Verve Cup Inshore Regatta - Great day of sailing on day 1

by Rachelle Treiber on 25 Aug 2013

2013 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta Marc Anderson

At the Verve Cup Inshore Regatta, after several days of light winds in the Chicago area a solid southeast breeze of 8 - 12 knots got the first day of racing off to a great start.

'This was a great day to go sailing - a ‘Chamber of Commerce’ day for the racers,' said Circle A Race Officer Janet Baxter.

The annual regatta features two days of the best one-design sailing in the Midwest and brings over 300 racers and guests to the Chicago Yacht Club’s Belmont Station.

Identical classes will compete to determine which boat has the best skipper and crew. Laser, Vanguard 15, Melges 24, Etchells, Shields, Luders 16, Colgate 26, Rhodes 19, Solings, J/70s and J/24 keelboat classes will take part this year.

This year 86 boats registered, including an impressive 20 boats from the United States and Europe in the J/70 fleet in its first year at Verve Inshore.

After three races Joel Ronning’s Catapult led the J/70s by four points. Ronning is a member of the Wayzata Yacht Club in Minneapolis, MN.

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Chicago Yacht Club member John Heaton, owner/skipper of the J/70 Empeiria, said he was excited to race in the first major event in Chicago for the less than two-year-old J/70 class. 'This is a nice, fast, small keelboat,' said Heaton, of Wilmette, IL. 'Anyone can sail it. It’s a lot of fun. We had good winds today and we are hoping we will get going fast downwind tomorrow.'

This year also marked the debut of the Colgate 26 fleet to the course. After 3 races Chicagoan Nicholas Petrovits’ Recess was leading its four-boat section by four points.

2013 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta © Marc Anderson

Circle B had solid racing finishing seven races for the V15 class and five races each for the R19s and Lasers, according to Race Officer Lynn Lynch.

'The wind built and went left early settling in to a 120-degree heading for the second half of the day. It was a steady flow of starts and finishes as the three fleets went around the courses,' Lynch said.

Winds are expected to be even better - as high as 15 knots - for tomorrow’s final day of Verve Cup Inshore racing, which begins at 10:30 a.m. CST.

Thank you to our co-sponsors Audi and SLAM, as well as Boston Beer, Karma Yacht Sales, Mount Gay Rum, and West Marine.

Today’s results

2013 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta
Preliminary Cumulative Results

Select to view a specific Class results:

			Sail Number	Yacht Name	Yacht Design	Owner/Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Total
Verve Cup Inshore - Circle A Racing
	One Design Division
		International Etchells
		1.	USA 1355	Lucky	Etchells	Bryon Ehrhart	3	1	1					5.0
		2.	USA 1220	Resolute	Etchells	Mark Teborek	2	2	3					7.0
		3.	USA 1001	Pyrate	Etchells	Donald Maxwell	1	5	2					8.0
		4.	USA 1178	Dixie	Etchells	Fred Joosten	4	4	4					12.0
		5.	USA 1101	Hokule'a	Etchells	Richard Sidell	6	7	5					18.0
		6.	USA 1350	Phantom	Etchells	Cynthia Best	9	3	7					19.0
		7.	USA 978	Julia	Etchells	Rick Kaiser	8	6	6					20.0
		8.	USA 980	Brass Monkey	Etchells	Mike Frerker	5	9	9					23.0
		9.	USA 615	Patriot	Etchells	William Fox Jr.	7	8	8					23.0
		10.	USA 1045	Ve-la	Etchells	Donald Basler	11	11	10					32.0
		11.	USA 1279	Leverage	Etchells	Zach Egan	12	10	11					33.0
		12.	USA 886	Cassie	Etchells	Russ Burke	10	12	12					34.0
		13.	USA 578	Free Spirit	Etchells	Douglas Anderson	14/DNC	14/DNC	14/DNC					42.0

