Early Summer Report
Quantum Sails Toledo
THISTLE GREAT LAKES CHAMPIONSHIPS
John Lovett, with crew super crew Jeff Eiber and Kathleen Duckworth took home a victory at the 2007 Thistle Great Lakes this past weekend, held at the Vermilion Boat Club. Lovett, sailing woody #1055 (The Sled) won convincingly, beating out the second place finisher, Jack Finefrock, by 14 points. John took delivery of his new Quantum sails 2 weeks ago at the Lake Erie Thistle Districts and has been pleased with their performance ever
since.
SANDUSKY INTERLAKE REGATTA
Surge Vanderhorst from Hoover won a predominately light air event at Sandusky Sailing Club. Looking for redemption from a sub-par outing at Hoover the weekend before, Surge (sailing with wife Kathy) sailed an amazingly consistent series to win the event over Bryan Parker from Lorain.
INDIAN LAKE HIGHLANDER REGATTA
John Bauer, with a brother Steve and father Harold won the Indian Lake Highlander Regatta this past weekend. Using their Quantum sails for the first time, they edged out Ed Spengeman and Jamey Carey (powered by Quantum) in a regatta that came down to the last leg of the last race as all boats finished within boat lengths of each other. Steve, who bought the sails for
his father and brother as a gift, remarked that the sails "definitely performed well," and they "couldn’t be happier with the customer support." Congratulations to all competitors this past weekend. Without the strong support of these One Design class, spectacular sailing like this past
weekend would not be possible.
CLEVELAND RACE WEEK - ONE DESIGN
Nick Turney from Quantum Toledo delivered a large number of new sails to the CRW-OD event on June 23/24. Among the sails were many new T10 sails. The feedback has been incredible. Our latest shapes are the standard in the sport with Chris Carroll having won the NAs last year, Ted Pinkerton wining Detroit NOOD this spring and now with Chuck Simon & Bill Buckels, the Cleveland Race Week regatta.
The report from Team I-Ball's co-owner, Scott Irwin, was that many were using CRW as a tune up for the NAs. If the results were any indication, the Quantum T10 sails are the shapes to have over all conditions!
In other action at CRW, Quantum customer Chris Carroll piloted his J22 to an impressive win taking the largest class w/27 boats (Chris won by 10 points!). Additionally, Marion Zaugg won the Jet 14 division of CRW. Marion has been working with Quantum Toledo for a few months on our latest Jet designs. Congrats to both Chris and Marion for a great weekend!
FLYING SCOT NORTH AMERICANS
Travis Weislander & Ernie Dieball won 2 of the 6 races at the incredibly large FS North Americans and finished an impressive 6th out of over 100 entries. Quantum has been in the FS class for many years, but we've overhauled the designs and they sails look great and are fast. Look for Quantum Toledo to be even more active the FS class in the days to come!
LIGHTNING OHIO DISTRICTS
Team Git R Dun consisting of Ryan Ruhlman, Nick Turney and Matty Schon won the Ohio Districts this past weekend with impressive scores over a variety of conditions. Using the event as a practice for the World Championship in Greece this team is peaking at the right time! Congrats to Ryan & team for a great event and for their continued support of Quantum Sails!
MORE THISTLE REGATTAS
It is always great to get feedback from customers, particularly those that spend time racing at the club level and then venture off or participate in a competitive holiday series. George Allen from Berlin Yacht Club finished 2nd at Pymatuning's 4th of July Regatta this past weekend! In a series that featured many of the class's best, George showed great consistency finishing only behind Quantum Customer Kyle Finefrock. Congrats George!
John Church from Hoover sent us a great note from this weekend's Hoover Holiday Series. John finished 2nd to Steve Lavendar and mentioned, "I am happy to report sailing to 2nd place behind Steve Lavender at the Hoover Holiday Series races this past weekend using my Quantum main and jib. We started out slowly in very light shifty wind on Saturday with a 5-3-3 out of seven Thistles (Thistle fleet also had RC duty). Conditions improved to largely 8-15 on Sunday and we sailed a consistent 2-2-2, edging Howard Hill (who won the last race) for 2nd overall by a point." Congrats to John!
There is still plenty of racing before our crazy summer of championships starts. Quantum Toledo Representatives plan to be at Jr. Bay, Interlake Nationals, Highlander Nationals, Thistle Nationals, T10 North Americans, Jet 14 Nationals and Lightning North Americans all before an intense fall of clinics and coaching leading up to the US Olympic Trials.
Stay tuned for the latest!
