Sunday, September 25, 2011

J/100 Wins Chicago "There & Back" Race

J/100 sailboat- sailing on Lake Michigan* Whaaat's up?  A J/100 Wins "There & Back Race" on Lake Michigan.  It just seems that Paul and Susan Herer are having a wonderful time sailing their J/100 on the Great Lakes.  Perhaps most importantly, daysailing is their primary time to enjoy their J/100 WHAAT'S UP along the Chicago waterfront.  But, every once in awhile, they decide to test their mettle against Chicago's best and sail in some double-handed races together.  Recently, they entered their J/100 WHAAT'S UP in the Double-handed section of the annual "There & Back Race" hosted by Belmont Yacht Club.  While the usual race is a 47 NM course, this year it was shortened due to light air conditions.  Whatever the conditions, it did nothing to diminish Paul and Susan's determination to get around it as fast as possible, winning both handicap AND line honors for the fleet!  Congratulations!  Yet another case, like their J/109 friends in the recent UK J/109 Europeans, of promoting harmonious, marriage therapy through sailing!