CHICAGO REGATTA

CHICAGO REGATTA CELEBRATES A DECADE OF CHARITABLE GIVING

BY NANCY SNYDER & ED FALKENHAYN, CO-CHAIRS

Racers, casual boaters, and shoreside enthusiasts who participated in the 2022 Chicago Regatta presented by Wintrust achieved a new record of generosity in 2022. The event gave more than $162,800 to our three charitable partners: Comer Children’s Hospital, SOS Children’s Villages Illinois and the Chicago Yacht Club Foundation.

As we celebrated the tenth year of the Chicago Regatta, the largest growth in contributions came from our donors, including a donor at the new diamond level and 11 donors at the platinum and gold levels. The event also showcased amazing generosity from 30 silver-level donors and 44 donors at the bronze level. Many thanks to all our medal donors for their gifts to our charitable organizations. Team fundraising through the Leaderboard exploded with nearly $99,000 in donations from coast to coast as friendships around the country were connected to our local waterfront community. Racing boats were required to set up a Leaderboard team to be scored, contributing to the donations and helping spread the word about this charitable event.

Congratulations to the Leaderboard teams that assembled the largest donations and get their names added to the Chicago Regatta trophy: Chuck and Rita Anderson’s Son’s Too VII, a power yacht, Ed and Carrie Falkenhayn’s Lake House, a power yacht, and Pinnacle Foundation’s Vincitore, a racing yacht. We look forward to the Leaderboard continuing to connect friends and family with the Chicago Regatta. Nearly 50 boats registered for the day of racing, which included the Chicago-Shuffle distance racing, WindyCity buoy racing and Second-City Dragon Force 65 racing. Competitors enjoyed changing conditions, starting with a light southeasterly breeze that built to a moderately brisk breeze from the east-northeast. Combined with the abundant sunshine, it was a day of champagne sailing with clear views of the city’s shore and skyline. In the afternoon, the Dragon Force 65 racers gathered for a series of fun, but competitive races, attracting onlookers to Monroe’s south patio.

Distance Race

Monroe Station Patio during the Light-Up-Your-Boat-Show The My-Kind-Of-Town party featured a strolling Cityof-Neighborhoods dinner with culinary favorites from Pilsen, Devon, Wrigleyville and Greektown, and music from Sons of Chicago, led by our own Gary Feracota. His band delighted guests with a mix of dance music and Chicago blues. The Light-Up-Your-Boat Show featured an exciting, timed lighting of many of the club’s most elegant vessels. We offer our enormous gratitude to presenting sponsor Wintrust, along with the continuing support and generosity of Pinnacle Yachts and Pinnacle Foundation, and our new sponsor Javi’s Ranch Water. A special thank you goes out to the 31 people on the planning committee—volunteers and staff—for their hard work. There are a surprising number of complex elements to this day long event! Monthly meetings started in January. The sub-committees started meeting in March, all for an event taking place in September. When the day came, our volunteer Race Committee did a great job managing our racecourses, and the yacht club staff contributed countless hours and passion to the event, making it a true highlight of the Club’s season!

We are grateful for the tireless work done to ensure our community’s generosity and love of the water continues helping the city’s most deserving children. Support from donors, sponsors and boaters was outstanding as the pieces of this event came together, and our community came through with more generosity and enthusiasm than ever before. The 2022 Chicago Regatta thanks you for your participation and donations, and we look forward to seeing you next year. ✶

THANK YOU SPONSORS & MEDAL DONORS

DIAMOND LEVEL

Barbara Bebee

PLATINUM LEVEL

Commodore Nick Berberian & Nancy Berberian The Duda Foundation Carrie & Edward Falkenhayn Gary Feracota Andrew & Patty Hurst Donald Wilson

GOLD LEVEL

Jude And Bill Bloom Mary & Tom Falck Kurt Lentsch Past Commodore Greg Miarecki & Dr. Chris Albanis* Randall Schmidt

SILVER LEVEL

Charles & Rita Anderson* James Armstrong David Baruch Peter & Elizabeth Barrett Michael Belsley* Jeffrey Bernacchi Mark Birringer Frank Ten Brink Carrie And Nick Camino* Will Conrardy Bruce Danly Jr. Cal Falkenhayn Vice Commodore Lisa Curcio Gaston Rear Commodore Ray Groble III Anthony Hadley Treasurer Michael J. Kovacs Cari Murray Kremer Warren Levins Nicholas Manusos Tone Martin David Mueller Cari Murraykremer Eric Oesterle Raymond Oral John Roberts Lisa Scully Nancy Snyder Stuart Townsend The Whitford Family Jane Stroud Wright Trust

BRONZE LEVEL

David Ainley William Ankenbrandt Cyd Archer* Denise Ashurst* Dj Banovitz Past Commodore Jerry Bober & Sandy Bober* Kathleen Capodice Christopher Chatain Shark Clark Antoni Czupryna Chuck Blasgen & Kerry Dematteis Raymond Douglas Kevin Foote Michael Frerker Emmy & Matthew Gallagher* Charles Gerstner Andrew Graff Jonathan Karmin David Kornreich John Leahey Rick Lillie Walter Lisowski Josh Lutton Jamie MacArthur Nicholas Manusos Michael Mayer Erin Mitchell* James Murray David Neenan Ken Nordine & Janice Dale Shawn O’Neill Abbey Paving Co. Inc. Lisa Roth Ann Rundle* Steven And Trish Salk* Kendra Scott Llc Thomas Sublewski The Sigmond Family* Scott Sims Adam Sunderhaus Samuel & Sonja Veilleux Christopher Whitford Kenn Wolf Ashley Wood * = Member of the CYC Foundation