No Tears, No Guns, No Protests Regatta

Six Madison-area Opti sailors competed in the 21st annual No Tears Regatta on one of the most beautiful lakes in Wisconsin, Beaver Lake. In total between junior and senior fleets there were 80 boats.

This was a first regatta for Emma and Olivia Zalog, daughters of MYC E-scow sailor Phil Zalog. Both girls had fun in spite of the challenge of sailing in light air. Quinn and Colin Senke sailed in their third regatta of the summer and are showing great progress. Quinn rounded the first windward mark in third place during the last race of the senior fleet. Meta and Fritz Simon competed the event as well, rounding out the Madison team.

Results can be found on the ILYA site. Regatta photos on our picasa page.

Geneva Lake Sailing School Regatta

Five Madison Opti Racing sailors competed in the Geneva Lake Sailing School (GLSS) regatta on Wednesday, July 13, in a 32 boat green fleet. Will Hanson, Quinn and Colin Senke, and Meta and Fritz Simon represented MOR very well. Results on the GLSS website.

America's Cup Champion Buddy Melges gave the MOR sailors along with sailors from Pewaukee and North lakes a pep talk on shore. More photos on picasa.

5th and final official MOR Friday

The scheduled Fridays for Madison Opti Racing came to a close on July 8 with steamy temps and no breeze but lots of fun anyway. The group created a floatilla of motor boats for an evening of swimming out from shore and finished with the last wiener roast complete with birthday cupcakes for Thor Rosten who turned 9 on Friday.

more photos on picasa

Jibe and turtle??

Hot, humid and breezy describes the fourth night of Opti sailing in Madison this summer. Some sailors practiced jibing in the big air while others ran through some tip-over drills closer to shore. Kyle also worked with some sailors in knot tying. In the end there was a lot of boat bailing and a lot of fun!


Hope tried her hand at using the video function on her camera to film a couple of wild rides that were had by Fritz.



One more longer video.

Photos are up on picasa as well. See you next week!

Regatta on Lake Beulah

The Lake Beulah Sailing School Regatta was held on Monday, June 27. Brief recap and green fleet results.