LMSRF OFFSHORE CHAMPIONSHIP
Many classes and fleets vie for the top position each year
across the expanse of Lake Michigan. The Championship is set
up for the 1D35, FARR 40, J/105, J/35, MUMM 30, PHRF, and T-10 Championships.
Two trophies are idled currently, the Patrick E. Haggerty Trophy
and the Edward Willman/Palmer Johnson Offshore Team Trophy.
THE BENETEAU 36.7 CHAMPIONSHIP
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The Beneteau 36.7 was designed by Farr. It became
successful worldwide as a fast 36 foot racer/cruiser. The Beneteau
36.7 held its first one design class Championship in 2003.
2008-2009 – No Contest
2007 – "Program", Warren Levins
2006 – "Program", Warren Levins
2005 – "Bella Luna", Joseph Hyla
2004 – "Tried & True", Robert Foley
THE BENETEAU 40.7 CHAMPIONSHIP
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The Beneteau 40.7 was designed by Farr. It became
successful worldwide as a fast 40 foot racer/cruiser. The Beneteau
40.7 held its first one design class Championship in 2000.
2009 - "Vayu," Ron Buzil, Chicago Corinthian
Yacht Club
2008 – “Turning Point,”
Bartz/Hardy/Schmidt, Chicago Yacht Club
2007 – “Tsunami,” Donald Hayes, MORF
2006 – “La Tempete,” Tom & Debbie Weber, Burnham
Park Yacht Club
2005 - “La Tempete,” Tom & Debbie Weber, Burnham
Park Yacht Club
2004 - “Finesse,” Alan McMillan, Chicago Yacht Club
2003 - “La Tempete,” Tom & Debbie Weber, Burnham
Park Yacht Club
2002 - “Finesse,” Alan McMillan, Chicago Yacht Club
2001 - “La Tempete,” Tom & Debbie Weber, Burnham
Park Yacht Club
2000 - “La Tempete,” Tom & Debbie Weber, Burnham
Park Yacht Club
THE SYDNEY 38 CHAMPIONSHIP
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The Sydney 38 was boat that was designed for the
Sydney-Hobart race. It is a 38 foot boat that was built to withstand
the heavy winds of the Southern Ocean. The Sydney 38 Championship
on Lake Michigan began in 2000.
2006-2009– No Contest
2005 - “Eagle,” Jerry & Shawn O’Neill, Chicago
Yacht Club
2003 - “Eagle,” Jerry & Shawn O’Neill, Chicago
Yacht Club
2002 - “Eagle,” Jerry & Shawn O’Neill, Chicago
Yacht Club
2001 - “Eagle,” Jerry & Shawn O’Neill, Chicago
Yacht Club
2000 - “Big Time,” Jeff Wittenberg, Chicago Yacht Club
THE 1D35 CHAMPIONSHIP back
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The 1D35 was designed without concern for rating rules, with
only speed in mind. What is produced is a fast boat, 35 feet
in length. In 1998, the first 1D35 Championship on Lake Michigan
was held.
2002-2009 - No Contest
2001 - “Illusion,” John Podmajersky, Chicago Yacht Club
2000 - “Virago,” Stuart Townsend, Chicago & Jackson
Park Yacht Club
1999 - “Fuzzy Logic Thomas Papanek, Chicago Yacht Club
1998 - “EIR,” Michael Leland, New Buffalo Yacht Club
THE FARR 40 CHAMPIONSHIP
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The FARR 40 was designed for the accelerated conversion
from handicap racing to one-design racing. The attractive part
of the class is the Owner-Driver rule, which keeps the payers in the
game. The first FARR 40 Championship was held in 1999.
2006-2009 – No Contest
2005 - “Heartbreaker,” Robert Hughes, Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club
2004 - “Nitemare,” Tom Neill, Chicago Yacht Club
2003 - “Heartbreaker,” Robert Hughes, Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club
2002 - “Inferno,” Aaron Housten & Phil Dowd, Chicago
Yacht Club
THE FARR 395 CHAMPIONSHIP back
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2007-2009 - No Contest
2006 - “Chaos,” Bernbaum/Schroeder/Amedio, Waukegon Yacht Club
2005 - “Chaos,” Bernbaum/Schroeder/Amedio, Waukegon Yacht Club
THE J/105 CHAMPIONSHIP back
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The J/105 was designed for short-handed sailing in
mind. The layout is easy to handle. The first J/105 Championship was
held in 1998. In 1998 Larsen Marine service donated a J/105
half-hull perpetual trophy. 2009 - No Contest
2008 - “Messie Jessie,” Dorin Candea, Chicago Corinthian
Yacht Club
2007 - “Messie Jessie,” Dorin Candea, Chicago Corinthian
Yacht Club
2006 - “Vytis,” Tom Petkus, Columbia Yacht Club
2005 - “Pronto II,” Tom & Marilyn Edman, Midwest
Open Racing Fleet
2004 - “Cetare,” Wong, Neiman, Logelin, Chicago Yacht
Club
2003 -”Pronto II,” Tom & Marilyn Edman, Midwest
Open Racing Fleet
2002 - “370,” George Petkovic, Chicago Corinthian Yacht
Club
2001 - “Caress,” Jon & Mark Weglarz, Columbia &
Chicago Yacht Club
2000 - “Messy Jessy,” Dorin Candea, Chicago Corinthian
Yacht Club
1999 - “Revelation,” George Petkovic, Chicago Corinthian
Yacht Club
1998 - “Revelation,” George Petkovic, Chicago Corinthian
Yacht Club
This championship was inaugurated in 1990. The Championship
is based on a season-long series of events around Lake Michigan in
which J-35’s sail as a separate fleet under one-design rules.