		J 70
		1.	USA 187	Catapult	J 70	Joel Ronning	1	2	2					5.0
		2.	USA 482	Extreme	J 70	Dan Cheresh	5	3	1					9.0
		3.	USA 309	CloudSourced	J 70	Ronald Copfer	3	1	7					11.0
		4.	USA 326	Aquaholiks	J 70	Martin Johnsson	10	4	5					19.0
		5.	USA 335	Nitemare	J 70	Amy Neill	4	5	10					19.0
		6.	USA 34	Perseverance	J 70	Bennet Greenwald	6	9	4					19.0
		7.	USA 322	Red	J 70	Joe Woods	9	8	6					23.0
		8.	USA 66	Eagles Wings	J 70	John Gottwald	7	7	11					25.0
		9.	USA 169	Empeiria	J 70	John Heaton	15	10	3					28.0
		10.	USA 16	Tylishan	J 70	Richard Stearns	14	6	8					28.0
		11.	USA 174	Magic Bus	J 70	Gregg Mylett	2	14	13					29.0
		12.	USA 172	Planet Claire	J 70	John and Marisa Koten	11	13	9					33.0
		13.	USA 227	Gigi	J 70	David Wagner	12	12	12					36.0
		14.	USA 159	Torqeedo	J 70	Brandon Flack	8	15	15					38.0
		15.	USA 100	Gemini	J 70	Blane Shea	13	11	14					38.0
		16.	USA 325	Lost boys	J 70	Gary Scott	16	16	16					48.0
		17.	USA 359	359	J 70	Jeff Veenstra	17	18	17					52.0
		18.	USA 36	Taipan SB	J 70	Lloyd Karzen	18	17	18					53.0
		19.	USA 358	Bucephalus	J 70	Andrea Krasinski	19	19	19					57.0
		20.	USA 211	Juicy	J 70	Alwin Brunner	21/DNC	21/DNC	21/DNC					63.0

		Luders 16
		1.	USA 22	Clipper	Lüders 16	William Simpson	1	1	1					3.0
		2.	USA 204	Wild Irish	Lüders 16	Lawrence Weeks	2	4/DNS	2					8.0
		3.	USA 128	Amiga	Lüders 16	Harold Hering	3	2	3					8.0

		Shields
		1.	USA 88	Peanut	Shields	Kristian Martincic	1	1	1					3.0
		2.	USA 130	Sundance	Shields	Mike Schwartz	2	4	2					8.0
		3.	USA 196	Insidious	Shields	Gary Ropski	3	3	3					9.0
		4.	USA 45	Hellcat	Shields	Sam Veilleux	4	2	4					10.0

		Soling
		1.	USA 846	Katherine	Soling	Steve Dolan	2	1	2					5.0
		2.	USA 843	Freia	Soling	Stephen Bobo	1	2	4					7.0
		3.	USA 818	Touch of Gray	Soling	John Kennedy	3	3	1					7.0
		4.	USA 768	More Cowbell	Soling	Tom Elliott	4	4	3					11.0
		5.	USA 639	Howler	Soling	Cooper Anderson	6	5	5					16.0
		6.	USA 808	Cabal link	Soling	Bob Nickel	5	7/DNS	7/DNS					19.0

		J 24
		1.	USA 3962	2XS	J 24	Mark Soya	1	1	1					3.0
		2.	USA 2607	Don't Panic	J 24	Richard Graef	2	2	2					6.0
		3.	USA 2246	Goldrush	J 24	Daniel Walsh	3	3	4					10.0
		4.	USA 4305	Georgeanna	J 24	Jan Wishart	4	4	5					13.0
		5.	USA 4588	Walnut	J 24	Brent Breithaupt	5	6/OCS	3					14.0

		Colgate 26
		1.	USA SC19	Recess	Colgate 26	Nicholas Petrovits	1	1	1					3.0
		2.	USA SC20	Eclipse	Colgate 26	Adam Collins	2	2	3					7.0
		3.	USA SC17	Meridian	Colgate 26	Robert Cohen	3	3	2					8.0
		4.	USA SC18	Albatross	Colgate 26	Michael Swisher	5/DNC	5/DNC	5/DNC					15.0


