A great finish to a great regatta. Saturday morning competitors were greeted to 12 knots when they reached the boat yard at 9:30 am. By the time the final gun went off (after a recall), a solid 15 was blowing. An Olympic course was given, and the group was off. Once again, the left paid, but a few made out on the right. 6 boats converged at the weather mark at the same time with the Manderson's rounding first followed by Pedro Lorson and Mimi Berry and George Szabo/Jeff Baker. With the wind picking up, everyone was planing on the reaches and the mark roundings were tight. By the second weather mark, Szabo/Baker rounded in first, Lorson/Berry 2nd and Argyle Campbell and Jerelyn Biehl rounded 3rd. The wind lightened up downwind, but big puffs would roll through with everyone jockeying for position. At the finish, Szabo/Baker crossed first, winning the regatta, with Lorson/Berry in 2nd. Craig/Mimi Beardsley worked their way up through the 22knot puffs to finish 3rd. Lenkeit/Wingard crossed 4th and Jimmie Lowe and Gavin McKinney hit a big right shift, pulling them up to cross in 5th.

US Team to the 1999 Worlds in Spain is now complete:

• George Szabo
• Hal Gilreath
• Augie Diaz
• Pedro Lorson

Final Results:

1.	George Szabo/Jeff Baker		9-(12)-1-4-4-1		18.75
2.	Hal Gilreath/Alex Stout		4-2-7-7-1-(11)		20.75
3.	Pedro Lorson/Mimi Berry		3-11-4-(15)-2-2		22
4.	Greg Fisher/Yumio Dornberg	1-4-(12)-9-7-6		38.75
5.	Michael Lenkeit/N. Wingard	(20)-1-3-11-11-4	29.75
6.	Craig/Mimi Beardsley		7-8-11-2-(12)-3		31
7.	Argyle Campbell/J. Biehl	5-6-8-5-(16)-8		32
8.	Lee Griffith/Lisa Griffith	2-(13)-5-6-8-13		34
9.	John/Maggie Manderson		6-(31)-2-3-19-9		39
10.	Steve Callison/Andy Bartz	15-9-9-(20)-5-7		45
11.	Charlie/Michele Bustamante	12-3-(21)-8-17-14	54
12.	Steve Stewart/Graham Biehl	10-5-(dnc)-17-3-22	57
13.	Terry Timm/Mark Spicknall	(19)-7-15-10-14-12	58
14.	Robin Gales/Ros Corper		16-10-13-1-(21)-19	58.75
15.	Bill Kelley/Monique Gaylor	11-(26)-17-13-9-10	60
16.	Jimmie Lowe/Gavin McKinney	14-(28)-22-14-6-5	61
17.	Scott/Robert Lindley		13-14-6-21-(22)-15	69
18.	Jerry Thompson/A. Capellin	(21)-20-10-12-20-17	79
19.	Jeff/Julie Evans		17-16-19-18-10-(20)	80
20.	John Sepanksi/Chris Stahl	(24)-19-14-19-18-18	88
21.	P-O Roy/James Sauter		23-23-16-(26)-13-16	91
22.	Doug/Ginger Day			8-17-25-(27)-26-25	101
23.	Jim Richter/Buzz Levinson	(25)-24-20-16-23-21	104
24.	Jeff/Tommy Clark		18-18-(33)-28-15-27	106
25.	Bill/Amy Clawson		29-(32)-24-23-24-23	123
26.	Bruce/Annette Kitchen		(33)-21-28-22-27-29	127
27.	Cecile/Monica Irgens		22-25-31-24-(33)-26	128
28.	Bob Hyland/Suzanne Steffen	27-22-23-29-28-(30)	129
29.	Jay/Shirley Carey		31-15-30-32-25-(34)	133
30.	Lou Dixon/Troy Tolan		28-29-18-30-30-(34)	135
31.	Cliff/Minde Browning		(32)-27-29-25-31-28	140
32.	Andrew Sepanski/M. Geiger	30-(33)-26-33-29-24	142
33.	David Whyman/Alex Nelson	26-30-27-31-(32)-31	145
34.	Bill Flack/Jamie Gilhooley	(34)-34-32-34-34-34	168

After 2 days of racing, 34 competitors from 3 countries have completed 5 of the 6 scheduled races.