A total of 16 J-35s participated in the first LMSRF Championship.
2001-2009 - No Contest
2000 - “Aftershock,” Bill Newman, Muskegon Yacht Club
1999 - “Aftershock,” Bill Newman, Muskegon Yacht Club
1998 - “Aftershock,” Bill Newman, Muskegon Yacht Club
1997 - “Heartbreaker,” Robert Hughes, Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club
1996 - “Heartbreaker,” Robert Hughes, Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club
1995 - “Heartbreaker,” Robert Hughes, Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club
1994 - “Heartbreaker,” Robert Hughes, Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club
1993 - “Crisis Mode,” Bill Hybell, South Haven Yacht
Club
1992 - “Noble Buffalo,” James Maltman, Ephriam Yacht
Club
1991 - “Noble Buffalo,” James Maltman, Ephriam Yacht
Club
1990 - “Noble Buffalo,” James Maltman, Ephriam Yacht
Club
THE MUMM30 CHAMPIONSHIP
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A trailer-able One-Design boat, where this fleet travels
extensively hauling their boats behind SUV's, in their stops on Lake
Michigan, a Championship is held for them for the races here.
- 2002-2009 - No Contest
2001 - “Illusion,” John Podmajersky, Chicago Yacht
Club
2000 - “Virago,” Stuart Townsend, Chicago & Jackson
Park Yacht Club
1999 - “Fuzzy Logic Thomas Papanek, Chicago Yacht Club
1998 - “EIR,” Michael Leland, New Buffalo Yacht Club
THE LMPHRF CHAMPIONSHIP back
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The growth of fleets racing under both PHRF and IMS
ratings led to the establishment of a separate PHRF Championship category
in 1987. The trophy for that championship was donated to LMSRF by
the Lake Michigan PHRF organization. It is a hand-crafted, limited
edition model of a cross-section of the U.S.S. Constitution, standing
27 inches tall in its own glass case.
2009 - "Spirit Walker," Vern McCain, Muskegon Yacht Club
2008 - “Flags,” Bob & Cathy Sample, Racine Yacht
Club
2007 - “Flags,” Bob & Cathy Sample, Racine Yacht
Club
2006 - “Scout,” Jamie Hummert, Milwaukee Yacht Club
2005 - “Gauntlet,” Guy Hiestand, Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club
2004 - “Flags,” Bob Sample, Racine Yacht Club
2003 - “Gauntlet,” Guy Hiestand, Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club
2002 - “Gauntlet,” Guy Hiestand, Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club
2001 - “Fine Line,” Rich Montplaisir, Columbia Yacht
Club
2000 - “Gauntlet,” Guy Hiestand, Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club
1999 - “Erleichda,” Don Crandall
1998 - “Gauntlet,” Guy Hiestand, Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club
1997 - “Pronto,” Joel Krissoff, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
1996 - “Johnathon Swift,” Ronald Nolan, Columbia Yacht
Club
1995 - “Windigo,” Ray Title & John Sassano, Michigan
City Yacht Club
1994 - “Johnathon Swift,” Ronald Nolan, Columbia Yacht
Club
1993 - “Salacious,” Dan Darrow, Waukegan Yacht Club
1992 - “Cynosure,” Peter Reichelsdorfer, Sheboygan Yacht
Club
1991 - “Vagary,” Richard Rodseth, Muskegon Yacht Club
1990 - “Rumors,” John Jacobitz, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
1989 - “Kindred Spirit,” John Arendshorst, Macatawa
Bay YC
1988 - “Pronto,” Joel Krissoff, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
1987 - “Salacious,” Dan Darrow, Waukegan Yacht Club
THE TARTAN-10 CHAMPIONSHIP back
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An LMSRF Offshore Championship for Tartan-10 sailors
was re-established in 1988 after a lapse of six years, primarily due
to the urging of those active in the class. The T-10 Offshore Trophy
is a wooden ship’s wheel, approximately 30" in diameter,
with the hub bearing the LMSRF logo. The trophy was provided by LMSRF
for this event. 2009 - "Winnebago,"
