Malcolm Lamphere, sailing for Yale, finished fourth last weekend in Bellingham Washington. Matthew Ripkey, also from Lake Geneva, sailing for University of Wisconsin Madison, finished 15th. You can find all the results HERE. You can also read about it in the latest edition of Scowlines, November 13th, 2014.
Photo from Scowlines
Over the last week the LGYC clubhouse and sailing school came down, which we felt was a big milestone for the Lake Geneva Yacht Club, but I have to say Harry Melges IV winning the E scow Blue Chip was the person who really brought the house down. Six wins out of six races is a rare feat considering the level of competition in Pewaukee this last weekend. Not only did we have the usual suspects going bow to stern in 20+ winds, the 2013 Americas Cup skipper, Jimmy Spithill grabbed a tiller to compete, taking an eighth. Harry’s accomplishment was impressive, but taking into account he was followed up by Vincent Porter in second and Brian Porter, 2013 Rolex Yachtsman of the year, taking third, it was unreal.
Below you will find links to the results & cool videos:
Regatta Aerials – 2014 E Scow “Blue Chip” Regatta with James Spithill from Sean Fidler
As the “2014 Big Inland” came to an end, Vincent Porter took the first two vowels, A & E. The E Class came down to an uncle nephew battle with the elder grabbing a tie for total points, but coming up short on firsts. Vincent with his crew Clifford Porter, Coye Harrett, and Alisa Freytag, powered on taking two firsts.
Vincent wasn’t the only one proudly representing LGYC this past week, CLICK HERE FOR FULL RESULTS FROM THE BIG INLAND .. below is a quick summary
To Quote Jane Pegel:
“It is not because we have past champions.
It is not because we will have a new clubhouse.
It is because our members are darn good sailors.”
Monroe Melges celebrated her birthday a bit early this year when she won the Melges 17 National Championship held at Gull Lake Country Club on Gull Lake, Michigan, August 8-10. She will be ten at the end of the month. Monroe set the pace at the regatta by winning races one and two in Zenda Express then followed up with 3-3-(8)-5-1-1-1 finishes for 16 points, three points ahead of Tom Munroe of Muskegon, Michigan, Melges 17 Western Lake Michigan Yachting Association champion. In third overall was Sean Fidler of Royal Oak, Michigan, with 20 points. Seventeen boats competed in winds that ranged from about 2mph to 12.
Harry Melges III crewed for his daughter. He was also top crew in 2013 when he raced with his son Harry IV at the Melges 17 National Championship on Geneva Lake.
This summer, Monroe Melges was a student in the Reachers Class at Geneva Lake Sailing School and competed in a number of different boats during that program. She also sailed in an O’pen Bic and crewed on E and C scows and in Class X. She gave the Melges 17 a try after last year’s Inlands and loved it. The 2014 National Championship, however, was the first time she raced one as skipper.
Monroe will be a fifth-grader at Fontana Elementary School this fall and plans to campaign an X-boat next season with her cousin Mya Burdick.
To view final results CLICK HERE
From ILYA:
US Sailing’s most prestigious youth event came home to the Midwest as Lake Geneva’s Malcolm Lamphere maintained his lead throughout the final day to win the Johnstone Trophy.
For the full story, CLICK HERE
From US SAILING:
CLICK HERE for Story from US SAILING + an audio clip from Malcolm Lamphere speaking on the victory.
Once again the Lake Geneva Yacht CLub has taken first place at the A Scow Nationals . Three races were finished at Lake Minnetonka with The Eagle taking top honors. Skipper Vincent Porter and his crew of Ryan Fitzgerald, Dave Navin, Chris Impens, and Greg Gifford took a 3rd, 2nd, 4th to take the cup. We also need to give a shout out to Tom Freytag who placed 4th overall. This was a great showing from LGYC, lets keep it up for the rest of the summer.