2007 Die Hard Regatta Results
Lake Harriet YC, MN
September 15 - 16, 2007

(Results submitted by Steve Loscheider on Sep 17, 2007, report forwarded by Noel Neuman on Sep 22, 2007)

Die Hard Regatta Wrap-up

We were blessed with gorgeous weather, despite a chilly start on Saturday. Both days were sunny with wonderful breeze, though a bit shifty. We had 4 C scows from Lake Calhoun, 5 Ms, and 24 MCs (5 from Upper Minnetonka and 1 from Okoboji).

We had lots of tight racing in all the fleets. In the C fleet, Bill Coppage, Dave Ginsberg, and Mark Prochaska each won races, and the final winner was determined by a tie-breaker. Bill Coppage was the winner. In the M fleet, Jack Zimmershied, John Barbour/Wally Daniels, and Jerry Peterson all won races, creating another tie between Jack and John/Wally. The tie-breaker went to Jack.

In the MC fleet, the Upper Minnetonka boats had a very strong showing. Noel Neuman and Scott Colesworthy each won 2 races, and Dave Abramson won the other. Harriet's own Bill Colburn was a consistent contender on Saturday, and didn't race on Sunday. Overall, Bill Kirkpatrick took 4th, Joe Fricton 5th, and there was a 3-way tie for 6th that was won by John Getsinger. Other strong showings included Grant Hutchins took 2nd in the last race, and Rob Edman, Mike Sutton, Karen Hemstad, and Jayson Wold each had great sections of races along with good finishes.

Thanks again to the Regatta co-chairs, Charlie Gantzer and Eric Christenson, and to Bill and Susan Kirkpatrick for hosting the party on Saturday night. I also want to thank all of you who volunteered in some other way to help make the regatta a success.

Jennifer Bowers
Commodore LHYC


Pl Skipper Div Club/ST Sail R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5 Total
1 Colesworthy Scott M UMYC 2261 1 4 3 2 1 11
2 Abramson Dave   UMYC 2140 2 3 2 1 5 13
3 Neuman Noel   UMYC 1987 4 1 1 8 3 17
4 Kirkpatrick Bill   LHYC 2121 8 10 5 5 9 37
5 Fricton Joe   LHYC 1256 11 5 10 6 6 38
6 Getsinger John M LHYC 2239 5 15 14 3 4 41
7 Morical Keith   UMYC 2126 6 6 17 4 8 41
8 Marquardt Jim   LHYC 1765 7 9 7 7 11 41
9 Hutchins Grant   LHYC 1746 10 12 11 12 2 47
10 Colburn Bill   LHYC 2344 3 2 4 DNS DNS 59
11 Edman Rob   SCUM 273 14 8 6 17 15 60
12 Sutton Mike   LHYC 503 16 13 9 10 16 64
13 Hemstad Karen W LHYC 1010 18 16 8 16 7 65
14 Wold Jayson   LHYC 1916 9 14 16 13 13 65
15 Dillon Robert M LHYC 1503 12 18 18 11 12 71
16 Bieger Bob   LHYC 1894 17 7 20 14 17 75
17 Hovde John   LHYC 1650 13 22 12 19 14 80
18 Thompson Peter   SCUM 2273 15 11 15 18 22 81
19 Baldwin Steve   LHYC 1368 19 17 13 15 21 85
20 Crowe Andy   LHYC 1850 DNS DNS DNS 9 10 94
21 Anderson Mark   LHYC 1246 21 20 19 21 19 100
22 Nolte Bill   OYC 1646 20 21 21 22 18 102
23 Bennett Charlie   UMYC 1006 22 19 22 20 20 103
24 Holloman Keith   SCUM 1300 23 23 DNF 23 23 117