Lake St. Clair Classic Team Race Regatta

Winds East 6-12 knots with up to 1 foot waves. Rain in the morning with clouds breaking to nicer sunny conditions. Occurring at the same time was the Great Lakes Boating Festival at Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. An audience was spectating from the Marine Activity Center and on microphone was alternating Wally Cross, Emily Simon, and Brian Williams commentating for good “teaching moments” and the sailors did learn a lot from this Tier 3 Team Race. Grosse Pointe South Save the Lakes student group initiative was to make this regatta a Clean Regatta and students and volunteers were cognizant of reducing, reusing and recycling throughout the regatta. Judges John Walton and Blake Stackpoole continually monitored the team racing on the course. All incidences were resolved on the water with no protest hearings. A full set of rotations (36 races) was met by 13:30. There was 2 hours left in available racing time. The Race Committee consulted with MISSA rep Brian Williams, who recommended scorer Julie Dziuba set up the Gold and Silver rounds.

Gretchen Carron, PRO