Quantum Sails Toledo
THISTLE GREAT LAKES CHAMPIONSHIPS
John Lovett, with crew super crew Jeff Eiber and Kathleen Duckworth took home a victory at the 2007 Thistle Great Lakes this past weekend, held at the Vermilion Boat Club. Lovett, sailing woody #1055 (The Sled) won convincingly, beating out the second place finisher, Jack Finefrock, by 14 points. John took delivery of his new Quantum sails 2 weeks ago at the Lake Erie Thistle Districts and has been pleased with their performance ever
since.
SANDUSKY INTERLAKE REGATTA
Surge Vanderhorst from Hoover won a predominately light air event at Sandusky Sailing Club. Looking for redemption from a sub-par outing at Hoover the weekend before, Surge (sailing with wife Kathy) sailed an amazingly consistent series to win the event over Bryan Parker from Lorain.
INDIAN LAKE HIGHLANDER REGATTA
John Bauer, with a brother Steve and father Harold won the Indian Lake Highlander Regatta this past weekend. Using their Quantum sails for the first time, they edged out Ed Spengeman and Jamey Carey (powered by Quantum) in a regatta that came down to the last leg of the last race as all boats finished within boat lengths of each other. Steve, who bought the sails for
his father and brother as a gift, remarked that the sails "definitely performed well," and they "couldn’t be happier with the customer support." Congratulations to all competitors this past weekend. Without the strong support of these One Design class, spectacular sailing like this past
weekend would not be possible.
CLEVELAND RACE WEEK - ONE DESIGN
Nick Turney from Quantum Toledo delivered a large number of new sails to the CRW-OD event on June 23/24. Among the sails were many new T10 sails. The feedback has been incredible. Our latest shapes are the standard in the sport with Chris Carroll having won the NAs last year, Ted Pinkerton wining Detroit NOOD this spring and now with Chuck Simon & Bill Buckels, the Cleveland Race Week regatta.
The report from Team I-Ball's co-owner, Scott Irwin, was that many were using CRW as a tune up for the NAs. If the results were any indication, the Quantum T10 sails are the shapes to have over all conditions!
In other action at CRW, Quantum customer Chris Carroll piloted his J22 to an impressive win taking the largest class w/27 boats (Chris won by 10 points!). Additionally, Marion Zaugg won the Jet 14 division of CRW. Marion has been working with Quantum Toledo for a few months on our latest Jet designs. Congrats to both Chris and Marion for a great weekend!
FLYING SCOT NORTH AMERICANS
Travis Weislander & Ernie Dieball won 2 of the 6 races at the incredibly large FS North Americans and finished an impressive 6th out of over 100 entries. Quantum has been in the FS class for many years, but we've overhauled the designs and they sails look great and are fast. Look for Quantum Toledo to be even more active the FS class in the days to come!
LIGHTNING OHIO DISTRICTS
Team Git R Dun consisting of Ryan Ruhlman, Nick Turney and Matty Schon won the Ohio Districts this past weekend with impressive scores over a variety of conditions. Using the event as a practice for the World Championship in Greece this team is peaking at the right time! Congrats to Ryan & team for a great event and for their continued support of Quantum Sails!
MORE THISTLE REGATTAS
It is always great to get feedback from customers, particularly those that spend time racing at the club level and then venture off or participate in a competitive holiday series. George Allen from Berlin Yacht Club finished 2nd at Pymatuning's 4th of July Regatta this past weekend! In a series that featured many of the class's best, George showed great consistency finishing only behind Quantum Customer Kyle Finefrock. Congrats George!
John Church from Hoover sent us a great note from this weekend's Hoover Holiday Series. John finished 2nd to Steve Lavendar and mentioned, "I am happy to report sailing to 2nd place behind Steve Lavender at the Hoover Holiday Series races this past weekend using my Quantum main and jib. We started out slowly in very light shifty wind on Saturday with a 5-3-3 out of seven Thistles (Thistle fleet also had RC duty). Conditions improved to largely 8-15 on Sunday and we sailed a consistent 2-2-2, edging Howard Hill (who won the last race) for 2nd overall by a point." Congrats to John!
There is still plenty of racing before our crazy summer of championships starts. Quantum Toledo Representatives plan to be at Jr. Bay, Interlake Nationals, Highlander Nationals, Thistle Nationals, T10 North Americans, Jet 14 Nationals and Lightning North Americans all before an intense fall of clinics and coaching leading up to the US Olympic Trials.
Stay tuned for the latest!
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