Tim Rathbun, Columbia Yacht Club
2008 - “Cheap Thrill,” Tim &
Nancy Snyder, Chicago Yacht Club
2007 - “American Flyer,” Steve Knoop, Chicago Yacht
Club
2006 - “Cheap Thrill,” Tim & Nancy Snyder, Chicago
Yacht Club
2005 - “Contumacious,” Scott Bruesewitz, South Shore
Yacht Club
2004 - “Convergence,” Don Wilson, Chicago Yacht Club
2003 -“US,” Rick Strilky, Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club
2002 - “US,” Rick Strilky, Chicago Corinthian Yacht
Club
2001 - “Winnebago,” Tim Rathbun, Columbia Yacht Club
2000 - “Cheap Thrill,” Tim & Nancy Snyder, Chicago
Yacht Club
1999 - “US,” Rick Strilky, Chicago Corinthian Yacht
Club
1998 - “US,” Rick Strilky, Chicago Corinthian Yacht
Club
1997 - “US,” Rick Strilky, Chicago Corinthian Yacht
Club
1996 - “Hot Canary” - Capper/Igoe, Chicago Yacht Club
1995 - “Different Drummer,” Christopher Goff, Chicago
Yacht Club
1994 - “American Flyer,” Steven Knoop, Chicago Yacht
Club
1993 - “Different Drummer,” Christopher Goff, Chicago
Yacht Club
1992 - “Tardis,” Daniel Newman, Chicago Yacht Club
1991 - “Glider,” John Huff & Richard Sterns, Chicago
Yacht Club
THE EDWARD WILLMAN / PALMER
JOHNSON TROPHY back
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The Palmer Johnson Trophy, established in 1977 for
the LMYA Sail Squadron as a team racing trophy, was
in active competition in 1978 and 1979 and was won both years by teams
from Area I. In 1988, the trophy returned to competition and renamed
the Edward Willman/Palmer Johnson Trophy in June 1989, in honor of
the late Edward “Shuff” Willman for his contributions
to sailboat racing. Shuff enjoyed a long career as an executive at
Palmer Johnson and a race participant, universally recognized by his
habit of wearing a white shirt and black bow tie while racing - his
personal expression of the meaning of “yachtsman.”
Winners of the Palmer Johnson/Edward Willman Offshore
Team Trophy since its reinstatement are:
2009 - Area IV
"Spirit Walker," Vern McCain, Muskegon Yacht Club
"Gauntlet," Guy Hiestand, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
"Ticklish," Eric Landman, Muskegon Yacht Club
2008 – Area II
“Flags,” Bob & Cathy Sample, Racine Yacht Club
“Scout,” Hummert/Ruley, Milwaukee Yacht Club
“Mosquito,” Radtke/Loughlin, Milwaukee Yacht Club
2007 – Area III
“Sue,” James Muller
“Fine Line,” Rich Montplaiser, Chicago Yacht Club
“Goblin,” Lindy Thomas, Chicago Yacht Club
2006 – Area III
“Nitemare,” Tom Neill, Chicago Yacht Club
“Maskwa,” Donald Waller, Burnham Park Yacht Club
“Goblin,” Lindy Thomas, Chicago Yacht Club
2005 - Area IV
“Erleichda,” Donald Crandall, Muskegan Yacht Club
“Gauntlet,” Guy Hiestand, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
“Heartbreaker,” Robert Hughes, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
2004 - Area III
“Nitemare,” Tom Neill, Chicago Yacht Club
“Eagle,” Jerry & Shawn O’Neill, Chicago Yacht
Club
“Detente,” David Kirk, Chicago Yacht Club
2003 - Area IV
“Heartbreaker,” Robert Hughes, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
“Gauntlet,” Guy Hiestand, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
“Hippy Chick,” David Bowen, Muskegon Yacht Club
2002 - Area IV
“Gauntlet,” Guy Hiestand, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
“Pronto,” Joel Krissoff, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
“Heartbreaker,” Robert Hughes, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
2001 - Area IV
“Gauntlet,” Guy Hiestand, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
“Pronto,” Joel Krissoff, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
“Heartbreaker,” Robert Hughes, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
2000 - Area III
“Voodoo,” Richard Grunsten, Chicago Yacht Club
“Pronto II,” Tom & Marilyn Edman, Jackson Park Y.C.
