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The 2007 ILYA E Invitational Regatta at the beautiful White Bear Yacht Club had 38 strong competitors from the upper midwest. The regatta had a variety of wind and course conditions that provided excellent competiton.
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Sunday, July 15, 2007
No wind today - no races. A good effort by the race committee, but the weather just did not cooperate. Congratulations to Kevin Jewett fom Pewaukee for his victory with just nine points over four races, proving once again that consistency is key in ILYA racing. Minnetonka's Tom Burton took second place with just 12 points, followed by White Bear's Dan Guidinger with 22 points. Vince Driessen from Gull Lake won Race Four which helped break the tie for fourth place with Chris Jewett of Minnetonka who rounded out the top five.

Thanks to all the competitors who made the effort to come to White Bear for this event! We really appreciate you being here and contributing to a really fun regatta. Special Thanks to Regatta Co-Chairs, Janet Callahan and Dan Guidinger and their regatta committee for their hard work organizing another "Great Gatsby-esque" event as one competitor remarked.

Final results and photos from the Awards Presentation are below.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Saturday brought very different wind conditions to White Bear. With a 9:30 start time, the Race Committee hoped to get wo back to back before lunch. The wind was about 9-14 mph at 8:30 and came up steadily. By race time it was steady in 15-20 mph range with gusts much higher. One race was sailed before lunch, with two back to back in the afternoon.
Friday, July 13, 2007
The morning dawned crisp and cool and sunny, but with no wind to speak of. PRO Tom Hodgson brought the fleet out onto the water as the wind began to build, but nothing solid filled in so in we went for lunch. By 1 p.m. the breeze had begun to fill in and we headed out to try for two back-to-back races.

The race committee did an admirable job wrestling with the shifting breezes and eventually was able to get a course set and a race underway, but by then the hopes of two races had evaporated. A windward 3 1/2 course with a heading of 260 was set.

Charlie Harrett (Geneva) got off to an early lead, followed closely by Lee Alnes (White Bear) and Kevin Jewett (Pewaukee). The shifty conditions and variable winds speeds were quite challenging and the lead changed a few times. White Bear's Dan Guidinger, Van Johnson and Jay Rendall pulled up into the top five at one point and Guidinger eventually took top honors on the last leg with a phenomenal tack to the finish.

Special Thanks to Jock and Twinks Irvine for their incredible generousity hosting the wonderful evening party at their Manitou Island home! Sailors were treated to some delicious food and drink as well as some fabulous Blue Grass music by none other than past Commodore Hodgson and his friends. Wow - what a way to cap a perfect day of ILYA competiton.
2007 ILYA Class E Invitational Regatta - Final Results
Place Number Skipper
Race1
pts1
Race2
pts2
Race3
pts3
Race4
pts4
TOTAL
1 V-123 Kevin Jewett
4
4
1
1
2
2
2
2
9
2 M-9 Tom Burton
3
3
3
3
5
5
1
1
12
3 W-1 Dan Guidinger
1
1
8
8
10
10
3
3
22
4 GL-6 Vince Driessen
11
11
12
12
1
1
5
5
29
5 M-3 Chris Jewett
8
8
4
4
4
4
13
13
29
6 WH-12 Don Nelson
7
7
9
9
9
9
8
8
33
7 I-42 Charlie Harrett
2
2
7
7
11
11
14
14
34
8 M-12 Jeff Solum
9
9
2
2
14
14
10
10
35
9 H-7 Lon Schoor
12
12
5
5
15
15
7
7
39
10 M-7 Jule Hanneford
14
14
10
10
13
13
6
6
43
11 M-11 Gordie Bowers
18
18
6
6
3
3
19
19
46
12 W-20 Van Johnson
5
5
DNF
39
12
12
4
4
60
13 H-11 Lance Puccio
25
25
13
13
7
7
19
19
64
14 I-49 Bri or Vince Porter
22
22
16
16
6
6
23
23
67
15 W-4 Jay Rendall
6
6
DNF
39
8
8
17
17
70
16 W101 Matt Markoe
20
20
19
19
20
20
11
11
70
17 W-32 Daniel Thompson
21
21
17
17
24
24
9
9
71
18 M-77 Woody Jewett
17
17
23
23
17
17
15
15
72
19 W-25 Lee Alnes
10
10
14
14
23
23
26
26
73
20 M-10 Jack Strothman
15
15
18
18
28
28
12
12
73
21 W-87 Ken Broen
13
13
11
11
27
27
24
24
75
22 M-35 Carl Zinn
28
28
15
15
18
18
16
16
77
23 M-8 Chad Olness
23
23
24
24
19
19
20
20
86
24 W-47 Louis Hill
DNF
39
22
22
16
16
22
22
99
25 W-66 Ed Cox
27
27
20
20
26
26
27
27
100
26 M-26 Jack Zimmerschied
26
26
26
26
22
22
29
29
103
27 UM-6 Dave Abramson
16
16
DNF
39
25
25
25
25
105
28 GL-3 Tyler Dunphy
31
31
25
25
21
21
30
30
107
29 H-38 Justin Segersten
30
30
21
21
29
29
28
28
108
30 M-4 Amanda Allen
29
29
27
27
DNF
39
21
21
116
31 BE-11 Tim Black
32
32
29
29
30
30
31
31
122
32 BE-3 Scott Tice
37
37
28
28
31
31
32
32
128
33 V-15 Eric Good
19
19
DNF
39
DNF
39
DNS
39
136
34 W-8 Dustin Hartwig
34
34
DNF
39
33
33
33
33
139
35 W-3 Tom Austin
24
24
DNF
39
DNS
39
DNS
39
141
36 BE-10 Dave Kline
35
35
OCS
39
32
32
RAF
39
145
37 Z-24 Bob Swanson
33
33
DNF
39
DNS
39
DNS
39
150
38 W-26 Steve Beck
36
36
DNF
39
DNS
39
DNS
39
153
OCS – on course side (started early)
DNF – did not finish
DNS – did not start
RAF – retired after finish
Photos by Pat Dunsworth - www.patdunsworth.com
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2007 ILYA Class E Invitational Champion Kevin Jewett and team accept the Hannaford Trophy
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PRO Tom Hodgson, Jule Hannaford IV and sister Betsy Hannaford present the Hannaford trophy donated in memory of Jule Hannaford III a four time ILYA Class E Champion and Past ILYA Commodore.
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Lucy Guidinger (future Opti Champ?) and Mom watch as Dad collects the trophy for third place