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July 2005 News Archive
| July 31, 2005 |
| Interlake Nationals |
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The Interlake Nationals held at ISC are now complete. The event attracted 49 boats to
ISC and Geist Reservoir. Congratulations to the following
sailors and their crew:
Championship Fleet:
- 1340 -- Savage, Scott / Rick Savage
- 757 -- Boucher, Timothy / Dennis Butts, Tim Butts
- 1382 -- Boissoneault, Hank / Kelly Boissoneault
Challenger Fleet:
- 1393 -- Graf, Dan / Marlene Graf
- 1307 -- Nagle, John / Greg Johnson
- 1310 -- Ross, Steve / Jonathon Ross
Women's Championship:
- 1269 -- Taylor, Ann / Jane Wilson
- 1300 -- Remick, Stephanie / Michelle Sarber, Jennifer Ervin
Junior Championship:
- 766 -- Parker, Seth / Andrew Hermetet, Tyler Bates
- 1256 -- Herdrich, David / Jordan Brooks, Ben Herdrich
Visit the 2005 Interlake Nationals website for complete results and coverage.
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| July 29, 2005 |
| Interlake Nationals |
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ISC is currently hosting the 2005 Interlake Nationals. For daily news and results
visit the Interlake Nationals website.
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| July 26, 2005 |
| Master's Regatta Rescheduled |
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The weather did us in on July 16 with thunderstorms; so, we’ll try it again on August 20! This
annual ISC event is open to any skipper that has at least attained his or her 55th birthday prior
to the date of this regatta. There is no age limitation on the crew used (if any) by the Master
Skipper. The scoring of the regatta will be based on the Portsmouth time allocation (handicapping)
system, with all participants sailing together in one fleet.
Harbor signal will be at 9:20AM with the first race at 10:00AM. Additional races will be
sailed back to back. Plan to be off the water by 1:00PM to enjoy a social hour hosted by the
Y-Flyer Fleet.
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| July 15, 2005 |
| ISC Featured In Indianapolis Star |
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ISC was featured in the July 14th edition of the Indianapolis Star in an article titled Blown Away.
The article highlights the racing success ISC sailors have had over the years (ISC sailors have won at least 7 national
or international championships).
Bruce King, Thistle class champion in 2001, attributes the success of ISC sailors to being forced
to deal with the small size of Geist Reservoir and shifting winds that are a consequence of any small
body of water:
The winds here are much shiftier and trickier. It makes it so you have to be more
sensitive on the helm. I think the open-water guys have to work harder to get that
sensitivity.
Andy McDonald, Highlander class champion in 2000, agrees:
On a little lake, conditions are always changing so you learn to adapt quickly by
instantly altering the trim of the sails or the boat's course. It makes you have
good boat-handling skills, better than if you've grown up on big water, where the
conditions tend to stay the same, and you go in one direction for a long time.
While all of that is true, it is my humble opinion that the quality and experience of ISC sailors
through the years is also a large contributor to the success of younger ISC sailors. Bruce and Andy
both grew up sailing with prominent ISC sailors such as Howard King (Bruce's father and long the owner
of King Marine, now Sailboats Inc., on the city's nortwest side), Howard Roeschlein (International Y-Flyer
class champion in 1981 and 1987), James McDonald (long time Snipe and Highlander sailor) and many other
ISC members. Being able to sail every Sunday with such accomplished sailors can only lead to improving one's
own sailing abilities.
And if the actual racing proves to not be terrible instructive, almost all of
ISC's members are more than willing to talk boat trim, strategy, rules, etc. under the "old oak tree" when the
day's racing is complete. Tom Hendrickson, one of ISC's charter members when the club formed in 1955, aptly
relates the atmosphere of ISC:
It's a sociable club but it's not a social club. When the club was first started,
there was romanticizing about moonlight sails and all, but it was realized soon
that the backbone of it was racing. Members go there to race boats, to have
friendly competition.
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| July 13, 2005 |
| 2005 Laser Spring Regatta Photo Gallery |
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I have added some photos of the 2005 Laser Spring Regatta taken by Bill Kennedy to the Photo Gallery.
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| New Cadiz to San Salvador Singlehanded Transatlantic Record |
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It took Thomas Coville, onboard the 60 foot trimaran Sodebo, 10 days, 11 hours, 50 minutes and 20 seconds
to complete the West Atlantic crossing from Cadiz, Spain to San Salvador. The previous record stood at 11 days, 3 hours, 17 minutes and 20 seconds and was set by
Francis Joyon on IDEC in November 2004.
Coville has also stated his intention to try and better the single-handed transatlantic record Joyon set last week with an attempt looking likely to take place during the
European autumn.
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| July 8, 2005 |
| Francis Joyon Sets Singlehanded Transatlantic Record |
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 © 2005 J. Blériot / Mer & Média
UPDATE: IDEC has been grounded on the rocks off Pte de Marc'h, France only hours after Francis Joyon succeeded in breaking the Singlehanded Transatlantic Record. Joyon was
attempting to return, still unaccompanied on the yacht, to his home port of La Trinite at the time of the grounding. Full story is available at
Yachting World.
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| Geist Water Level To Drop Over Weekend |
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According to atgeist.com the water level in Geist
Reservoir is scheduled to be dropped around 1 foot over the weekend.
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