Proudly hosted by the Pewaukee Club for 5 Decades

50 Years of History…Be part of the Mystery September 24 – 27, 2015

Event Overview September 20, 2015 (version 18) Event Overview

Purpose – To provide key information related to the 50 th E Blue Chip; a one-time celebratory event.

Contents

 The Vision

 The Plan

 The Schedule

 The History

2 The Vision

To host a premier event that celebrates the rich traditions of the E , its Blue Chip and sailors by reuniting past mystery guests and honorary class legends with the top performing teams in 2015.

3 The Plan

WHO Skippers – Goal of 25 Past Mystery Guests and Honorary Class Legends with a planned 2/3 to 1/3 mix. All skippers will be funded.

Lottery Pairing of all Skippers to Invited NCESA and Crews Crew & – Invite the top 25 skippers from 2015 to bring their boat and complementary crew. All boat owners and crew will be funded. WHAT 2015 Blue Chip event to be a premier sailing event in 2015

WHEN September 24 – 27, 2015

WHERE Pewaukee Lake, Wisconsin hosted by the Pewaukee Yacht Club

WHY To host a premier sailing event that celebrates the rich traditions of the E Scow, its Blue Chip and sailors by reuniting past mystery guests and honorary class legends with the top performing teams in 2015.

4 The Schedule ThursdayThursday,, September 242424 SSSaturdaySaturdayaturday,, September 262626  3:00 pm - Lottery-style pairing of Mystery 10:00 am - Warning Signal Guests to the Top E Fleet Qualifiers 12:00 pm - Lunch at PYC  4:00 pm - Practice Sailing 2:00 pm - Afternoon race  6:00 pm - Pork Chop Dinner at PYC 5:30 pm - Formal Banquet at PYC  7:00 pm - Welcome Toast

Friday, September 252525 Sunday, September 272727  9:00 am - Competitor’s Briefing 10:00 am - Warning Signal  10:00 am - Warning Signal Race 1, 3 race 12:00 pm - Back in, de-rig day with lunch somewhere in the middle 1:00 pm - Awards / Pass the Torch  4:00 pm - After sailing, there will be a National Sailing Hall of Fame Panel 3:00 pm - Bid Farewell  6:00 pm - Reception at Harken World Headquarters

An event theme is to Pass the Torch and Carry the Legacy Forward

5 Guest FAQ

Q1) Packing - What should I bring? A1) Normal early fall regatta wear is the short answer. Let’s be more specific. Onshore – pretty normal regatta stuff for weather likely in the 60’s during the day. Could be warmer could be colder. Saturday evening is the closest thing to formal. Blue Blazers will be common, most will sport fun sailing ties. Dresses for the ladies will be common. The other evenings are casual regatta wear. Offshore – sailing gear shorts, a base layer, fleece layer in case colder and light foul weather gear, shoes and gloves. Pretty standard stuff.

Q2) Airport Pickup – How will I get from the airport to Pewaukee? Should I rent a car? A2) No. We will coordinate that and communicate pickup logistics with you on the day of travel.

Q3) Housing – Where will I be staying and when will I find out? A3) You will learn who your hosts are no later than when you are picked up at the airport.

Q4) Boat and Crew - What boat and crew will I be paired with? A4) At 3:00 pm Thursday we will be doing the Skipper to Boat/Crew Pairing thru a Lottery-Style pairing process. See the next page for a view of the top E Scow teams (on the right) that have sailed hard to qualify for this event and yield their helm, boat and crew to you.

Q5) Airport Return Sunday - How will I get back to the Airport? A5) We will coordinate that.

