MATCH RACING 2002 ROCHESTER US.

Czlonkowie Klubu YCZC-Zaisza Czarny: Irek Zubko, Robert Smolik,Wladek Golab i Rafal Zubko po raz pierwszy zmierzyli sie w regatach MATCH RACING.Odbyly sie one w Rochester Yacht Club na lodziach typu J24.

Bardzo dobrze przygotowane lodki, czekaly juz na nas na miejscu.Ambitnie przystapilismy do zmierzenia sie

z przeciwnikiem. Starty odgrywaja bardzo duza role i daja koncowy wynik, a nam, no coz, zabrako

wiekszego doswiadczenia czyli - treningow.Mimo wszystko nasz team spisal sie na medal

i to na srebrny, zajelismy szlachetne drugie miejsce.Nie jest jeszcze tak zle,

przegralismy z Hank Stuart (RochesterYC), ktory zajal w finale

drugie miejsce.Mamy nadzieje ze przy zwiekszeniu

treningow w nastepnym okresie letnim,

doprowadzi nas na podium.

Krotka historia na temat Match Racing w Onterio

2002 Richardson Trophy

Richardson Trophy Match Racing Championships

2002 Richardson Trophy

Lake Superior wins the 2002 Richardson Trophy.

The winds of November blew early in September for the 2002 North Sails sponsored match racing championship of the Great Lakes on Saturday the 21st.   Teams from Rochester, NY, Detroit, MI, Holland, MI, and Duluth, MN sailed well matched J24s' with new North Sails.   Westerly winds ripped across Duluth's harbor at 18 plus knots.   But even with frequent gusts up to 30 knots, Lake Superior stayed smooth for the double round robin series.   Racing was tight.   With Lake Superior team from Duluth Yacht Club tying Rochester in the last race for the win.

Results:
1)   Rod Syck   (Lake Superior) -- 4 wins
2)   Hank Stuart   (Lake Ontario) -- 4 wins
3)   Bob Hughes   (Lake Michigan) -- 2 wins
4)   Chris VanTol   (Detroit Region) -- 2 wins

--Scott Jay Spaeth, President, Yacht Racing Union Great Lakes

RICHARDSON CUP WINNERS

The Union has served a useful purpose through the years in fostering yacht racing on the Great Lakes, and in unifying the racing and measurement rules governing all three lakes.

The usefulness of the Union was further enhanced by the promotion of inter-lake racing which was made possible by Commodore S. O. Richardson, Jr. of the Toledo Yacht Club presenting a cup for international racing. The first of such races took place in 1912 at Chicago when the class "P" yacht "Patricia" representing the L.Y.R.A. was successful against the Yacht "Michicago" representing the L.M.Y.A. (Now LMSRF).

It was the expectation that such races would be held every other year but World War 1 intervened and there were no races until 1922, when the Deed of Gift was amended to allow for racing in class "R", the cup to be known as the "Yacht Racing Union Cup."

Races were held alternately on each of the three lakes until 1940 when World War II made racing unfeasible. There was no further racing until 1951 when "crew racing" was substituted for "boat racing". Such races have continued each year on each lake alternately.

YEAR	LOCATION	YACHT	SKIPPER/	YRA/YC
2010	LMSRF
2009	LHYA
2008	LSYA
2007	LYRA
2006	I-LYA
2005	DRYA
2004	LMSRF
2003	LHYA		Nastepny Match jezoro Huron
2002	LSYA
Zwyciescy z ostatnich 10 lat
2001	LYRA/RCYC	Ideal 18	Nathan & Adam Hollerbach	DRYA/Bayview YC
2000	I-LYA/North Cape YC	Hobie 33	Cliff Vaughn	I-LYA/NCYC
1999	DRYA - Bayview YC	Ultimate 20	Bill Abbott, Jr.	LHYA/Sarnia YC
1998	LMSRF - Milwaukee YC	Tartan 10	Heidi Bachus Riddle	I-LYA/Lorraine YC
1997	LHYA - Bark Shanty SC	Abbott 33	Scott Collinson	LYRA
1996	100th ANNIVERSARY OF YRUGL
	LSYA	Tartan 10	Chad Olness	LSYA-Duluth YC
1995	LYRA-National YC, Toronto	Laser 28	Kevin Brown/Colin Andrews	LYRA/NYC
1994	I-LYA-Edgewater YC	Dragon	Mike Mahar	I-LYA/EYC
1993	DRYA-Bayview YC	Santana 35	Bill Abbott, Jr.	LHYA/Sarnia YC
1992	LMSRF-Chicago YC	Tartan 10	David Onan	LSYA/LCYC
1991	LakeCityYC, L. Pepin, MN	Tartan 10, J/30	Ben Stormes	DRYA
1990	Rochester YC	C&C 35-3	Marc Fischer	LYRA/RYC