donohue	Master	6-4-4-8-1-25*-21-21	65
12	11020	Keelyn Brink	Junior	15-14-14-18*-11-12-10-7	83
13	75451	Larry Suter	Master	DNS*-13-8-15-9-5-DSQ-5	87
14	12	Ken Charles	Master	16-10-13-11-DNS*-3-DSQ-12	97
15	4880	David Thompson	Master	8-17-19-17-DNF*-17-11-14	103
16	81831	Miles Diekmann	Junior	DNF*-9-12-13-12-21-19-18	104
17	73388	Kevin Brink	Master	14-16-DNS*-12-13-20-8-24	107
18	5130	Gerry Hesse	Master	17-19-15-DNS*-16-15-24-16	122
19	4929	Gavin Monaghan	Open	21-27-25-DNF*-20-26-9-10	138
20	3377	Mia Brandt	Women's	19-21-21-22-15-29*-25-19	142
21	81719	Mackenzie Klein	Junior	12-18-22-23-21-30*-22-28	146
22	3801	Justin Huntington	Open	20-24-17-DNS*-DNS-18-14-23	148
23	82634	Bart Hale	Master	18-22-26-24-DNS*-19-23-22	154
24	3856	Lindsay Brink	Women's	22-25-23-DNF*-DNS-22-16-17	157
25	81817	Hollin Calloway	Women's	DNF*-DNF-20-20-17-24-20-26	159
26	80745	Frank Minnisale	Master	DNF*-20-18-19-18-27-28-29	159
27	81744	Fabrice Deroubaix	Master	DNS*-23-DNS-16-DNF-16-18-25	162
28	81724	Colin Murray	Open	25-28-24-21-19-23-DNF*-27	167
29	55	Mary Kalich	Women's	DNF*-DNF-DNS-DNS-DNS-9-17-20	174
30	81826	Mike Bonham	Master	24-DNC*-DNC-DSQ-22-31-26-30	197
31	5199	Phil Scheetz	Master	23-26-DNF*-DNS-DNC-28-27-DNF	200

Congratulations to Conner Blouin who was promoted to the Head Sailing Coach position at the College of Charleston!

Hyannis Yacht Club Youth Racers

Special Youth shout out to these two 10-year olds who raced in the Hyannis YC Regatta in 20+ breeze on Saturday and 10-12 the next day. Way to go girls - love those shirts!

Sunfish Jr. U.S. Nationals @ LNYC

Get ready for fun at Lake Norman YC for the Sunfish Jr. U.S. Nationals combined with the annual Board Bash Regatta. September 23 and 24th. Lake Norman is located just outside of Charlotte and Sunfish of all ages are welcome to participate. Registration Link: Board Bash Regatta (theclubspot.com)

2023 Lansing Sunfish Regatta

Lake Lansing Sailing Club, Haslett, Michigan

July 22, 2023

By Alanna Harvey

Saturday morning dawned with clear blue skies and no wind for the annual Sunfish Regatta at Lansing Sailing Club. Nine sunfish sailors waited for the wind to fill in by playing Euchre, playing the board game Regatta (from the 60s!) and talking sailing. The wind filled in as we ate an early lunch and six races were sailed in the afternoon with one throwout.
All sailors were from Lansing Sailing Club. John Fishbeck took top honors with a low score of 7, including four first place finishes! Susan Taylor took second with 10 points, (the rest of the first place finishes John didn't nab) and Jonathan Ahlbrand took third, with 13 points, right on the heels of Susan and John. This was Susan’s first Sunfish regatta (she usually sails ILCA Dinghies). This also was Igor Voytsekhivsky’s first regatta. Sunfish sail every Wednesday night, Lansing Sailing Club has a fleet of club Sunfish and the fleet would love to help you learn to race. You’re welcome to join us anytime!

	Skipper	Club	6 Races	TOT
1	John Fishbeck	Lansing Sailing Club	1-1-1-1-4*-3	7
2	Susan Taylor	Lansing Sailing Club	3-2-6*-3-1-1	10
3	Jonathon Ahlbrand	Lansing Sailing Club	2-5*-2-2-3-4	13
4	Lars Peereboom	Lansing Sailing Club	4-4-4-4-5*-2	18
5	Blaine Severin	Lansing Sailing Club	5-6-5-5-2-7*	23
6	Keith Hayes	Lansing Sailing Club	6-3-3-6-7*-5	23
7	Lisa Benton	Lansing Sailing Club	7-7-8*-7-8-6	35
8	Julie Pierce	Lansing Sailing Club	8*-8-7-8-6-8	37
9	Igor Voytsekhivsky	Lansing Sailing Club	9*-9-9-9-9-9	45

Podium at 2023 Lansing Sunfish Regatta: 2^nd-Susan Taylor; 3^rd-Jonathon Ahlbrand; 4^th Lars Peereboom; 1^st-John Fishbeck. Photo courtesy of Alanna Harvey.

2023 Sam Myers Regatta

Pymatuning Sailing Club, Andover, Ohio

July 9-10, 2023

By Steve Adkins

Forecast all weekend was for very light winds. However, Saturday the wind showed up (10-13mph) and the Race Committee got four races in. Sunday the wind did not show up, except for a very light breeze for one very slow race. Ron McHenry won 3 of 4 races on Saturday and Mark Kastel won 1 of 4 on Saturday. Mark also won the Sunday race.

	Skipper	Home Port	5 Races	TOT
1	Ron McHenry	Cortland, OH	1-1-2*-1-2	5
2	Mark Kastel	LaFarge, WI	2*-2-1-2-1	6
3	Tim Abbey	Warren, OH	5*-3-4-3-5	15
4	John Barrere	Baltimore, MD	6*-6-3-5-4	18
5	Dave Fort	Andover, OH	4-5-6-4-7*	19
6	John Deimel	Girard, PA	3-4-5-DC*-DC	21
7	Kevin Mitchell	Andover, OH	7*-7-7-6-3	23
8	Steve Adkins	Pittsburg, PA	8*-8-8-7-6	29

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2024 World Qualifier Events

Feb 11-12: FL Regional #1 RESULTS

May 6-7 : Midwest Regional #1 OH RESULTS

May 20-21: Southeast Regional Champs NC RESULTS

May 20-21: Mid-Atlantic Regional #1, NJ RESULTS

May 27-28: Upstate New York Regionals #1 NY RESULTS

June 3-4: New England Regional #1 RI RESULTS

June 17-18: Southwest Regional #1 TX RESULTS

July 22-23: New England Regional #2 Wequaquet Lake YC, MA RESULTS

July 29-30: Down State NY Regional #2, Wet Pants Sailing Assoc. NY RESULTS

Sept 16-17: Midwest Regional #2, Bruce Goldsmith Regatta, Devils Lake YC, MI

Sept. 23-24: Gulf Coast Regional Championship Grand Lagoon YC, Pensacola, FL

Sept 30-Oct 1: Southwest Regional #2, Dinghy Fest, Rush Creek YC, TX

Sept 30-Oct 1:Mid-Atlantic Regional #2, Normandy Beach YC, NJ

Oct 14-15: Midwest Regional #3, Great Pumpkin, Louisville SC, KY

Oct 28-29: FL Regional #2, Halifax SA, FL

Nov 18-19: West Regional, Mission Bay, CA

Qualifying for 2024 Worlds October 13-19 at Rush Creek YC, Texas

Class Notice with Qualification details

2023 Calendar Submissions

Don't see your event - please email your regional events to your Regional Representative or the Scheduling Coordinator sunfishschedule@gmail.com. Full calendar of events can be found at the 2023 Schedule.