The Wisconsin Keelboat Team competed this weekend at the Lake Erie Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (LEIOR) on Family Truckster, a J92 owned by Anita Bersie-Chabalowski (Class of 2000). Sailing for Wisconsin were Nicole Giuliani (Helm, ’24), Cal Lutton (Main, ’26), Dylan Gorman (Trimmer, ’25), Finn Tait (Pit/Trimmer, ’25), Tina Dombrowski (Mast, ’23) and Ben Weinstein (Bow, ’23). The team departed Madison early Friday morning, reaching North Cape Yacht Club (NCYC) around 2 pm for a practice day. Despite the long drive, the team had a successful practice and felt prepared for the racing to come. Saturday was light air, with winds hovering around 5kt consistent, gusting up to 9kt from the northeast. Racing started with a short fixed-mark race, then switched to buoy racing for 4 races for the day. Wisconsin placed second, third, first, and second off of corrected time. Going into the second day of racing, Wisconsin was 5 points behind Ohio State on a Henderson 30 and 1 point ahead of Indiana University on a J105. Sunday was forecast to be extremely light, but wind filled from the northwest and allowed for a 10.8-mile race around NCYC’s fixed marks. The wind started out consistent, but following the first downwind leg, it became shifty and variable, with significant gaps developing in the fleet. Following an excruciating final downwind leg where the wind dropped to about 2kt, the team finished in second for the distance race. The team finished in second overall, dominating all boats with a similar PHRF rating. They are incredibly pleased with this performance at the first keelboat regatta of the season. They look forward to competing at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (GLIOR) in two weeks in Chicago. The team wants to thank Anita and her family for loaning us their boat for the weekend and Charlie Childs and Jonathan Thickens (Class of 2019) for hosting the team in Ann Arbor. Tina Dombrowksi also deserves credit for going up the mast on Sunday morning, 30 minutes before the first signal, to fix a stuck Windex.