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Congratulations to Doyle Cleveland customers!

2011 Grand River Regatta
Spinnaker A
4th	Adrenalin	Kurt Kachler
5th	Wish	Colin Mills
Spinnaker B
3rd	UNO mas	Jon Duer
6th	Alibi	Ryan Hoffman
JAM
1st	Vagabond	Garu Kipp
2nd	Rocket Ship	Scott Filson
7th	Excalibur	Butch Miller
2011 Falcon Cup and Sundance Trophy Race
Cruising Canvas
1st	Voyager	Hunter Chisholm
Double Hand
1st	Finnair	John Ollila
PHRF C
5th	Knot Guilty	Rick Drucker
PHRF D
6th	UNO mas	Jon Duer
2011 I-LYA Bayweek Regatta
PHRF A
3rd	Hot Ticket	Bob Kirkman
PHRF B
1st	Wizard	Jeff Mackay
2nd	Pink Panther	Al Michaud
PHRF C
1st	Racer X	Matt Dubois
2nd	Gus	Jim Bourgault
4th	UNO mas	Nate Duer
PHRF E
1st	Infra Red	Bryan Huntley
4th	Wildcat	Russ Atkinson
J/105
2nd	Unbridled	Robert Mock
PHRF Level 72
1st	Magic	William Hertel
6th	Adrenalin	Kurt Kachler
Casual Cruising
2nd	Lavida	Tom Quick

2011 Beneteau 36.7 Nationals

Congratulations to Doyle boats in the Beneteau 36.7 North Americans. The Championship included eleven races over four days of racing in Toronto, with twenty-nine teams competing.

For final results and regatta information, click here.

3rd	Grizzly	Chuck Bayer
4th	Stingray	Steve Pelke
5th	Myouri	Paul Johnson
7th	Critical	Claudio Martin
8th	As You Wish	John Heaton
9th	Family First	Erik Yeo

2011 Bayview-Mackinac Race

Congratulations to our customers for a terrific 2011 Bayview Mackinac Race! There were 20 classes and 60 flags awarded at this year's race. For the 18th year in a row, our customers captured more than 50% of the available flags. In 2011, 58% of flag award winners were Doyle Customers! Thank you to all of our customers for pounding the competition.

Some of the highlights include:

• Top three boats in a very competitive Beneteau 36.7 Class
• Top three boats in the J/120 Class
• Top GL 70
• Second through sixteenth overall in the Cruising division. It is becoming very apparent that it is almost impossible to win this race without a Doyle Asymmetrical Runner.

COVE ISLAND COURSE
Beneteau 36.7	1st	Weather Edge III	Colt Weatherston
	2nd	LaBuena Vida	Bill Gilbride, Jr.
	3rd	Carrera	Rod Spearin
GL 70	1st	Details	Lance Smotherman
IRC B	2nd	Vortices	Chris Saxton
	3rd	PeaceMaker	Ken Flaska
IRC C	2nd	Night Hawk	Steven Dabrowski
	3rd	Unplugged	Tim Clayson
Level 35	2nd	Night Train	Chris Herriges*
SHORE COURSE
Multihull	3rd	Ollie	Tim Walli
C&C 35	1st	Contender	Gary Graham
J/120	1st	Hot Ticket	Bob Kirkman
	2nd	Flyin' Irish	Bill Bresser
	3rd	Carinthia	Frank Kern
PHRF A	1st	Courtesan	Dane Christy & Dave Lockhart
	3rd	Fine Line	Jay Fillepie & Allen Gillespie
PHRF B	1st	Mystic 3	Fred Wilhelm
	2nd	Epic	Ray Adams
PHRF C	1st	Pterodactyl	Mark Symonds*
	2nd	Good Lookin'	Dean Walsh
PHRF D	1st	Genesis	Paul Lee
	2nd	Spectre	Bob Schappe
	3rd	Bernoulli	Mike Elliott
PHRF E	1st	Eliminator	Paul VanTol
	2nd	Tar Baby	Don Lang
PHRF F	3rd	Marksman	Brian Lang
Cruising A	2nd	Comfortably Numb	Mark Miller
	3rd	Roxy	Don Condit
Cruising B	1st	Pogo	Fred Bellamy
	2nd	Limerick	Darrell Cope & Kevin Pearce
	3rd	Miriah	Michael Maha
Cruising C	1st	Mystic	Dennis Dettmer
	2nd	Yare	John Tipp
	3rd	Kismet	Art Poppert
Doublehanded (PHRF)	3rd	Patriot	Lyndon Lattie
*Partial inventory

Overall in Division I-Cove Island IRC, Doyle customers were 4th, 5th and 6th.

