The Lake Michigan Beneteau First 40.7 Fleet is the governing organization for the owners of the Beneteau First 40.7 sailboats in the Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation, Area III.  The purpose of the Fleet is to enhance one-design amateur sail racing while maintaining safety, the pleasurable aspects of the vessels and limiting associated costs.

Updates coming soon!!

Year end update coming soon!

(Wednesday, December 21st, 2011)  

 We're getting the website update process put back together and several new stories, standings, photos, and a year end wrap-up are all coming soon!


Waukegan 2011

(Thursday, July 7th, 2011)  

 

 
 
(Sunday, June 19, 2011) Everything was going fine for Dave Tarson’sMojo, winner of 2011 Chicago to Waukegan crew aboard Excalibur about two-hours into the 26 nautical mile, Chicago to Waukegan race, on Saturday the 18th. Excalibur had about a quarter mile lead on the rest of the Beneteau 40.7 section. Then the wind died. Then it slowly filled from the northeast. That’s when a couple of the boats that had been behind, Das Boot and Mojo, maybe in 3rd and 4th place, did the painful tack and headed a bit further, maybe a mile or two into the Lake. That’s where the breeze filled in from. (more...)

NOOD 2011

(Friday, June 17th, 2011)  

NOOD 2011 WON BY BARTZ & HARDY ON TURNING POINT 

 
(Sunday, June 12, 2011) Start a three-day regatta with anTurning Point abandoned race due to no wind. Add fog, building breeze, three foot chop, cold damp gray skies, and finally, on the last day, a pinch of sun. Mix with seven completed races. At the end you have the 2011 Chicago NOOD, Forty Point Seven Style and Turning Point emerging the victor with skippers Dave Hardy and Bill Bartz and the reliable Turning Point crew. Jim McDonnell’s Spanker won 2nd place and Ron Buzil’s Vayu was 3rd.  (more...)

2010 Year End News

(Friday, June 17th, 2011)  

Fleet 2010 Year-end News

 
For the Lake Michigan Beneteau 40.7Das Boot, Skipper Jay Muller driving, approaches the first mark of the first race of the Sheldon Clark Regatta Fleet, the year of 2010 drew to a close in September with some rough and inclement weather. The annual Bi-State Regatta was cancelled on September 3rd because high winds and waves entering St. Joseph Harbor made that an untenable haven.  (more...) 
 

2011 Schedule

(Thursday, June 2nd, 2011)  

 
Lake Michigan Beneteau 40.7 Fleet
2011 Schedule
(02/03/2011)
           
All events listed are 40.7 class starts and require adherence to the rules of the Chicago Beneteau 40.7 Fleet
Events: LMSRF = Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation Best 40.7 on Lake Michigan series
Area III = Area III Boat of the Year (either Buoy or Port-to-Port) series  
           
Date Day Event  Notes SERIES
May, 22 Sun Abe Jacobs One-design start, not in any series    
May, 28 Sat Spring Opener 40.7 Fleet Party @ Col YC   Area III
June 4-5 Sat-Sun Colors Regatta One pro allowed per boat    
Jun 10,11,12 Fri-Sun NOOD   LMSRF  
Jun, 18 Sat Chicago - Waukegan     Area III
Jun, 19 Sun Waukegan - Chicago      Area III
Jul, 9 Sat Lutz     Area III
Jul, 16 Sat Chicago to Mackinac Race   LMSRF  
Jul, 31 Sun Mayor Daley      Area III
Aug, 13 Sat Zukasky     Area III
Aug 19,20,21 Fri-Sun Verve Cup 40.7 North American Championship LMSRF  
Sep, 2 Fri Chicago - St. Joseph Bi-State Regatta, beach party Sat.   Area III
Sep, 4 Sun St. Joseph to Chicago Bi-State Regatta   Area III
Sep 17,18 Sat-Sun Sheldon Clark   LMSRF Area III


Verve Cup 2010

(Tuesday, August 31st, 2010)  
Vayu wins verve cup & 40.7 north american championship

  Vayu skipper Ron Buzil
(Sunday, August 22, 2010)    The lead position changed three times on the last race of the eight-race Verve Cup Regatta and was finally won by Ron Buzil’s Vayu.  By winning the race Vayu won the regatta, and along with it, the Beneteau 40.7 North American Championship.
 
“That last race was extremely exciting for us,” said skipper Ron Buzil. “We were in third place behind Collaboration and Das Boot at the weather mark but the pack of us three had a good lead on the rest of the section.  (more...)

 


Commodore's Invitational and Zukasky 2010

(Tuesday, August 24th, 2010)  

40.7: CLOSE ONE-DESIGN RACING

TURNING POINT WINS COMMODORE’S INVITATIONAL

COLLABORATION WINS ZUKASKY

 40.7's round the windward mark (the crib)

(Saturday, August 14, 2010)  With two Area III regattas completed the last two Saturdays, the Boat of the Year competition is heating up. Das Boot and Vayu are tied for first place with the tie-breaker going to Das Boot. But La Tempete, Turning Point, and Collaboration are all within 6 points of the leaders and with possibly eight races to go, anything can happen before the season ends on September 26th. (more...)


Mackinac 2010

(Friday, August 13th, 2010)  

 

THE LAKE FOX DOES IT AGAIN

WINS MAC

MAHEM ON THE STARTING LINE

 

 
Winning 40.7's Excalibur and Collaboration(Monday, July 26, 2010)  The “Lake Fox”, Robert Vickery, sailed his boat, Collaboration 2, to victory in the Beneteau 40.7 section on the 102nd race from Chicago to Mackinac Island. Mojo, with co-skippers Gary Powell, Scot Ruhlander and Jeff Comeaux finished in 2nd place about eight minutes behind Vickery. Dave Tarson’s Excalibur finished in 3rd place, twelve minutes behind the leader. Thirteen boats of the Lake Michigan Beneteau 40.7 Fleet participated in the race. (more...)

 


Lutz 2010

(Friday, July 30th, 2010)  

Das Boot finds the pressure and wins lutz

First race; Mojo trying to reach the first mark(Saturday, July 17, 2010)  As the wind died, It was looking bleak for the boats at the first mark of the opening race at the Lutz Regatta. As the boats of the Beneteau 40.7 section approached the weather mark, the breeze began to fail.  (more...)
 

 

 
 

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