Kent Haeger and Mike Greeson win the Nan Norris Beulah Challenge

Saturday morning brought big breezes as 33 C scows headed out onto Lake Beulah. After several starts, the fleet got off a good start to the first race of the Nan Norris Beulah Challenge. Kent Haeger got out to an early lead and kept it the entire race to win race one. As the breeze continued to build hitting a consistent 25 mph, the fleet had some amazing rides before the race committee decided to take the fleet in for lunch as they watched boats flip, and lose control. After a fantastic pulled pork lunch and some college football, the fleet got back on the water to complete two more races. The afternoon had medium breeze and George Kutschenreuter (grandson of Nan Norris) took race number two.

The last race on Saturday had a guest co-skipper appearance as Joe Kutschenreuter took over the B-77 with Molly Forbes as a crew. Joe and Molly battled for race three and in the final leeward mark rounding, took the lead and kept it to finish the race in first. The sailors went in for a delicious Mexican dinner. Sunday brought cold temperatures, rain, and big breezes. The race committee postponed to wait for the rain to pass and the conditions to get more favorable. The fleet headed out for one last race in heavy, puffy breezy. Joe Kutschenreuter with Beth Kutschenreuter (daughter of Nan Norris) and Molly Forbes brought the last race home again with a bullet.

The sailors came in to pack up their boats, watch awards, and watch the packer game. Will Norris (son of Nan Norris) presented the awards and said the regatta had the three neceessary components of a great regatta.
1. A great club
2. Wind
3. Carnage

Thanks to the Lake Beulah Yacht Club for hosting a wonderful event.
Full results are below.

Pl	Sail #	Skipper	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	Tot
1	B-12	Kent Haeger	Mike Greeson	1	3	5	2	11
2	B-317	John Porter	Jenny Jaessing	6	2	4	6	18
3	B-16	George Kutschenreuter	Jim Kutschenreuter	2	1	15	5	23
4	B-18	Brian Brickler	Kevin Brickler	5	8	6	7	26
5	B-303	Frank Davenport	Dave Davenport	7	7	16	3	33
6	B-23	Andrew Bohl	Kyle Stack	8	6	8	11	33
7	BL-3	Patrick Lynch	Vicki Bohl	3	5	13	13	34
8	B-117	Christine Porter	Charlie Harrison	10	11	3	10	34
9	B-10	Jeff Hudson	Rob Hudson	4	19	2	18	43
10	B-77	Charlie/Joe Kutschenreuter	Beth Kutschenreuter	28	24	1	1	54
11	A-99	Brian Heimsch	Joe Heimsch	17	10	19	8	54
12	T-6	Brian Barr	Mary Berg	13	15	18	9	55
13	E-111	Matt Prange	DJ Jaessing	20	22	11	4	57
14	LL-18	Billy Madden	Brad McNeil	11	23	14	12	60
15	B-17	David Porter	Shawn/Katie Murphy	14	21	12	14	61
16	B-217	Anne Muller	Joe Skotarzak	9	12	10	35/DNC	66
17	B-7	Randy Schmidt/Craig Heinze		22	27	9	19	77
18	NO-1	Billy Zlotacha	Tammer Fadel	30	4	20	24	78
19	B-1	Andrew Fox	Brendan Boylan	15	18	28	17	78
20	OO-324	Ben Otten	Brittan Keck	21	14	17	35/DNC	87
21	I-12	Bruce Cameron	Gregg Callaby	26	17	22	23	88
22	B-222	Ron Klement	Sue Klement	19	26	21	22	88
23	SL-68	Karl Lanka	Anna Boatman	25	25	24	15	89
24	D-69	Greg Gifford	Jarid Funderberg	16	16	26	35/DNC	93
25	B-15	Mark Misch	Brad Roble	24	9	27	35/DNC	95
26	LL-10	Bob Schroeder	Mark Schauble	18	28	29	20	95
27	V-722	Cody Ziegler	Chance Dries	23	13	25	35/DNF	96
28	B-22	Glenn McMurray	Andrea Lee	35/DNF	20	7	35/DNC	97
29	B-11	Al Haeger/Chris Kubicek		29	29	23	16	97
30	B-219	Scott Sullivan	Andrea Sullivan/ Will Heurth	12	30	35/DNS	35/DNC	112
31	B-19	John Sullivan	Erin Sullivan	35/DNS	35/DNS	35/DNS	21	126
32	LL-0	Mike Madden	Ben Carstens	27	35/DNS	35/DNS	35/DNS	132
33	B-101	Ben Porter	Jaymie Youngquist	35/DNF	35/DNS	35/DNF	35/DNS	140
34	B-32	David Bohl	Vicki Bohl	35/DNS	35/DNS	35/DNS	35/DNS	140