Light winds ruled the day on Lake Mendota for the second annual Madison LaserFest.

report below



 

skipper

race 1

race 2

race 3

 

Total Pts

1

Mark Kastel

1

2

1

 

4

2

Greg Simon

3

4

2

 

9

3

Jeff Wong

6

1

3

 

10

4

Bryan Burant

2

5

4

 

11

5

Robert Krebs

5

3

6

 

14

6

Bill Bauer

7

7

7

 

21

7

Dave Seabold

9

6

8

 

23

8

Tom

10

9

5

 

24

9

Andy

8

8

12

 

28

10

Dierk Polzin

4

12

13

 

29

11

Don Derengowski

12

10

12

 

34

12

Robert Kasischke

dns

dns

dns

 

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



The forecast for light winds did not stop the Madison Laser Fleet

from completing three races to help benefit the Boy Scouts of

America. Special thanks for the hard work and good judgment from

the race committee of Tom and Cindy McCann and Jean Derengowski.


Racing in the light winds that could be least described as “steady,”

many sailors found themselves going upwind and downwind several

times on the same leg of the course. Huge leads were amassed and

taken away in an instant. Several sailors (Jeff and Robert) found

themselves stuck in a vortex of no wind while boats only feet away

were zooming by. The “vortex of no wind” also caught an unnamed

sailor before the start. Apparently the skipper was enjoying a swim

and missed the start by over three minutes! What a rookie….



Special thanks go out to Tom “from Illinois” and his wife. The two

traveled up from the flat land to join us. Tom’s wife helped with the

race committee instead of going shopping! She’s a keeper.



Don Derengowski never looked better sailing his boat. During the

fina race all the competitors took notice of a nice looking young

lady in his boat wearing a skirt! Thanks Don for upgrading the fleet!



Thanks to all the competitors for their enthusiasm during the difficult

but challenging racing conditions.


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