Verve Cup Inshore - Circle B Racing
	One Design Division
		Laser
		1.	USA 196151	196157	Laser	Roman Plutenko	1	1	1	1	1			5.0
		2.	USA 175529	Hand Off	laser	paul wurtzebach	2	4	4	4	3			17.0
		3.	USA 176078	Water Board	Laser	Rick Strilky	12/DNF	2	2	2	2			20.0
		4.	USA 177153	177153	Laser	Patrick McBriarty	3	5	5	5	5			23.0
		5.	USA 176204	176204	Laser	Robert Christie	12/DNF	3	3	3	4			25.0
		6.	USA 11	DamnYouKofski	Laser	Nick Kofski	4	6	6	6	6			28.0
		7.	USA 175529green	TBA	Laser	Francois Gourio	12/DNC	7	7	12/DNF	12/DNC			50.0
		8.	USA 170398	170398	Laser	Garrett Gast	12/DNC	12/DNC	12/DNC	12/DNC	12/DNC			60.0
		9.	USA 196157	196157	Laser	Juan Segura	12/DNC	12/DNC	12/DNC	12/DNC	12/DNC			60.0
		10.	USA 181248	Anonymous	Laser	Russell Schulz	12/DNC	12/DNC	12/DNC	12/DNC	12/DNC			60.0
		11.	USA 198420	Rocky IV	Laser	J. P. Mull	12/DNC	12/DNC	12/DNC	12/DNC	12/DNC			60.0

		Vanguard 15
		1.	USA 672	Dixie Wrecked	Vanguard 15	Christopher LaBorde	1	5	3	3	3	6	1	22.0
		2.	USA 1736	Condor	Vanguard 15	Jacob Karlin	14/OCS	2	2	1	1	2	3	25.0
		3.	USA 1069	USA 1069	Vanguard 15	Val Smith	14/OCS	4	5	2	2	1	2	30.0
		4.	USA 1604	LuTopia	vanguard 15	Lu Han	2	7	4	5	4	5	7	34.0
		5.	USA 414	I.N.G.H.A.	Vanguard 15	Andy Camarda	4	3	7	4	8	3	5	34.0
		6.	USA 1620	Rocketfizz	Vanguard 15	Ben Marden	14/OCS	1	1	6	5	7	4	38.0
		7.	USA 8	Stormin' Normin'	Vanguard 15	Michael Schmitt	5	6	11	8	7	4	9	50.0
		8.	USA 452	skeif	Vanguard 15	Steven Anderson	6	9	9	7	6	8	8	53.0
		9.	USA 1764	Slow and Steady	Vanguard 15	Mike Mooney	9	10	6	9	10	11	6	61.0
		10.	USA 607	Lee	Vanguard 15	Duane Hatch	3	11	8	12	9	12	12	67.0
		11.	USA 5	Cleveland Status	Vanguard 15	Joseph Groszek	7	12	10	10	11	9	11	70.0
		12.	USA 1747	1747	Vanguard 15	Otto Hansen	8	8	12	11	12	10	10	71.0
		13.	USA TBD	Pierless	Vanguard 15	Kenneth Hopson	14/DNC	14/DNC	14/DNC	14/DNC	14/DNC	14/DNC	14/DNC	98.0

		Rhodes 19
		1.	USA 1224	YAHOO	Rhodes 19	Vince & Carrie Camarda	1	1	1	1	1			5.0
		2.	USA 2375	Bozo	Rhodes 19	Chris Metcalf	2	2	3	2	3			12.0
		3.	USA 1216	Rhubarb	Rhodes 19	Stanley Knapczyk	4	3	2	7	5			21.0
		4.	USA 2377	Esprit	Rhodes 19	Guy Whitney	3	5	7	5	2			22.0
		5.	USA 1810	Windigo	Rhodes 19	Pat Crosby	7	7	6	3	4			27.0
		6.	USA 804	EightOFour	Rhodes 19	Philippe Geyskens	6	4	5	4	10/DNC			29.0
		7.	USA 1784	Rosebud	Rhodes 19	Richard Dunne	5	6	4	6	10/DNF			31.0
		8.	USA 1891	Petulance	Rhodes 19	Jennifer Wohlberg	8	8	8	8	10/DNC			42.0
		9.	USA 2418	2418	Rhodes 19	Chris and Monica Morgan	10/DNC	10/DNC	10/DNC	10/DNC	10/DNC			50.0