Get Ready to Mix It up at Okoboji... ILYA Annual Championship August 7-17 INCORPORATED 1957 V O L
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son Photo by David Thore August 7-17 ILYA Annual ILYA Championship up at Okoboji... Get ready to mix it SPRING / SUMMER 2013 ORGANIZED 1897 INCORPORATED 1957 V oL. 57 NO. 1 PAGE 2 SCOW SLANTS SPRING / SUMMER 2013 Directors at Large: I.L.Y.A. Board of Directors Ed Cox Fleet Representative Directors: Cox Contracting LLC 5925 Polar Bear Lane Lee Alnes Ben Biwer WB Township, MN 55110 A Scow Melges 17 Scow Office: (651) 653-7744 19 Birchwood Road 236 North Ave. [email protected] Mahtomedi, MN 55115 Hartland, WI 53029 Cell: (651) 341-5871 Phone: 262-527-5885 [email protected] [email protected] Vince Driessen 4804 Golf Terrace Vincent Porter Martin Barr Edina, MN 55424 E Scow Class X Home: (952) 927-7352 33 Locust Road c/o Barr Mechanical Sales James A. Smith [email protected] Executive Secretary Winnetka, IL 60093 13719 Laurel Dr. Cell: (847) 971-9949 Lake Forest, IL 60045 P. O. Box 311 Todd Haines [email protected] Home: (847) 367-4756 Fontana, WI 53125 W330 S3000 Road G [email protected] Phone: (262) 203-7721 Dousman, WI 53118 John (JP) Porter Fax: (262) 203-7722 Cell: (414) 881-4119 C Scow Carl Spencer Cell: (262) 745-1422 Office: 262968-9060 3050 Main Street Optimist Dinghy [email protected] East Troy, WI 53120 N22 W29140 Elmhurst Dr. [email protected] Cell: (516) 423-4029 Pewaukee, WI 53072 www.ilya.org Fletcher Driscoll [email protected] Home: (262) 691-9191 28 Peninsula Road [email protected] Flag Officers: Dellwood, MN 55110 Al Haeger Home: (651) 429-0642 MC Scow Margaret Hollister Peter Friend Office: (651) 426-8315 210 Timberline Dr. Club 420 Commodore [email protected] Joliet, IL 60431 4940 N. Maple Lane Home: (815) 725-5271 Nashotah, WI 53058 N30 W28735 Lakeside Dr. Rick Kotovic Cell: (815) 347-2590 Home: (262) 369-0489 Pewaukee, WI 53072 [email protected] [email protected] Home: (262) 691-3119 19940 Lakeview Ave. Excelsior, MN 55331 Office: (414) 566-4571 Jack Boatman Mike Woldum pfriend@wi .rr.com Cell: (612) 716-3465 Office: (952) 476-9900 I-20 Scow Youth Development [email protected] 486 Mustang Lane 4901 32nd Ave S. Stephen Schmidt Fond du Lac, WI 54935 Minneapolis, MN 55417 Vice Commodore Stuart Oltrogge Phone: (920) 924-7698 Home: (612) 722-3441 20285 Wynfield Lane [email protected] [email protected] 1437 Appaloosa Trail Brookfield, WI 53045 Eagan, MN 55122 Home: (262) 789-8136 Home: (651) 365-5108 Office: (262) 814-0080 Board of Directors Nominations: [email protected] [email protected] Paul Reilly David Porter 1500 N. Lake Shore Dr. 8C The Chairperson of the ILYA Nominating Secretary/Treasurer Chicago, IL 60610 Committee is Past Commodore Rick Trester, 4608 N9322 Beulah park Drive Home: (312) 664-7753 Cedar park Dr., West Bend, WI 53095 (rtrester@ East Troy, WI 53120 [email protected] Home: (262) 642-7893 tds.net). Office: (414) 423-8776 Sue Weston Any member club may submit a written nom- [email protected] W1981 Camelot Trace ination to the Nominating Committee at any time. Rick Trester Green Lake, WI 54941 Such written nomination shall remain on file for Past Commodore Home: (920) 294-2844 4608 Cedar Park Dr. Cell: (920) 229-7840 review and consideration by the Nominating West Bend, WI 53095 [email protected] Committee for a period of at least three years. Home: (262) 644-8398 Written nominations shall be in such form as to Office: (262) 790-0700 Beth Wyman [email protected] 1373 Waugoo Ave. evidence the fact that a member in good standing Oshkosh, WI 54901 was nominated by a Member Club in good stand- Home: (920) 426-1116 ing, and that the member so nominated accepts Cell: (920) 410-4843 [email protected] same and agrees to stand for election as a member of the Board of Directors. SPRING / SUMMER 2013 SCOW SLANTS PAGE 3 Commodore’s Comments Welcome to the 2013 Inland Sailing Season Serving on the ter Keck to the board as a new At-Large X fleet to Lake Winnebago July 24-27. ILYA Board over member of the Rules Committee. The regatta will be headquartered out of the years as the Goodbye Johnson Boat Works Menominee Park at Millers Bay. Open- E Fleet rep, and I was 11 years old when I first visited ing ceremonies and a Friday Night Gala more recently as a JBW. My father and I journeyed up to the will be held at The Waters. The newly Director-at-Large shores of White Bear Lake to bring home renovated Waterfront Hotel on the river has been a won- my first boat, a used wooden X that Skip is now open and adds a wonderful new derful