1997 Norm Tanner Memorial Regatta

The forth annual Norm Tanner Memorial Regatta was held on July 12 and 13 at the Bow Mar
Yacht Club in Littleton, Colorado.  This regatta has been dedicated to remember Norm
Tanner who passed away seven years ago at the age of 52.  

Norm learned to sail as a teenager on Lake Macatowa in Holland, Michigan and purchased
his first snipe there in 1954.  He sailed with the Sequoia Yacht Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma
through his college years.  During this time he sailed in regattas in Oklahoma, Kansas
and Texas.  Norm moved to Colorado in 1961 and sailed for several years with the Denver
Sailing Association on Sloans Lake.  The regattas on Bowles Lake led to a move to the
Bow Mar community in 1968 where he became a member of the Bow Mar Yacht Club.  He held
the Club Snipe Championship for many consecutive years.  His wife Janet crewed for him
for over twenty years and they competed in several Snipe National Championships.  He was
always one of the top finishers in the annual points score.

This years  Norm Tanner Regatta had good racing in puffy medium winds that yielded 4 races
on Saturday.  The perfect Colorado weather was host to a fun filled Saturday evening.
Cocktails and a fabulous lasagna dinner with an assortment fresh green salads was served
at 6:00, then an ice cream social at 7:00.  The bar was then moved to the center of the
lake on a flotilla of party barges.  Music and cocktails were mixed to produce some
interesting dancing on the floating dance floor. 

Racing continued on Sunday and two light and shifty races where completed.  The conditions
were tough for the race committee but they timed puffs with precision.  The racing was
very close and mark rounding’s were always interesting.  Last years winner, Steve Tautz
could not hold back the constant pressure of boats in pursuit.  Jim Lowrie was victorious
with the lowest score by ¾ point and did not win a race.  The traveling trophy will stay
in Colorado but Andy Towles, who sailed well, now knows about the Bow Mar sea-weed. Doug
& Karen Swenson will have nightmares thinking about that down wind puff that blew their
chances to win overall.

Janet Tanner presented the trophies to this years winners as follows: 

Place	Skipper/Crew				Club		Boat #		Finishes			Total
1. 	Jim Lowrie / Elliot Wright		BMYC		28450		4-3-3-5-6-3			24
2.	Steve Tautz / Perry Wright		BMYC		19262		6-1-5-6-5-2			24.75
3. 	Doug Swenson / Karen Swenson		DSA		28900		1-7-4-2-4-9			26.75	
4. 	Blaine McClesky / Adriene McClesky	DSA		26917		7-4-1-4-7-4			26.75
5. 	Tom Castle / Clayton Camozzi		BMYC		25730		3-2-10-7-2-6			30
6. 	Andy Towles / Suzie Towles		OCBC		26808		2-6-DNF-1-3-1			30.5
7. 	Jason Lowrie / Player Driscoll		BMYC		23396		5-5-2-8-8-5			33
8. 	Terry Britton / Amy Britton		DSA		27400		18-10-6-3-1-7			44.75
9. 	Jim MacKenzie / Andrea Anderson		DSA		26460		8-8-9-10-9-8			52
10.	Carl Lundstrom / Beth Wahl		DSA		24809		10-11-11-9-10-11		62	 
11.	Bob Bischoff / Tracy Bischoff		DSA		20403		11-9-7-14-12-12			65	 
12. 	Tom Bevington / Susan Bevington		BMYC		24811		12-12-8-13-13-DSQ		77
13. 	Jim Barr / Karen Barr			DSA		21500		9-17-DNS-DNS-11-10		84
14. 	Bob Souther / Megan Souther		BMYC		19263		15-13-12-DNS-15-16		89
15. 	Mark Goldberg / Chris Markley		BMYC		24812		13-14-DNS-11-16-19		92
16. 	Clyde Castle / Bob Perry		BMYC		19891		16-DSQ-16-15-14-13		94
17. 	Steve Kurtz / Dave Komatz		BMYC		20812		17-16-15-16-17-14		95
18. 	Mike Casey / Leslie Casey		DSA		22324		DNF-DNS-14-12-18-15		99
19. 	Sasha Jacobs / Matt Jacobs		BMYC		25044		14-17-13-DNS-DNS-DNS		99