Hot to Trot Regatta Report and Results
September 27-28 2003
By Michael Ehnis Flying Scot #4593

This years Interlake and Flying Scot regatta at Portage Yacht Club was moved back two weeks to garner more participation from club members who would have chosen to attend the Michigan – Notre Dame game. With this move the competitors were greeted with 20 mph winds on Saturday and temperatures in the 50’s and nearly the same conditions on Sunday.

Of course with such a windy environment it was only a matter of time before someone went for a nice swim. As a matter of fact four Interlakes and two Flying Scot skippers and their courageous crews battled the elements getting their boats back up and sailing. For Interlake skipper Loren Newton and Flying Scot skippers Skip Schmidt and Todd Moore, upon conclusion of their “experience” each were able to answer the question “How much water does your boat hold” by answering “a whole lot!”

For the Todd and Suzanne Moore it turned out to be more than just your normal turtling experience. A first for the regatta and the club having a competitor carted out in an ambulance. Suzanne survived the entire ordeal (even without her lipstick) in which she obtained a mild concussion, to return for the trophy presentation on Sunday.

Speaking of Sunday, what would the HTT be without a little controversy or a lively protest. It has been a few years since anyone decided to take issue with an on the water matter. Apparently there was a little problem with the communications system between the service boat and committee boat on the first race (race #4 of the regatta) which delayed setting the finishing line for the nine legged race. Adding to what became a very confusing race was a general recall in the Scot fleet (a very aggressive group they are) which ended up putting both fleets sailing together for most of race #4.

Now depending upon whom you talk to there were either a) too many legs sailed or b) not enough sailed by either fleet. There wasn’t general consensus among any of the sailors. The writer of this article will tell you with certainty that the Interlake’s sailed 11 legs while the Flying Scot’s only 7.

What ensued after the racing for the day was two-hour hearing trying to sort it all out. Participants from both fleets filed protests. Those of us waiting for the final word enjoyed pizza and pop in the park and spent the time reminiscing about the races and our up coming fall adventures since for many this was their last sail of the season. When the dust settled race #4 for the Interlake’s was thrown out (to the advantage of 1380 and the chagrin of 836) while the Scot standings remained unchanged (sorry Fritz but we did enjoy watching you sail the extra legs just for the fun of it).

Congratulations to Tom Ehman Sr. and his crew Barb Johnson for winning in the Interlake and Paul and Denise Lee for winning in the Flying Scot. Kudos to Dan O’Haver in Flying Scot 4529 for over coming his Friday evening at “margartaville” and its lingering effects Saturday morning (the three sheets to the wind look and the inevitable, well you know) to take 3rd place. Hmmmmmm….maybe quite a few of us will visit this destination the night before next years event.

INTERLAKE RESULTS
RANK	SKIPPER	CREW	SAIL	POINTS	1	2	3	4	5
1	Tom Ehman	Barb Johnson	1318	7.00	2	1	3	0c	1
2	Richard Barker	Colleen Hughes	1380	16.00	1	2	1	0c	12c
3	Brook Smith	Hilary Albair	1322	20.00	4	4	6	0c	6
4	Bill O'Donnel	Brian Hawkins	836	22.00	5	12f	2	0c	3
5	Tim Marriott	Tom Marriott	1268	22.00	3	3	4	0c	12c
6	Jack Coleman	Ann Taylor	1286	29.00	12f	5	7	0c	5
7	Tyler Cathey	Felicia Cathey	1341	33.00	12c	12c	5	0c	4
8	Clark Chapin	Gordon Chapin	1317	38.00	12f	12c	12c	0c	2
9	Loren Newton	Alex Newton	1094	40.00	12f	12c	8	0c	8
10	Joe Smyk	Michele Smyk	1006	43.00	12f	12c	12c	0c	7
11	Steve Schewe	Nancy Schewe	1160	45.00	12f	12c	12c	0c	9

FLYING SCOT RESULTS
RANK	SKIPPER	CREW	SAIL#	FLEET	POINTS	1	2	3	4	5
1	Paul Lee	Denise Lee	13	DYC	9.00	3	3	1	1	1
2	Forest Rogers	Brad Glance	5230	Crescent	9.00	1	1	2	2	3
3	Dan O'Haver	Mike Etzel	4529	Portage	17.00	2	6	3	4	2
4	Fritz Wagner	Bill Wagner	3228	Portage	29.00	5	5	6	7	6
5	Jack White	Bruce Bongioni	3854	Portage	33.00	4	9	7	8	5
6	Bill Brusilow	Paul Toro	19	DYC	35.00	16c	2	10	3	4
7	Michael Ehnis	Cassandra Fletcher	4593	Portage	35.00	7	10	5	6	7
8	Jim Davis	Marie Davis	784	Portage	38.00	9	4	4	5	16f
9	Roy Lamphier	Jill Lamphier	11	DYC	44.00	10	8	8	9	9
10	Andrew Nixon	Kirsten Petro	3288	Portage	45.00	8	7	9	11	10
11	Skip Schmidt	Chris Schmidt	647	Crystal	52.00	6	16c	12	10	8
12	Chris Bahash	Lisa Bahash	4909	Crescent	57.00	12	11	11	12	11
13	Todd Moore	Suzanne Moore	2397	Portage	75.00	11	16f	16c	16c	16c
14	Doug McIntosh	Kathy Leverenz	5385	Portage	80.00	16c	16c	16c	16c	16c
14	Keith Kobet	Jeff Braun	868	Portage	80.00	16c	16c	16c	16c	16c