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2018 North American Championship Results

Name	Sail	Throw Out	Score	Rank	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8
Champion Fleet
Rob Scala	6126	4	13	1	1	1	1	4	3	1	3	3
Rich Chapman	5	6	21	2	2	2	6	5	2	4	2	4
Josh Kerst	40	9	27	3	3	4	2	6	9	3	4	5
Doug Brown	4400	9	33	4	9	3	9	1	5	2	7	6
Doug Kinzer	2772	12	43	5	4	11	12	7	4	7	8	2
frank lyons	10007	18	54	6	11	15	4	3	18	11	1	9
Jason Breeden	6463	16	58	7	13	13	8	8	16	5	10	1
Grant Ehrlich	1018	20	67	8	18	6	3	13	1	15	20	11
Tom Welsh	1111	12	68	9	12	5	10	12	11	8	12	10
John Erhard	6253	19	80	10	19	9	16	17	8	12	11	7
Andrew Gilmartin	2808	19	90	11	17	16	19	11	14	10	5	17
Bryan Spang	1747	21	90	12	20	21	18	14	12	9	9	8
John Barrere	7	41	94	13	10	10	5	20	17	16	16	41
Richard Baumann	2	41	97	14	6	22	7	16	15	41	19	12
Robert Mattison	8032	41	99	15	15	12	11	19	10	14	41	18
Tom Oryniak	55	22	103	16	8	20	20	22	7	17	15	16
Tom Wille	1977	23	104	17	7	18	15	23	20	13	18	13
Philip Porte	6067	42	108	18	22	8	14	2	42	41	6	15
Craig Thayer	14	41	120	19	16	19	13	21	19	18	14	41
Bob Cullen	3099	42	140	20	42	17	42	15	6	6	13	41
Brian Hampton	47	41	153	21	21	7	21	9	13	41	41	41
Christopher Zofchak	7901	42	178	22	14	14	17	10	42	41	41	41
Courtney Young	3052	42	179	23	5	42	42	18	42	41	17	14
Fred Meno	8048	42	291	24	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41

Challenger Fleet
Taggart Little	901	2	9	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2
Scott Eigner	2128	8	32	2	3	8	4	5	6	6	5	3
Linda Howard	2366	9	39	3	8	5	9	6	7	5	4	4
Rainer Dehe	7814	42	45	4	2	7	6	9	8	7	6	42
Zackary Spang	737	42	63	5	4	42	42	4	1	4	3	5
Jeffrey Titman	555	42	74	6	5	6	5	3	5	8	42	42
Debbie Spang	1748	42	78	7	6	4	3	2	11	10	42	42
Charlie Spademan	22	42	79	8	7	2	7	8	4	9	42	42
David Rawstrom	5205	42	97	9	9	11	11	12	9	3	42	42
Ben Gibson	444	42	130	10	10	9	8	7	12	42	42	42
Rob Kunzig	211	42	147	11	42	3	2	13	3	42	42	42
Chris Sturges	2806	42	170	12	42	10	10	10	14	42	42	42
Jay Halsted	754	42	172	13	42	42	42	42	42	1	2	1
Preston Gibson	76	42	172	14	42	13	12	11	10	42	42	42
Peter Pietra	5696	42	235	15	42	12	42	42	13	42	42	42
Keith Lukachek	95	42	294	16	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Susan Mallows	8039	42	294	16	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42

Force 5 Midwinter Race Week - Results

Force 5 Midwinter Race Week, February 19-24, 2018
Upper Keys Sailing Club
Key Largo, Florida

Thirty nine Force 5 sailors competed in the Midwinter Championships hosted by the Upper Keys Sailing Club, Feb. 19-24, 2018. Conditions were optimal for exciting reaches and downwind sailing. Winds were 15-20 knots with higher gusts throughout the series of nine races. Coming out on top was frequent past winner of the midwinters Fred Meno of the Ft. Worth Boat Club (Texas) with 16 points followed by Jason Breeden of the Bloomington Yacht Club (Indiana) with 21, Mark Allen, last year’s winner, from the Pontiac Yacht Club (Michigan) with 30 points, Tom Welsh of the Thames Yacht Club (Connecticut) with 31 and Dan Synowiec from the North Cape Yacht Club (Michigan) with 40.

In the “Short Rig” Fleet Jim Bigham of the Sarasota Sailing Squadron (Florida) had 10 points followed by Bruce McCord of the Upper Keys Sailing Club (Florida) with 17 and Rich Baumann of the Hunterdon Sailing Club (New Jersey) with 21 points.

Adding international flavor to the regatta were five sailors from the LaSalle Mariner’s Yacht Club of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Other events of the week included the DoubleHanded Championship won by the the team of Marty and Kim Schilke of the Bloomington Yacht Club, second was Shelby Hatcher and Angel Crowe of the Louisville Sailing Club (Kentucky), and third Will Siebert and Curt O’Rourke of the Mt. Dora Yacht Club (Florida).

Jason Breeden of the Bloomington Yacht Club won the Nest Key Race/Rum Rendezvous.

Full results available here: http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/15747#_newsroom+results

Force 5 News - 09/11/2017

Monday, 11 September 2017 10:09 administrator

“Lake Lemon Regatta" is ON!!

By Doug Kinzer

After some deliberation at the latest Bloomington Yacht Club board meeting, it was decided to proceed with hosting the Lake Lemon regatta for the "off the beach" boats like Force 5's, lasers and such (no catamarans). Same date. of course, Sept 23-24. It'll be great fun!

I've been talking a couple of my Y-Flyer friends to come and sail Force 5's with us. If you'd be interested in loaning a spare boat to someone, let me know and I'll see if I can fill it. I should have 2 spares available myself (as long as I get off this forum and get to work).

Hope many of you who had this on your calender...and then didn't...can still make it. We should still have a pretty good turnout. Come and enjoy southern Indiana autumn with great sailing and great parties.

Last Updated on Monday, 11 September 2017 10:14

Non-Virtual Reality Sailboat Racing

Wednesday, 10 August 2016 05:55 administrator

The Force 5 has been upgraded to Release 7.5.1 of Non-Virtual Reality Sailboat Racing game!

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 August 2016 06:02

Congratulations to Mark Allen on

Winning the North American Championship!

The 2016 NAs was a huge success with 38 sailors attending. North Cape Yacht Club put on a great event and had 10 races over 3 days.

Results: Cumulative Results

Class Site Photos: 2016 NA Photos

Drone Video from Saturday: 2016 NA Aerial Race Video

Event Web Site: https://force5nac2016.wordpress.com

Facebook Event Site: https://www.facebook.com/Force5NAC2016

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