The 2008 Wallwork Regatta was held
on July 26th & 27th
We were teased both days with the thought of no wind, but were able to get in
all 5 races with what turned out to be as good a weather weekend as we have ever had
for a regatta. The 1st day didn't get started until 11:00am, when the
winds finally showed up out of the west at mostly 5 to 10 mph. Two races
were run with a break for lunch and a 3rd race following that. The second day was
almost a carbon copy of the 1st with races starting at 11:00, this time with the
winds out of the East at 5-10 mph and building to 10-15 mph. Shifty winds
made it an extra challenge for the race committee to get the courses set.
The Saturday evening banquet feathered "Doc and the Scrubs" (a swing band from Detroit Lakes) and the good weather continued into the evening so everyone could share stories of the days events. There were plenty of stories to tell from the shifty winds causing a lot of commotion during the starts, to some unintentional swimming caused by a rare gust of air, to spinnakers doing everything but what they were supposed to do.
Thank you to Rhonda Loberg for being this year's Regatta Chairman and organizing a great event!
A special thank you to the Wallwork Family for the annual support of the Regatta!
A special thank you to our PLYC anonymous donor for the financial support for the band!
A BIG thank you to the "PLYC Regatta Team", including:
Jeff and Anne Peltier for printing and mailing the brochure, contributing equipment and decorations, and overall support Race Committee: Gary Ostbye - for all race preparations, providing race instructions and leading the Skipper's meeting, John Majors and Chuck Solum - for serving as judges and setting up great courses, Kate and Brian Hornstein, Greg Hanson and Chris Thysell - for setting the marks and providing assistance in the rescue boats, Jeff Peltier - for calculating handicaps and providing the race results. Event, Food and Facility: Dick Chadinha - for preparing and maintaining the clubhouse throughout the season and during the high intensity use of the regatta, Chip Chaffee - building the steps for crowd flow, Donna Bredlow - for calmly managing the breakfast, lunch and dinner preparations, Chris and Donna Bredlow - for managing the ice, coolers and drinks and helping with clean-up, Mary Hoffman - for cutting all of the watermelon and assisting Donna with all food prep and clean up, Kathe Toft - for arranging the delicious dinner and helping with clean-up, Sandy Ostbye - for registering everyone for racing, lunch and dinner, selling hats, and assisting throughout the regatta, Brian Quigley - for preparing and distributing the press release, securing the participation medallions, and providing the traditional gin and tonics for Friday night, Carol Schlossman - for securing all of the paper supplies and assisting with clean up, Ev Quigley, Michelle Sletten, Sara Lyngby, Pat Leonard, Darcy Leonard, Roger Hoffman - for working like a top-notch catering crew to provide hungry sailors a great lunch, Angie Ostbye - for providing an outdoor slide-show of Saturday's races, Brad Schlossman - for serving as MC of the awards ceremony and assisting with clean up.
The traveling trophy given in honor and memory of Sgt. Bryan Opskar, is awarded to the winner of the 1st race in the C-fleet. Jason Ostbye (M17) won the award this year. The C scow Division was won by Jason Ostbye (M17) and his crew. The Open Fleet Division was won by Mike Ostbye (Pursuit) and his crew. The E scow Division was won by Wade Wilson (BC4) and his crew in the "Boys against Girls challenge".
Thank you to all participants! Hope you can join us for the 44th Wallwork Regatta next year.
See the 2008 regatta race results below.
| 2008 Wallwork Regatta Results | |||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |||||
| Open Class | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Final | |||
| Boat type/Name (sail #) | captain | rating | place | place | place | place | place | score | place |
| S2 6.9/Pursuit (963) | Mike Ostbye | 89.8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Seaward 26RK/Island Rhythm | Anne & Jeff Peltier | 90.8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Johnson 18/ (174) | Dan Sprouls | 86.4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| Club 420 | Reed Deardorff | 97.7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 4 |
| S2 6.9/Luna Danza (92) | Bob & Bruce Leonard | 89.8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 5 |
| F24 MK II/Zing (F24) | Brad & Carol Schlossman | 74.2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 5 |
| Capri 22/Fly | Brandon Wilson | 90.8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 7 |
| S2 6.9/Justitium | Bruce Ness | 89.8 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 7 |
| Club 420 | Ian Solum | 97.7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 7 |
| Hobie 18 | Stan Furr | 71.4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 10 |
| Rodgers 24/Zerno | David Davis | 88.5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 49 | 11 |
| Hunter 260/Moonlight Express | Brad & Julie Burgum | 91 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 12 |
| Capri 16.5/Transition | Rhonda Loberg | 96.6 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 13 |
| C-Scows | |||||||||
| Boat Name | captain | Sail # | |||||||
| Thor | Jason Ostbye | M-17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Ewzin | Jeff Solum | M3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| C-Farther | Doug Burgum | LP 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| Legacy | Gary Ostbye | LP 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 4 |
| Rocky II | David Schlossman | LP 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 5 |
| Water Hog | Tom Stadum | P3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 6 |
| Brian Harris | BC10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 7 | |
| Dave Olson | D-18 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 8 | |
| Erling Opskar | LP9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 9 | |
| E Scows | |||||||||
| Boat Name | captain | Sail # | |||||||
| Sting | Wade Wilson | BC4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Spirit II | Jenny Wilson | BC7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 2007 Wallwork Regatta Results | |||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |||||
| Open Class | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Final | Final | ||
| Boat type/Name (sail #) | captain | rating | place | place | place | place | place | score | place |
| S2 6.9/Pursuit (963) | Mike Ostbye | 89.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Seaward 26RK/Island Rhythm | Anne & Jeff Peltier | 90.8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| Johnson 18/ (174) | Dan Sprouls | 86.4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 3 |
| S2 6.9/Luna Danza (92) | Bob & Bruce Leonard | 89.8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 4 |
| M 16 Scow/UM 7 | Rodger Stadum | 89.4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 5 |
| Hobie Get-a-way | Stan Furr | 82.9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 6 |
| F24 MK II/Zing (F24) | Brad & Carol Schlossman | 74.2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 7 |
| Capri 22/Fly | Bill & Rhonda Wilson | 90.8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 8 |
| Rodgers 24/Zerno | David Davis | 88.5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 9 |
| S2 6.9/Justitium | Bruce Ness | 89.8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 47 | 10 |
| Capri 16.5/Transition | Rhonda Loberg | 96.6 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 50 | 11 |
| Hunter 260/Moonlight Express | Burgum | 91 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 12 |
| MC | Ian Solum | 88 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 54 | 13 |
| Hunter 260/Wave Dancer | Dick Chadinha | 91 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 64 | 14 |
| C-Scows | |||||||||
| Boat Name | captain | Sail # | |||||||
| Ewzin | Jeff Solum | M3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Ben Burgum | LP 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 | |
| Thor | Jason Ostbye | M-17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3 |
| Rocky II | David Schlossman | LP 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||