170+ Sailors Pack CYC Belmont Station for Chicago T10 Awards Party

Between 170 and 180 people packed the Chicago Yacht Club Belmont Station on December 6th for the annual Chicago T10 Fleet 2 awards and year end party. This annual celebration of Chicago T10 sailing serves to close out and recap another year of fantastic racing on the water and great times on shore after racing. For the second year in a row, Erica swept the boat of the year series, winning the buoy, port-to-port and the overall. Retention took 2nd in the port-to-port and overall series and was prevented from a second year sweep of second place when Meat squeezed by them for 2nd place in the buoy series. The tightest competition was in the port-to-port series, where 3rd through 7th place was separated by 7 points. The party committee put on another fantastic event, highlighted by the T10 timeline, which showed how the fleet’s boats had changed names throughout the 40+ year history of the fleet.

Complete Boat of the Year Results

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2019 Chicago T10 Awards Banquet and Year End Celebration

The Chicago T10 Fleet will be hosting its annual awards banquet and year end celebration on Friday, December 6th starting at 6:30 pm at Chicago Yacht Club Belmont Station. Season Championship awards will be presented for both the Buoy and Distance series, along with a chance to catch up with fellow fleet members, review the past season and plan for 2020! There is no better way to close out your sailing year!

Cocktails and appetizers will begin at 6:30 pm.
Dinner will be served at 7:15 pm.
Awards ceremony will start at 8:15 pm.

If you cannot make dinner but would like to attend the awards ceremony, please arrive after 8 pm.

RSVP HERE.

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Sailing World Article on 2019 Chicago NOOD Regatta

Brian Kaczor captured the 23-boat Tartan 10 fleet in his boat, Erica. Kaczor has been racing his boat since 2005, but claims his current crew is the best he’s ever had. “Everyone put a ton of work into the boat over the winter, which really made the difference this weekend,” Kaczor says.

Kaczor added that a mix of good tactics, boatspeed, and crewwork made all the difference yesterday. “It was pretty tough because the wind and the waves didn’t match up,” says Kaczor. “We were quick to adjust our sail trim and put the boat where we needed on the racecourse. The race committee did a great job keeping things fair, so hat’s off to them working us through the tough conditions.”

https://www.sailingworld.com/top-j-105-team-wins-caribbean-championship-berth-at-2019-helly-hansen-nood-chicago

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Brian Kaczor and Erica Win the 2019 NOOD Regatta

Fog cancelled out racing on Friday and Sunday, but in the four races on Saturday Brian Kaczor and his team on Erica were clearly top dogs in the 20-boat T-10 section. Erica scored 2nd, 1st, 1st and 2nd for 6 points. Amy & Rick Cermak and their Racine-based boat took 2nd with 13 point, edging out Chicago T-10 Fleet Captain Mark Croll in 3rd with 15 points. Well done by all the racers in some tough conditions!

Complete results can be found at https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=6196

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