Overall in the Division III Shore Course PHRF Racing, Doyle customers were 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th.

Overall in the Division IV Shore Course PHRF Cruising, Doyle customers were 2nd-16th.

Thank you to our Doyle Detroit customers!

Full Results

2011 Chicago-Mackinac Race

Doyle Sailmakers would like to commend the crew of Sociable and the other 10 boats who abandoned the 2011 Chicago-Mackinac Race to assist WingNuts. Our deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of Mark Morley and Suzanne Bickel, who lost their lives when WingNuts capsized during the race from Chicago to Mackinac.

Beneteau 36.7	2nd	Weather Edge III	Colt Weatherston
	4th	Grizzly	Chuck Bayer, Jr.
J/105	1st	Pterodactyl	Mark Symonds*
Section 7	1st	Fast Tango	Tim Prophit, Peter Wenzler
Sportboat	2nd	Power Trip	Paul and James Kraft
Turbo Class	2nd	Details	Lance Smotherman
*Partial inventory

Full Results

2011 Detroit NOOD Regatta Results

The Sperry Top-Side Detroit NOOD Regata hosted by Bayview Yacht Club was held June 03-05, 2011.

Beneteau 36.7	1st	Grizzly	Charles Bayer
	2nd	Patriot	Ken Sharpe
C&C 35	2nd	Contender	Gary Graham*
	3rd	Traitor	David Keys
Cal 25	2nd	Pirogue	John Shumaker*
Catalina 27	1st	Windward	Jim Cooley
Express 27	1st	Das Boot	Harald Kolter
	3rd	Piper	Scott Sorbie
J 105	1st	Pterodactyl	Mark Symonds
	2nd	Good Lookin’	Dean Walsh
J 120	1st	Hot Ticket	Robert Kirkman
	2nd	Night Moves	Henry Mistle
Level (114-132)	2nd	Blitz	Al Buliga
	3rd	Baron	Terry Stuck*
IRC A	1st	Seagoing	Ryan Seago
*Partial inventory

Full Results

2010 DYRA Season Awards

2010 Detroit Regional Yacht Racing Association Season Awards

A Course Overall		Epic	Ray & Winnie Adams
B Course Overall		Hot Ticket	Bob Kirkman
C Course Overall		Das Boot	Harald Kolter
IRC Course Overall		Blitz	Larry Soutar
IRC A	3rd	Vanguard	Mike Goran
IRC B	1st	Blitz	Larry Soutar
	2nd	Pendragon	Greg Thomas/John Trost
	3rd	Baron	Terry Stuck
Cruising PHRF	1st	Brandilee	Steve Nadeau
	2nd	Spectre	Robert Schappe
	3rd	Ariel	Mark Aitken
PHRF 1	1st	Epic	Ray Adams
	2nd	Marksman	Brian Lang
	3rd	Avatar	Gordon Morlan
C&C 35	3rd	Shamrock	Gillis/Partlan/Stroh
J 120	1st	Hot Ticket	Bob Kirkman
	2nd	Carinthia	Frank Kern
NA 40	1st	Velero VII	John Barbour
	2nd	On the Edge	Mark Bevins
	3rd	Seagoing	John Seago
PHRF 2	2nd	Zubenelgenubi	Eric Keydel
	3rd	Jade	Jason and Nick Geisz
Express 27	1st	Das Boot	Harald Kolter
Cal 25	1st	Clytie	Dale Marshall

Liberté Wins Boat of the Year

Al Declercq and Jim Kitchen,

I wanted to thank you both for the really great Doyle sails I have onboard Liberté. We have race extensively in south sound this past year, placing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in almost all of the races and series, and actually winning the majority. We won our yacht club's boat of the year award also, which I haven't done since 1978. The more we race, the more we appreciate what great Doyle sails we have. Fast! It took us awhile to figure out how to trim them properly but we seem to have the secret now.

Jim, special thanks for a great job fixing both genoas this summer and also thanks for the addition of a mast tie on the stackpack bra. Keep up the good work and we will see you next month when you come down to speak at our yacht club dinner.

Have fun!

Pat Waters

2010 Put In Bay Race Week Victory List

2010 Bayview Mackinac Victory List

2010 Chicago Mackinac Victory List

2010 Detroit NOOD Victory List

Martine Soffiatti Grael and Isabel Swan Place 7th Overall at the Delta Lloyd 470 Worlds Championship

2009 Detroit Regional Yacht Racing Association Season Awards