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U-Gotta Regatta

Dates: September 6 - 7, 2008

 Location:The racing area is on Lake Minnetonka, on the Main Lake or in Wayzata Bay.

Friday, September 5

3:00-7:30 pm

5:00 pm

 

Launching, registration and crew weigh-in

Food and drinks

 
Saturday, September 6

7:30-9:00 am


9:30 am

11:00 am

 

After racing

Registration and crew weigh-in
Breakfast (cereal & stuff)

Skippers meeting

1st race
Lunch on the water
Up to 4 races weather permitting

Dinner
Sunday, September 7

7:30-9:00 am

10:00 am

After race

Breakfast

Up to 3 races, if necessary

Lunch, beer and awards

Rules:
This event will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS 2005-2008); the prescriptions of U.S. Sailing, this Notice of Race, the rules of the International J-24 Class Association, except as any of these are changed by the Sailing Instructions. The regatta is classified as a category “C” event. Sailing instructions will be distributed at the time of registration.

Eligibility:
J/24 Class yachts in compliance with class rules will be scored. Skippers/Owners must show current J/24 Class and current Measurement certificates cards to be eligible to race.

Scoring:
The low point scoring system, RRS Appendix A, as specified in the sailing instructions will be used.  Six (6) races are scheduled and all will be scored, no throw-outs.  Awards given to the top ten finishing boats.

Measurement:
Valid IJCA certificate of measurement is required.  Measurement and/or weighing for the purpose of obtaining a valid certificate will be available on Friday between 10:00am and 3:00pm by APPOINTMENT ONLY.  To make an appointment for measurement contact Tim Oelschlager at (952) 474-3763 or 612-240-2109.  All crews must check in and be weighed by 8:30 am Saturday.  No crew substitutions will be allowed without written approval of the race committee.  The race committee may at its discretion, inspect any boat at any time before or after a race.

Accommodations:
Lodging can be found at the following:

Hampton Inn Minneapolis-Minnetonka
10420 Wayzata Blvd
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Tel.: 952-541-1094
e-mail: amanda.frechette@hampton.com
Website

Crane:
Crane-in will be at WAYZATA Yacht Club. Yes, we have a fabulous new crane in our west parking lot.  We will crane-in both Friday afternoon/evening and Saturday morning, as well as take out Sunday afternoon.  WYC Crane Information

Directions:
 Directions to Wayzata Yacht Club 

Entries:
Each entry must be submitted on the enclosed form.  Entries must be accompanied by a check in the amount of $125.00 payable to J-24 Fleet # 1.  Entries received after September 15th must include an additional late fee of $10.00.

Official Entry Form:
U-Gotta 2007 Entry Form and Disclaimer (PDF Format)

Sailing Instructions:
U-Gotta 2007 SIs (PDF Format)

Mail Entry Fee To:
Holly Jo Anderson
11800 Wayzata Blvd.
Minnetonka, MN 55305
holly@veritasmarketing.com

For Information and Questions Contact:
Tim Oelschlager - District Governor - 612-240-2109 - tim.oelschlager@mchsi.com

For any updates, pre-race details, past event photos and results visit: www.wyc.org/j24
Updated: May 2008

2007 U-Gotta Regatta

Dates: September 29 - 30, 2007
 Location: Wayzata Yacht Club  |  Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

U-Gotta Regatta Winds Never Disappoint!

 
 The 2007 U-Gotta Regatta was well attended with competitors traveling from Chicago and Green Bay to participate in the Midwest regional championship regatta.

The wind Gods delivered, bringing us great wind for both days of sailing. Temperatures were in the 70-degree range with warm south winds of 20 to 30 mph the first day. The top wind gust clocked in at 42 mph. That gust probably came through during the second race. This is just after nearly everyone switched from their blades to their genoas because there was a significant lull at the end of the first race. Sailing with the 150 up in the 25-knot breeze proved to be challenging and expensive. Many teams chose to switch back to their blade after the first beat, instead of flying the chute on the downwind run.

High Heels, helmed by John Dennis, showed incredible boat handling and speed taking all three bullets in the big breeze. The top boat speed for over 30 seconds recorded on Kattack was 12+ mph. Zoom, appropriately named, won the top boat speed award.

The highly competitive J/24, 007, experienced a brief setback during the first race when their tiller broke. Those ingenious sailors repaired the tiller using a hammer and duct tape. It was just enough to get back to the club where they had already arranged to gain access to a tiller from J/22 Rocket Dog. Here’s a quote Joshua Bones, their crew member for the regatta from Chicago, “Broken tiller: 400 dollars; torn borrowed kite 2,800 dollars, ripped spinnaker halyard cleat from the mast: 35 dollars; learning that you can actually bruise your belly button, priceless!”

After the races on Saturday, everyone piled into the club and shared stories while eating pasta and salad. The out of town crews from Sweet Pea and Dirty White Boat along with the Wayzata Yacht Club members were riveted by the Kattack replays and the video footage taken by Pete Crawford.

The second day had lighter winds 5 to 15 mph out of the South East. John Gjerde on Oz won the first race, with Chad Olness on Zoom won the last two races of the regatta.

First place for this years U-Gotta Regatta and District 15 Championship, went to John Dennis and crew on High Heels followed by Chad Olness on Zoom in 2nd, Jerry Krebsbach on Usual Suspects in 3rd, Dave Anderson on Dirty White Boat 4th and Steve Rickman on Rush in 5th.

Trophies on Sunday displayed exceptional photographs taken by Dallas Johnson. If you want to purchase a photograph of your boat racing during the regatta, visit www.dallasjohnson.net/U-Gotta.htm.

We’d like to thank the following companies for donating merchandise that added to the event: General Mills, Kattack, Hooper’s Yachts, Z Sails, Atlas Boat Pad, Quantum Inland Sails and Mauri Pro Sailing.