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photos - Richard Beers
Matt Mason, a Lake Geneva Wedding photographer, took some amazing video footage in January 2010 of many of the Boe-Craft owners on Geneva Lake. The area of sailable ice was small but was sufficient size to make the video. Enjoy!
Video is posted on YouTube and on Matt's Website
http://www.mattmasonphotography.com
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Bill Boehmke
Designer/Builder
January 30th, 2011
Check out the YouTube video link below.
This was taken by Paul Wood on the second day of Wednesday racing on Delavan.
www.youtube.com/user/krismhttp://erwood1?feature=mhum
The fat lady finished her song way ahead of schedule here in the far South of Wisconsin.
There are a few repairs to do, but not many.
19 total races, all on Delavan were not too bad for such an unusually warm winter.
Sparky has started building his grandson Cody a new B Skeeter that should be ready for the ice next season.
Trophy and Season Champions have been updated.
February 18, 2012
Saturday racing started today with very short courses and lots of laps. Wind velocity and direction changes made racing very challenging. Mike Hirn was the winner on the day, with two firsts in the morning and one in the afternoon.
2012 Boecraft Saturday AM Series
Delavan 2-18-2012
2012 Boecraft Saturday AM Series
| Rank | Boat | SailNo | HelmName | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | Nett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ellie | I 561 | Mike Hirn | (8.0 DNC) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 2.0 |
| 2nd | Skating Away II | I 564 | Steve Schalk | 1.0 | (2.0) | 2.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| 3rd | Akebono | I 114 | Rick Pappas | (3.0) | 3.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 |
| 4th | Diablo | I 237 | Casey Schiche | 2.0 | (5.0) | 4.0 | 11.0 | 6.0 |
| 5th | Willow Bender | I 112 | Jimmy McAvoy | 4.0 | 4.0 | (7.0) | 15.0 | 8.0 |
| 6th | Proud Rebel IV | I 109 | Sparky Lundberg | 5.0 | (7.0) | 5.0 | 17.0 | 10.0 |
| 7th | Joe College | I 140 | Troy Soberg | (7.0 DNF) | 6.0 | 6.0 | 19.0 | 12.0 |
Sailwave Scoring Software 2.02 build 6
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2012 Boecraft Saturday Series
Delavan 2-18-2012
2012 Boecraft Saturday Series
| Rank | Boat | SailNo | HelmName | R1 | Total | Nett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ellie | I 561 | Mike Hirn | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 2nd | Proud Rebel IV | I 109 | Sparky Lundberg | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 3rd | Diablo | I 237 | Casey Schiche | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| 4th | Willow Bender | I 112 | Jimmy McAvoy | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 5th | Joe College | I 140 | Troy Soberg | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Sailwave Scoring Software 2.02 build 6
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February 16, 2012
One more race was completed in the Wednesday Series on the 15th. The conditions were deep slush and shifty winds. The second race failed to make the 7 &1/2 minute per mile time limit. Casey would have won it, but was a minute short of making the time on the last lap.
racing is underway. Three races were sailed starting at 2:00 pm on a very interesting 0.6 mile course. Each race was 5 laps to make the 6 mile minimum.
We got a lot of input from Buddy Melges on our performance. We all appear to have a great deal of room for improvement.
Boecraft Wednesday Series
Delavan 2- 8 & 15 -2012
Results as of 9 am on 2-16-2012
| Rank | Boat | SailNo | HelmName | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | Nett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Zephyr III | I 24 | Bob Mereness | 1.0 | (3.0) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 |
| 2nd | Skating Away II | I 564 | Steve Schalk | (2.0) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 |
| 3rd | Proud Rebel IV | I 109 | Sparky Lundberg | 6.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | (7.0 DNC) | 18.0 | 11.0 |
| 4th | Diablo | I 237 | Casey Schiche | 3.0 | (5.0) | 5.0 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 11.0 |
| 5th | Black Widow | I 808 | Kaahlen O'Laughlin | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | (7.0 DNC) | 19.0 | 12.0 |
| 6th | InXcess | I 406 | Chuck Kaye | 5.0 | (7.0 DNC) | 7.0 DNC | 4.0 | 23.0 | 16.0 |
| 7th | Akebono | I 114 | Rick Pappas | (7.0 DNC) | 7.0 DNC | 7.0 DNC | 5.0 | 26.0 | 19.0 |
| 8th | Willow Bender | I 112 | Jimmy McAvoy | (7.0 DNC) | 7.0 DNC | 7.0 DNC | 7.0 DNF | 28.0 | 21.0 |
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February 12,2012
After an unsuccessful attempt to get the NIYA Regatta in, we have been back racing our Stay at Home series scheduled when the regatta was called on.
The wind direction was West Northwest resulting in another very challenging 0.6 mile race course sailed on the west end of Delavan Lake.
After an unsuccessful attempt to get the NIYA Regatta in, we have been back racing our Stay at Home series scheduled when the regatta was called on.
The wind direction was West Northwest resulting in another very challenging 0.6 mile race course sailed on the west end of Delavan Lake.
