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2002 Season highlights and results coming soon
Pied Piper wins first Great Lakes 70 regatta
2001 Season
Chicago - Dick Jennings and the Pied Piper crew pulled on local knowledge to handle the tricky conditions and win the Chicago NOOD regatta June 15-17, which is the first regatta of the Great Lakes 70 season championship.
Racing got under way on Friday with blustery winds and cloudy skies caused by a passing cold front. In gusty, shifty southwest winds blowing at 15-20 knots the 10 Great Lakes 70s raced two races on Lake Michigan. In race one, Evolution caught a nice right hand shift on the first downwind leg to get out in front to win. Dick Jennings' Pied Piper, which led at the first windward mark, hung on for second. Stripes took third. After a long race delay as the front finally passed over, the southwest breeze returned and those 70s that went right up the first beat were rewarded with big leads at the first windward mark. It was tough going to hang on to them, though, as the wind shifted and went light each time the boats approached the leeward mark. Holua won, but Pied Piper racked up another second to put her in the lead for the overall regatta. Equation took third.
Saturday's racing proved even more challenging as the southwest winds, which varied between 10 and 20 knots, often shifted 30 degrees. Staying in phase with the shifts made the critical difference, with each of the boats having a moment in the sun only to go from first to last with next shift.
"I had to congratulate the race committee at the end of the day for making it as fair as they could make it," Dick Jennings said. "It was a real crap shoot out there."
The class didn't hold anything back, and even managed to get a general recall. The big winners on Saturday were Holua in race one and Pied Piper in race two.
Sunday saw a big high pressure settle in, but by midmorning a decent 10-knot southerly sea breeze built, providing the most consistent wind of the regatta. The final race also saw some of the closest racing all weekend, with the class parading into the windward mark from the port tack layline. Windancer won the final race, but it was the Pied Piper crew's consistency, totaling up only 12 points, that put them in the top spot for the regatta.
The Great Lakes 70 class championship continues with the Chicago Yacht Club's Race to Mackinac, the Bacardi Bayview Mackinac Race, Bay Harbor Regatta and the Verve Cup.
For more information on the class, contact the Executive Director, Greta Schanen.
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Race 5
Overall Points
2
2
4
1
3
12
Renegade
5
5
2
6
2
20
Holua
7
1
1
8
4
21
Equation
4
3
3
4
7
21
6
7
8
3
1
25
Evolution
1
6
7
5
6
25
Stripes
3
8
5
2
10
28
Mirage
9
4
9
7
5
34
Thirsty Tiger
8
9
6
10
8
41
Chance
10
10
10
9
9
48
2000 Season Championship
Yacht Final
CLASS GL70
Blondie 177 13 Chance 159 11 Cynosure 221 14 Holua 91 6 Colt 45 174 12 Equation 66 5 Mirage 56 1 Pied Piper 66 4 Stripes 100 7 Thirsty Tiger 116 8 Windancer 130 10 Mongoose 59 2 Renegade 65 3 Nitemare 120 9
1999 Season Championship Yacht Final
CLASS GL70
Blondie 53 3 Chance 82 9 Cynosure 43 1/4 2 Holua 75 7 Colt 45 100 11 Equation 82 3/4 10 Mirage 67 3/4 6 Pied Piper 20 1/4 1 Stripes 80 8 Thirsty Tiger 58 1/2 5 Windancer 55 4
1998 Season Championship
Yacht Final
CLASS GL70
Chance 131 (T) 8 Cynosure 45 2 Holua 80 4 Colt 45 160 10 Mongoose 74 3 Equation 37 1 Pied Piper 100 5 Stripes 131 (T) 8 Thirsty Tiger 104 6 Windancer 118 7
1997 Season Championship
Yacht Final
CLASS GL70
Chance 87 5 Cynosure 30 1/4 1 Holua --- 6 Pied Piper 37 1/2 2 Stripes 57 1/2 4 Thirsty Tiger 45 1/2 3
1996 Season Championship
Yacht Final
CLASS GL70
Cynosure 32 1/4 2 Pied Piper 20 1 Stripes 40 3/4 4 Thirsty Tiger 35 1/4 3
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