6 21 MG’s and 6 HCL’s on the Left and the Qualifying Qualifying Leftand the the MG’s 21 and 6 on HCL’s 9/20/15 as of Up Line Current Honorary Class Legends – 4 sailing 4 Honorary Class Legends – Past Mystery Guest – 20 20 sailingPast Mystery– Guest 4. Peter Fortenbaugh Peter 4. (MA-10)Wight Dick 3. Bowers Gordy 2. (M-9) Burton Tom 1. Melges Buddy Allen Bill 0 Graham Landy20. Fetter JJ 19. Cam Lewis18. Bora Gulari 17. Baylis Liz 16. Ullman Dave 15. Holmberg Peter 14. Lovell Johnny 13. Alison Betsy 12. Perry Dave 11. Reynolds 10. Cayard Paul 9. Gary Jobson 8. Chapin Dave 7. Benjamin Steve 6. McKee Jonathan 5. Neilson Terry 4. Cleve Van Paul 3. Commette Peter 2. Eloranta Ed 1. Stearns Dick (notsailing) (notsailing) (not sailing) (M-8) 24 7 Lottery Pairing of all Skippers to

Invited NCESA Boats and Crews Right Crews the & on Boats 24 24 6. Kyle Rogochenko & & Rogochenko Kyle 6. M-42 & Kotovic Hughes/R. C. 5. Team CR-66 and Terry Rob 4. TeamG-7 Kimball & Jamie 3. Team V-37 & Barkow Augie 2. Team I-2 & Porter Vincent 1. 24. HCL Boat & Crew (M-8)Crew Boat HCL & 24. (MA-10) BoatCrew & 23.HCL (M-9)Crew Boat HCL & 22. Team M-35 & Zinn Hans 21. Team Strothman Dave M-10 20. Shimmer Team and BH-8 19. Team M-3 & Jewett Chris 18. Team CH-6 & Turner Rick 17. TeamJ-80 & Schloesser Jon 16. Team V-511 & Tornehl Tobin 15. W & Alnes Lee 14. TeamSC-55 & Wilkins Robby 13. Morris Wheeler 12. W and Igo Charlie 11. FreedomTeam and KG-111 10. & Johanson Steve 9. Team H-7 Schoor Lon and 8. Team WH-77 & Munroe Tom 7. -25 Team -25 & W & TO-33 Team TO-33 -9 Team -9 T-76 Team T-76 -41 Team -41 Participating Mystery Guests (1 of 3)

Gary Jobson – 3 time Collegiate All-American, 2 time College Sailor of the Year, 1977 America’s Cup Winner on Courageous as Tactician, numerous NA and National Championships, author of 19 books, 2 Emmy’s, ESPN broadcaster, National Sailing Hall of Fame, major leader in the sport. - 3 time Olympic Medalist, one of the most winning Olympic Medalists in Sailing, 1992 and 2000 Gold Medal, 1988 Silver Medal in the class, many World, NA, and National Championships in the Star and classes, 2000 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, National Sailing Hall of Fame. Jonathan McKee – 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in the , 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist in the , 7 World Championships, numerous NA and National Championships. – 2 time Olympian, 2004 Olympian in the Star (5 th ), winner of 7 World Championships, competed in 7 America’s Cups, 1998 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, National Sailing Hall of Fame. Johnny Lovell – 4 time Olympian, 2004 Silver Medalist in the class, multi-winner of NA and National Championships, 4 time All-American Collegiate sailor ‘86-’90 (C of C). JJ Fetter – 2 time 470 Olympic Medalist (1992 Bronze, 2000 Silver), 4 time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year (’88, ’91, ’97, ’00), ‘95 Tactician/Skipper America’s Cup Defender, National Sailing Hall of Fame.

Peter Holmberg – 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist in the , America’s Cup 2010 Winner skipper rotation. 8 Participating Mystery Guests (2 of 3)

Steve Benjamin – 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist in the 470, multiple World Championships in the 5o5 and , College Sailor of the Year 1978 (Yale).

Dave Ullman – Winner of 4 major World Championships (470 ‘77. ‘78, ‘80 and in 2007) and 34 National and Hemisphere championships, 1996 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year.

Cam Lewis – 2 time World Champion (79, 80), 2 time 5o5 World Champion (81, 82), 1988 Stars & Stripes America’s Cup Winner, 1993 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year.

Bora Gulari – 2 time World Champion 2009 and 2013, multi-winner of other National Championships, 2009 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year.