2012 Boecraft Stay at Home Series
Delavan starting 2-21-2012
Boecraft Stay at Home Series 2-12-2012
| Rank | Boat | SailNo | HelmName | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total | Nett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Skating Away II | I 564 | Steve Schalk | 1.0 | (3.0) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 |
| 2nd | Proud Rebel IV | I 109 | Sparky Lundberg | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | (3.0) | 10.0 | 7.0 |
| 3rd | Ellie | I 561 | Mike Hirn | (4.0) | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 |
| 4th | Zephyr III | I 24 | Bob Mereness | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | (5.0) | 5.0 | 21.0 | 16.0 |
| 5th | Diablo | I 237 | Casey Schiche | (8.0 DSQ) | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 17.0 |
| 6th | Akebono | I 114 | Rick Pappas | 5.0 | (6.0) | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 28.0 | 22.0 |
| 7th | Joe College | I 140 | Troy Soberg | 6.0 | (8.0 DNC) | 8.0 DNC | 8.0 DNC | 8.0 DNC | 38.0 | 30.0 |
| 8th | Happy Hopper | I 255 | Larry Happ | (8.0 DNC) | 8.0 DNC | 8.0 DNC | 7.0 | 7.0 | 38.0 | 30.0 |
| 9th | Black Widow | I 808 | Kaahlen O'Laughlin | (9.0 DNF) | 8.0 DNC | 8.0 DNC | 8.0 DNC | 8.0 DNC | 41.0 | 32.0 |
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January 29th 2012
After a long day waiting for the wind to come down on Saturday, The BoeCraft Championship was resumed on Sunday in a North Northwest wind in the 17 to 21mph range.
There was a lot of close racing and a couple of breakdowns. All three races were completed for a total of 6.
Results are below:
2012 Boecraft Championship Regatta
Delavan 1-27-29-2012
2012 BoeCraft Championship Final Results
Overall
Sailed: 6, Discards: 0, To count: 6, Entries: 12, Scoring system: Appendix A
| Rank | Boat | SailNo | HelmName | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Skating Away II | I 564 | Steve Schalk | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 2nd | Zephyr III | I 24 | Bob Mereness | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 17.0 |
| 3rd | Black Widow | I 808 | Kaahlen O'Laughlin | 4.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 30.0 |
| 4th | Akebono | I 114 | Rick Pappas | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 32.0 |
| 5th | Proud Rebel IV | I 109 | Spark Lundberg | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 DNF | 13.0 DNC | 36.0 |
| 5th | Diablo | I 237 | Casey Schiche | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 DNC | 36.0 |
| 7th | Joe College | I 140 | Troy Soberg | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 DNC | 8.0 | 7.0 | 49.0 |
| 8th | Halloweene | I 744 | Dan Janikowski | 13.0 DNC | 13.0 DNC | 13.0 DNC | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 9th | Chaos | I 400 | John Simms | 13.0 DSQ | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 DNC | 56.0 |
| 10th | Willow Bender | I 112 | Jimmy McAvoy | 6.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 DSQ | 9.0 DNF | 13.0 DNC | 13.0 DNC | 58.0 |
| 11th | InXcess | I 406 | Chuck Kaye | 9.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 13.0 DNC | 13.0 DNC | 13.0 DNC | 67.0 |
| 12th | Mickey Finn | I 7 | Bob Youngquist | 13.0 DNC | 13.0 DNC | 13.0 DNC | 13.0 DNC | 13.0 DNC | 5.0 | 70.0 |
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The 2012 BoeCraft Championship Regatta is underway at Delavan Lake. Three Races were sailed in wind under 10 mph using only the West end of the lake due to dangerous ice conditions on the East end of the lake. Results below:
2012 Boecraft Championship Regatta
Delavan 1-27-29-2012
2012 Boecraft Championship Results as of 5 pm on 1-27-2012
Overall
| Rank | Boat | SailNo | HelmName | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Zephyr III | I 24 | Bob Mereness | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | |
| 2nd | Skating Away II | I 564 | Steve Schalk | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | |
| 3rd | Diablo | I 237 | Casey Schiche | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 11.0 | |
| 4th | Proud Rebel IV | I 109 | Spark Lundberg | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 13.0 | |
| 5th | Black Widow | I 808 | Kaahlen O'Laughlin | 4.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 14.0 | |
| 6th | Joe College | I 140 | Troy Soberg | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 21.0 | |
| 6th | Willow Bender | I 112 | Jimmy McAvoy | 6.0 | 4.0 | 11.0 DSQ | 21.0 | |
| 8th | Akebono | I 114 | Rick Pappas | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 24.0 | |
| 9th | Chaos | I 400 | John Simms | 11.0 DSQ | 7.0 | 8.0 | 26.0 | |
| 10th | InXcess | I 406 | Chuck Kaye | 9.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 28.0 |
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January 21st, 2012
Sparky lettered the Black Widow on Thursday. Kaahlen is ready to go.
January 5th, 2012
Lake Como is snowed out for now. Delavan finally closed all the open holes, but has the same snow problem as Como.Geneva Lake is frozen and snow covered from Lake Geneva to just East of Black Point. The rest of the lake is mostly frozen - the ice is still forming.Lots of ice checking to do in the next few days.Sparky lettered the Black Widow on Thursday. Kaahlen is ready to go.January 5th, 2012Set up three boats on Como and sailed from 11:30 to 2:00. Nice smooth ice but too much temperature.
When we started to push waves in the ice and cut through, we had to take off as quick as possible. We almost made it without breaking the ice at the ramp, but not quite. It was still worth getting the ride.
There are still 3 inches in place as of Monday the 9th. We hope to get back on After Thursday.
Sparky lettered the Black Widow on Thursday. Kaahlen is ready to go.
January 5th, 2012
Lake Como is snowed out for now. Delavan finally closed all the open holes, but has the same snow problem as Como.Geneva Lake is frozen and snow covered from Lake Geneva to just East of Black Point. The rest of the lake is mostly frozen - the ice is still forming.Lots of ice checking to do in the next few days.Sparky lettered the Black Widow on Thursday. Kaahlen is ready to go.January 5th, 2012Set up three boats on Como and sailed from 11:30 to 2:00. Nice smooth ice but too much temperature.
When we started to push waves in the ice and cut through, we had to take off as quick as possible. We almost made it without breaking the ice at the ramp, but not quite. It was still worth getting the ride.
There are still 3 inches in place as of Monday the 9th. We hope to get back on After Thursday.