experience. had picked out for us. I have vivid mem- hotel option. I have met and ories of flipping the boat over to sand and More great venues become friends varnish the bottom in our garage. Green Lake is host to the I-20 Cham- with so many JBW closed back in 1998, and the pionship regatta August 1-4. It will be passionate individuals who put forth iconic white building was taken down on great to be back on Green. The Melges countless hours to assure that the ILYA February 14th of this year. Johnson Boat 17 Championship regatta will be held and scow sailing continues to remain Works will live on in the history books of at Pewaukee Yacht Club on July 19-21 strong and responsive to the needs of its both WBYC and the ILYA. in conjunction with the A Invite. The membership. The ILYA Championship Regattas Club 420 Championship will be held on I am now honored to have this op- We have a great line up of hosts and Lake Delavan on June 21-23. And the portunity to lead this great organization, venues for our various Championship Optimist Championship will be hosted by one that my family has been involved regattas this year. Lake Beulah July 28-30. with for four generations. My grandfa- Okoboji is ready for the adult fleet Might I see you there? ther, James A. Friend, sailed B boats, A’s Championships! It starts August 8-10 with Lastly, I’d like to encourage every- and E’s, and introduced sailing and the the C fleet Champs, then onto the A’s Aug. one to come to the ILYA events. Renew ILYA to my father, Peter C. Friend. And 11-13, and it winds up with the E’s and your membership now and get signed as my father brought his love of sailing MC’s on the 15th through the 17th. up for the regattas! If you haven’t been into my life, so have my wife Heidi and I Okoboji is known for not only great to a regatta in a while, it’s time for you now brought sailing and the ILYA into to sailing, but for great hospitality and a high to catch up with old friends…and meet the lives of our children, pictured above. FUN factor! Great lodging, restaurants, new ones. Online registration is open; We cherish the competitive nature of the and social events makes this all worth the registering now encourages others to sign sport, the life lessons learned, and the travel. I hope to see you there. up and allows the host clubs to efficiently friendships gained. On a personal note, sailing on Oko- plan their events. Service to ILYA appreciated boji holds a very fond memory to me. It Good sailing to you all, and I’ll see I would like to acknowledge and is where I won my first ILYA Champion- you soon. thank the now retired board members ship race back in 2005, winning the Class Peter Friend, Commodore Mark Prange, Chris Andert, and Fletcher E Commodore O. L. Schmidt Memorial Driscoll for their years of service, and Trophy, the same trophy won by my welcome two new Directors-at-Large— grandfather back in 1937 and 1938. ILYA directors, Todd Haines and Beth Wyman—to our Class X sails Winnebago board. I also would like to welcome Pe- Oshkosh Yacht Club welcomes the officers elected ILYA Club Delegates approved the following slate of Directors at the meeting Why not show your colors? of the Delegates, February 9, 2013 at the Winter Inland at Chenequa Country Club in Hartland, Wisconsin: ILYA Burgees Now Available • Ed Cox – White Bear • Peter Friend – Pewaukee If you have attended one • Todd Haines – Pewaukee of our sanctioned events you • Beth Wyman – Oshkosh have seen these burgees. We are Each of the nominated Directors will now offering them for sale to our serve a three-year term. Directors, unless membership. Fly them on your they are officers on the Board of Directors, powerboat or at the yacht club. are limited to two consecutive terms. At the subsequent Board of Directors They are 10.5” high by 27” long. meeting on Sunday, February 10, the Board We are selling them for $29.00 re-elected the following officers: each (includes shipping). Don’t To place your order, contact Jim • Peter Friend, Pewaukee, Commodore miss this opportunity to show Smith at [email protected] or • Stephen Schmidt, Okauchee, Vice your support for the ILYA. Commodore 262-203-7721. • David Porter, Beulah, Secretary/Treasurer PAGE 4 SCOW SLANTS SPRING / SUMMER 2013 Notices of Race, SIs are on the website 2013 ILYA The Notices of Race (NORs) for The requirement that regatta par- REGATTA SCHEDULE ILYA 2013 sanctioned events can be ticipants sign in during the event on-site June 21-23 I-20 Scow Invitational found in this issue and via several links check-in period remains.