Dave Perry – 2 time All American ‘75, ‘77 (Yale), Champion, Multiple Nationals, Author.

Dick Stearns – 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist in the Star class, multiple Star Championships / class legend.

Betsy Alison – US Women’s Singlehanded Championship 79, 81, 82, record 5 time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, National Sailing Hall of Fame. 9 Participating Mystery Guests (3 of 3) Terry Neilson – 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalist in the Finn, 1982 World Champion, 1987 America’s Cup skipper 2.

Dave Chapin – 3 time World Champion in the Snipe and , winner of multiple NA and US Championships in Laser, Sunfish, Snipe, 470 and classes.

Peter Commette – 1st Laser World Champion 1974, US Finn Olympian 1976, multi-winner of NA and US Championships in Laser, Finn, Snipe with an inspiring year of top results in the E Scow in 1978.

Paul Van Cleve – 1983 Finn Gold Cup World Champion, 2 time Finn North American Champion, 2 time ICSA All American (Navy).

Liz Baylis – 2007 U.S. Women’s Match Racing Champion, 2003 U.S. Women’s Match Racing Champion, 2002 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year.

Graham Landy – 3 time ICSA Team Race National Champion (2013, 2014, 2015), ICSA College Sailor of the Year (2014).

10 Who will get the smoke in 2015?

50 years of history… be part of the mystery!

11 Who will do the “bar walk”?

12 The History

History of the E Blue Chip

The year is 1966 and three good friends (Jim Klauser, Terry Lentz and Tom Sawyer) decide to act on an idea. The idea was to start an E Blue Chip hosted by the Pewaukee Yacht Club.

Jim Klauser Terry Lentz Tom Sawyer So plans began to host the 1 st Annual E Blue Chip in September 1966. Their inspiration was the C Blue Chip, which is annually held on Pistakee Lake. It seemed only fitting that the friends called upon John Looze (founder of the C Blue Chip) to be the head RC for the regatta.

A committee decided who was to be invited by the sailor’s individual performances at major regattas throughout the season. The committee invited 14 skippers from various lakes in the ILYA. A mystery guest was asked to participate but at the last minute he was unable to make the appearance and a “C” Boat sailor (Tom Sawyer) was asked to fill in his place.

The winds were light but that didn’t stop Gordy Bowers from Minnetonka to place 1-1-4-1-3 overall for the regatta. The three men had the vision but they also needed the support of the club to host the regatta. Socially the regatta was a very casual atmosphere seeing that the PYC Club house was adding the Great Room, which was not complete by the time the regatta was held, so drinks & meals were served on sawhorses.

The sailors from out East were housed with Yacht Club families to cut back on their costs of coming to Pewaukee. The three friends continued to run this regatta for a few years and then asked Coleman Norris if he would take the task over. Probably so the friends could concentrate on their sailing more than anything.

13 World-Class Mystery Guests An impressive lineup of Mystery Guests have been part of each E Scow Blue Chip. Here they are chronologically listed from 1966 to 2014.

Tom Sawyer Dick Stearns Bruce Goldsmith Gordon Jim Linville Dennis Connor John Bertrand Joan Ellis Lindemann

Ed Adams Jim Allsopp Terry Neilson Jonathan McKee Steve Benjamin Bruce Burton Gary Knapp Tom Ehman Gary Jobson

Paul Cayard Mark Reynolds Ken Read Courtenay Dey Dave Perry Betsy Alison Carl Buchan Vince Brun Morgan Reeser Flavio Flavini

Johnny Lovell Steve Cucchiaro Peter Holmberg Dave Ullman Liz Baylis Bora Gulari Andrew Campbell Peter Isler Cam Lewis

NOTE: We have been able to find 43 pictures out of the 46 Mystery Guests we have hosted from the first 49 Blue Chips. We will continue to add to this page. 14 50 Years of Results – 1966 - 1990