Thursday, wind was very light for both races with competitors feeling like they were back in Gull Lake. Thunderstorms threatened all day but never materialized. Just a few light showers and overcast skies, but warm weather. Sailors hit the golf course afterwards for a quick 9 rounds, and more than a few golf carts looked to be in the wrong hands.

Lightning & thunder rumbled through the city at 4am, but by the skies were clearing by the 10:30 start. Race 3 (first race of Friday) started in 15-18 with 20 knot gusts. A lunch break was held on shore, and the breeze slowly fell in velocity. By the 4th race, the wind had backed off to 10-12. The RC ran a 3rd race which ran from 8-10-12 knots varying between legs. The final beat of the last race of today left more than a few sailors talking to themselves as the left side has paid off the entire regatta until the final last 1/4 of the final beat where those on the right found themselves in the money.

One more race is scheduled for Saturday with predictions of good breeze.

Results:

Gilreath/Stout		4-2-7-7-1    	20.75
Szabo/Baker		9-12-1-4-4    	29.75
Fisher/Dornberg		1-4-12-9-7   	32.75
Griffith/Griffith	2-13-5-6-8   	34
Lorson/Berry		3-11-4-15-2	35
Campbell/Biehl		5-6-8-5-16	40
Beardsley/Beardsley	7-8-11-2-12	40
Lenkeit/Wingard		20-1-3-11-11	45.75
Callison/Bartz		15-9-9-20-5	58
Gales/Corper		16-10-13-1-21	60.75
Bustamantes		12-3-21-8-17	61
Mandersons		6-31-2-3-9	61
Timm/Spicknall		19-7-15-10-14	65
Stewart/Biehl		10-5-dnc-17-3	69
Lindley/Lindley		13-14-6-21-22	76
Kelley/Galyor		11-26-17-13-9	76
Evans'			17-16-19-18-10	80
Thompson/Capellin	21-20-10-12-20	83
Lowe/McKinney		14-28-22-14-6	84
Sepanski/Stahl		24-19-14-19-18	94
Roy/Sauter		23-23-16-26-13	101
Days			8-17-25-27-26	103
Richter/Levinson	25-24-20-16-23	108
Clark/Clark		18-18-33-28-15	112
Hyland/Steffen		27-22-23-29-28	129
Kitchens		33-21-28-22-27	131
Clawsons		29-32-24-23-24	132
Careys			31-15-30-32-25	133
Irgens			22-25-31-24-33	135
Dixon/Tolan		28-29-18-30-30	135
Brownings		32-27-29-25-31	144
Whyman/Nelson		26-30-27-31-32	146
Sepanski/Geiger		30-33-26-33-29	151
Flack/Gilhooley		34-34-32-34-34	168	

If you're planning to come to the NA's, there is one good motel that we left off of the registration form. The motel is the Sunset Motel in Carlyle. The phnoe number is (618)594-2472. This is a mom and pop motel and is not too fancy, but it is extremely clean with ac and cable tv. It is the place where the CSA members stay, and it's approx 10 miles closer than the big name motels in Greenville. The rates are very reasonable and they're also a sponsor of the event. Please consider giving these people your business.

Also, if you want more info about Carlyle Sailing Association, check out the website at www.csa-sailing.org.

John Sepanski
29017

The lake is big 10 miles long, 3 miles across, no tide, no current. We can set a course so as to avoid any shore effect to the wind. We've sailed 100 mile races on Carlyle Lake.

CSA's site is in Hazlet State Park, so cabins and camping with hook-ups are in very close proximity. Motels are available in Carlyle IL, 5 miles or Greenville IL, 19 miles.

There are two hard and fast rules at CSA ... Camping on the grounds & PETS are PROHIBITED.

St. Louis, MO is the nearest metropolitan area 50 miles to the west. If you're flying in, you'll land at St. Louis International airport. A rental car would needed to get to the lake. It's a long & expensive taxi ride.

The racing side of the NA's is in place. Major events at CSA are almost common. We are still working on the social side of the program. A golf scramble on a nearby lighted course is in the works, along with other activities. Food service is not generally available at CSA but, all meals will be AVAILIBLE during the NA's.

For more information about the 98 NA's watch the next "Bulletin" or contact Ray Sepanski at 618-565-3428 or by e-mail An- drea Sepanski at ALSEPAN@MKG.COM. For more information about CSA look on our web page at http://www.csa-sailing.org.

--Ray Sepanski, 98NA's Regatta Chair