“US,” Rick Strilky, Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club
1999 - Area IV
“Gauntlet,” Guy Hiestand, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
“Pronto II,” Joel Krissoff, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
“Heartbreaker,” Robert Hughes, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
1998 - Area III
“Nitemare,” Tom Neill, Chicago Yacht Club
“China Cloud,” Hank Bernbaum, Chicago Yacht Club
“Stars & Stripes,” Stan Bailey, Columbia Yacht Club
1996-1997 No Contest
1995 - Area II
“Cynosure,” Peter Reichelsdorfer, Sheboygan Yacht Club
“Manitou,” James W. Romanshek, Racine Yacht Club
“Magic,” Walter R. Lindemann, Milwaukee Yacht Club
1994 - Area II
“Cynosure,” Peter Reichelsdorfer, Sheboygan Yacht Club
“Magic,” Walter Lindeman, Milwaukee Yacht Club
“Jazz,” Dr. Anthony Sances, MilwaukeeYacht Club
1993 - Area IV
“Windquest,” Richard DeVos, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
“Pronto,” Joel Krissoff, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
“Madcap,” Guy Hiestand, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
1992 - Area II
“Cynosure,” Peter Reichelsdorfer, Sheyboygan Yacht Club
“Magic,” Walter R. Lindemann, Millwaukee Yacht Club
“Manitou,” James W. Romanshek, Racine Yacht Club
1991 - Area III
“Heartbeat,” Hector Marchand, Michigan City Yacht Club
”Monatwa,” Dr. John Olvall, Midwest Open Racing Flt.
“Toy Boat,” Larry Schell, Columbia Yacht Club
1990 - Area IV
“Heartbreaker,” Robert Hughes, Muskegon Yacht Club
“Zoo II,” Ron Sisson, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
“Moody Blue,” Terry Reagan, Muskegon Yacht Club
1989 - Area II
“Magic,” Walter Lindemann, Milwaukee Yacht Club
”Jazz,” Dr. Anthony Sances, Milwaukee Yacht Club
“Paragon Express,” Roger Koehn, South Shore Yacht Club
1988 - Area IV
“Double Digits,” Tom Giesler, South Haven Sailing Club
“Kindred Spirit,” John Arendshorst, Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club
“Pronto,” Joel Krissoff, Macatawa Bay Yacht Club
THE PATRICK E. HAGGERTY
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The Haggerty Trophy was donated to LMSRF in
1981 by the family of the late Patrick E. Haggerty. Haggerty was a
Marquette University engineering grad who went to work for a small
Texas firm after World War II, eventually buying the company, becoming
its president and renaming it Texas Instrument.
His deep interest in sailing led to his purchase of the Palmer
Johnson shipbuilding business in Sturgeon Bay, where the series
of legendary Haggerty “Bay Bea’s” were crafted.
The Deed of Gift for the Haggerty Trophy specifies that it be awarded
to the boat with “the best overall record under the Premier
rating system.” From 1981 to 1986, the trophy was awarded
to the winner of the annual IOR competition.
With the rapid growth in IMS, the trophy was switched to that fleet
in 1987.
2000-2009 - No Contest
1999 - “V-Max,” Fred Pipin, Chicago Yacht Club - IMS
1998 - “V-Max,” Fred Pipin, Chicago Yacht Club - IMS
1997 - “Nitemare,” Tom Neill, Chicago Yacht Club - IMS
1996 - “China Cloud,” L. Harrison Bernbaum, Chicago
Yacht Club - IMS
1995 - “China Cloud,” L. Harrison Bernbaum, Chicago
Yacht Club - IMS
1994 - “Manitou,” James Romanshek, Racine Yacht Club
- IMS
1993 - No Contest
1992 - “V-Max,” Fred Pipin, Chicago Yacht Club - IMS
1991 - “Griffin,” Robert Spraker, M & M Yacht Club
- IMS
1990 - “Heartbeat,” Dr. Hector Marchand, MCYC - IMS
1989 - “Jazz,” Dr. Anthony Sances, Milwaukee Yacht Club
- IMS
1988 - “Manitou,” Edward Willman & William Schoendorf,
SBYC - IMS
1987 - “Magic,” Walter Lindemann & Steve Schelwat,
Milwaukee YC - IMS
1986 - “Emotional Rescue,” Karl Koenig & Jim Hummert,
Milwaukee YC - IOR
1985 - “Emotional Rescue,” Karl Koenig & Jim Hummert,
MilwaukeeYC - IOR
1984 - “Invictus,” John Malec, Chicago Yacht Club -
IOR
1983 - “Pied Piper,” Richard Jennings, Chicago Yacht
Club - IOR
1982 - “Hat Trick,” Lowell Body, Sandusky Yacht Club
- IOR
1981 - “Shamrock,” Dr. James Sargent, Ephriam Yacht
Club – IOR
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