E SCOW BLUE CHIP HISTORY YEAR # FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE MYSTERY GUEST 1966 1 Gordy Bowers, Minnetonka Bob Pegel, Lake Mike Meyer, Pewaukee Tom Sawyer (Pewaukee) 1967 2 Bob Pegel, Lake Geneva Brad Robinson, Minnetonk a Mike Meyer, Pewaukee Dick Stearns * (, IL) 1968 3 Nat Robbins, Minnetonka Dan Bowers, Minnetonka Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Bruce Goldsmith 1969 4 Gordon Lindemann Mike Meyer, Pewaukee Bob Pegel, Lake Geneva Gordon Li ndemann (Pine Lake) 1970 5 Stu Wells, White Bear Lake Bud Melges, Lake Geneva * Bill Allen, Minnetonka * L owell North * 1971 6 Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Stu Wells, White Bear Lake Dan Bowers, Minnetonka Jim & Jack Linville 1972 7 Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Dan Bowers, Pewaukee Dennis Conner (, CA) 1973 8 Bill Allen, Lake Geneva * Stu Wells, White Bear Lake Bud Melges, Lake Geneva * Paul Henderson 1974 9 Bud Melges, Lake Geneva * John Gluek, Minnetonka Gordy Bowers, Minnetonka John Bertrand * (, Aus.) 1975 10 Harry Allen, Minnetonka Bill Allen, Lake Geneva * John Gluek, Minnetonka Ed Eloranta / Jim Bradley 1976 11 Bill Allen, Lake Geneva * Tom Norris, Pewaukee John Gluek, Minnetonka Peter Commette 1977 12 Dennis Conner Gordy Bowers, Minnetonka John Gluek, Lake Geneva Dennis Conner * (San Diego, CA) 1978 13 John Gluek, Lake Geneva Peter Commette, Mantol oking Bob Nuffort, Minnetonka Joan Ellis 1979 14 John Gluek, Lake Geneva Bill Allen, Lake Geneva * Dick Wight, Mantoloking , Tim Cole, & Jonath an Ford 1980 15 Willie deCamp, Mantoloking Bill Allen, Lake Geneva * Brian Porter, Lake Geneva Jim Allsopp 1981 16 John Gluek, Lake Geneva Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Brian Porter, Lake Geneva Hans Fogh * (Canada) 1982 17 Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Gordy Bowers, Minnetonka Bud Melges, Lake Geneva * Bruce Goldsmith 1983 18 Gordy Bowers, Minnetonka Harry Melges III, Lak e Geneva Brian Porter, Lake Geneva Paul Van Cleve 1984 19 Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Dick Wight, Mantoloking Bob Allen, Minnetonka Terry Neilson * (Canada) 1985 20 Harry Melges III, Lake Geneva Dick Wight, Mant oloking Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Jonathon McKee * (, WA) 1986 21 Harry Melges III, Lake Geneva Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Bill Campbell, Tom's River Steve Benjamin * 1987 22 Harry Melges III, Lake Geneva Brian Porter, La ke Geneva Tom Sweitzer, Pewaukee Bruce Burton 1988 23 Peter Fortenbaugh, Bay Head Harry Melges III, Lake Geneva Brian Porter, Lake Geneva Dave Chapin 1989 24 Peter Fortenbaugh, Bay Head Gary Knapp Jeff Baker, Pewaukee Gary Knapp 1990 25 Brian Porter, Lake Geneva Bill Campbell, Tom's River Bob Allen, Minnetonka Tom Ehman

Red font signifies Olympian and * signifies Olympic Medalist 50 Years of History…Be part of the Mystery Blue font signifies Mystery Guest place in Top 3

