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LMSRF Best on Lake Michigan!

Congratulations to the 2011 Winners!

In the Beneteau 40.7 fleet the victor was Turning Point, representing Chicago Yacht Club owned by Bill Bartz, Dave Hardy, and Pete Schmidt.

The PHRF fleet winner was Spirit Walker, owned by Vern McCain. This was Vern's third straight win.

The Palmer Johnson/Edwin Willman trophy for the winning Area team was won by Area 4. Representing Area 4 were Vern McCain's Spirit Walker, Bill Hoyer's Magic, and Guy Hiestand's Gauntlet.

Lake Michigan Sailing Hall of Fame

Peter W. Reichelsdorfer has been elected to the Lake Michigan Sailing Hall of Fame. He was inducted at his home grounds Sheboygan Yacht Club on Wednesday May 11, 2011.

Peter has devoted more than a life time to the sport sailboat racing, including an impressive run of 45 Chicago Mackinacs, 26 Port Huron Mackinacs, 1 Trans Superior, 5 Saint Petersburg to Fort Lauderdales, champion navigator on Apage Two Too in 1984 in the SORC and many races on Lake Michigan.

Even with all of that time spent on the water, he also added volumes to the sport through work on the ORR Rating system and Sailing Yacht Research Foundation, to name just two highlights.

Join us in congratulating Pete as only the second inductee into LMSRF's Hall of Fame. He is certainly setting a high bar for future inductees to obtain!

Terry Kohler of Sheboygan Yacht Club, Sheboygan, WI., has been elected to the Lake Michigan Sailing Hall Of Fame

Terry was inducted in a ceremony at SYC on April 15, 2010. Terry has been awarded the Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy, the most prestigious award given by US SAILING. A successful sail racer winning the Chicago Mackinac with a clean sweep in 1992, and many section races in the Mac. His success in business is widely known and respected. His holding company Windway Capital Holding controls the Vollrath Company and the North Sails Group. He was instrumental in having Sail Sheboygan, Ltd. become the fourth US SAILING Center in the United States. He continues supporting all facets of the sport of sail racing. Click here for complete bio

Your Membership is a vital support to what we do!

LMSRF s customized programs have developed over the past twenty years to train Race Management, coordinate major racing Championships, provide Rules and Judges seminars, provide a boat donation program, provide financial support grants to deserving sailors of all ages, as they represent Lake Michigan interests at National US SAILING Association Championships! LMSRF’s primary operational support for these programs comes from membership and contributions from individuals like you. You can do your part to help keep these important programs afloat by renewing your membership.

Send in your renewal today and continue to support the organization that represents you within the US SAILING Association! Call Cheryl at the LMSRF office today and renew your membership.

LMSRF YAHOO GROUP A free group participation site for LMSRF. It was set up to foster interest and participation in the sport in the Lake Michigan area, by providing a boat/crew database and a calendar of events, interesting links, as well as a discussion area for anyone to use.

Join by entering your email address below
then clicking on the Yahoo Groups image.

Thanks and Fair Sailing!

LMSRF
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Richland, MI 49083
(312) 857-6640
(786) 358-3605 fax
lakemichigansrf@gmail.com

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