15 50 Years of Results – 1991 to 2014

E SCOW BLUE CHIP HISTORY YEAR # FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE MYSTERY GUES T

1991 26 Brian Porter, Lake Geneva Peter Slocum, Minnet onka Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Gary Jobson 1992 27 Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Harry Melges III, Lake Geneva Steve Schmitt, Minneto nka Paul Cayard 1993 28 Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Brian Porter, Lake Geneva Mark Reynolds Mark Reynolds * 1994 29 Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Bud Zinn, Pewaukee Ken Read Ken Read 1995 30 Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Brian Porter, Lake Geneva David Fergusen, Minnetonka Russell Coutts * () 1996 31 Andy Burdick, Pewaukee David Ferguson, Minneto nka Brian Porter, Lake Geneva Courtenay Becker-Dey * 1997 32 Chris Pinahs, Pewaukee Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Rob Evans, Minnetonka Joe Londrigan 1998 33 Mike Darrow, Pewaukee Rob Evans, Minnetonka Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Dave Perry 1999 34 , Minnetonka Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Mike Darrow, Pewaukee Betsy Alison 2000 35 Paul Biwer, Pewaukee Mike Darrow, Pewaukee Tom Burton, Minnetonka Carl Buchan * (Seattle, WA) 2001 36 Bob Biwer, Pewaukee John Dennis, Minnetonka Tom Burton, Minnetonka Vince Brun 2002 37 Peter Friend, Pewaukee Jim Gluek, Pine Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Morgan Reeser * 2003 38 Brian Porter, Lake Geneva Bill Allen, Minnetonka * Mike Darrow, Pewaukee Flavio Favini () 2004 39 Tom Burton, Minnetonka Dick Wight, Mantoloking Tom Sweitzer, Pewaukee Johnny Lovell* 2005 40 Brian Porter, Lake Geneva Jim Gluek, Pine Tom B urton, Minnetonka Steve Cucchiaro (Marblehead, MA) 2006 41 Tom Burton, Minnetonka Brian Porter, Lake Gene va Toby Sutherland, Grand Lake Gary Jobson 2007 42 Dick Wight, Mantoloking Willie Graves, Pewauke e Tom Burton, Minnetonka Peter Holmberg * 2008 43 Kevin Jewett, Pewaukee Vincent Porter, Lake Geneva Dave Ullman (Newport Beach, CA) Dave Ullman (Newport Beach, CA) 2009 44 Vincent Porter, Lake Geneva Kevin Jewett, Pewaukee Bob Biwer, Pewaukee Liz Baylis (, CA) 2010 45 Brian Porter, Lake Geneva Kevin Jewett, Pewaukee Tom Burton, Minnetonka Bora Gulari (Michigan) 2011 46 Andrew Campbell (San Diego, CA) Jim Gluek, Pine Tom Burton, Minnetonka Andrew Campbell (San Diego, CA) 2012 47 Andy Burdick, Lake Geneva Augie Barkow, Pewaukee Tom Burton, Minnetonka Peter Isler (San Diego, CA) 2013 48 Augie Barkow, Pewaukee Vincent Porter, Lake Geneva Chris Banholzer, Pewaukee Cam Lewis (Maine) 2014 49 Harry Melges IV, Lake Geneva Vincent Porter, Lake Ge neva Brian Porter, Lake Geneva Jimmy Spithill (Austra lia)

Red font signifies Olympian and * signifies Olympic Medalist 50 Years of History…Be part of the Mystery Blue font signifies Mystery Guest place in Top 3

16 Participating Honorary Class Legends

Bill Allen Tom Burton Gordy Bowers Dick Wight Peter Fortenbaugh

17 Honorary Class Legend Bill Allen – 10 Time Champion

25 Top 3 Finishes 1968 – 2003

18 Honorary Class Legend Tom Burton – 3 Time Champion

10 Top 3 Finishes 1999 – 2012

19 The Jobson Project

 Raised $50,000 – for a special Documentary Film to be created by Gary Jobson.

 ESPN Classic – this Documentary will air on Wednesday, October 28 at 6:00 pm Central.

20 Contact Information

50 th E Blue Chip Executive Committee

Bill Burns Dex Decker Event Chair Fundraising, Communications and Media Coverage 262-442-8391 262-327-3652 [email protected] [email protected] Jim Campbell Invitation and Connection Joby Boland On Land (Logistics and Social) 608-206-4284 262-894-5085 [email protected] [email protected] Todd Haines Marketing and Merchandising Mark DeGuire On Water (Racing and Spectating) 414-881-4119 262-719-1643 [email protected] [email protected]

21