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This is Wilmette Harbor on Lake Michigan, about 16 miles north of Chicago. Somehow, 15 Dolphins got together to make this their homeport. Sheridan Shores Yacht Club is in the center of the picture on the left bank. The 'landmark' building is the Bahi Temple. 2007 Fleet Captain** Kristin Keenan (Duet) and Historian Jack Farley will help get us the story. **April 10, 2009 - John Hellmuth (Echo) is the new Fleet Captain
Click here for a large view. Dolphins are visible in the harbor!
Above is another
shot of the harbor with the Chicago skyline in the distance.
Dolphins occupy a string of moorings and adjacent slips on the north side of the harbor identified above. The river that flows under that bridge is dammed upstream.
Checking in first is Ted Prohov and Wally Barry with their Yankee #190 Wada (Boat).
Click here to see a larger image and more.
We got some pictures from Ted taken during Wilmette's annual Race Weekend - July 28-29, 2007. This is a picture of George Fitzpatrick's Delphinus, sail # 6195 and Ron and Larry Falbe's Celerity, sail # 6004. Delphinus is an O'Day built boat. Celerity is Yankee hull #101, She was Fleet Historian Jack Farley's boat for nearly 38 years.
click for a larger view
Jack sent in the following summary of the Wilmette Fleet Roster. If the boat name is underlined click on it to go her (June 10, 2010 Updated by Kristin Keenan, Fleet Captain)
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Dolphin Fleet Hull Numbers |
Note 75% complete |
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Sail # |
Name |
Orig./Previous Owners |
Present Owner |
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Comments |
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15 |
Porpoise |
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Terry Glenn |
O Day |
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| 19 |
E141 |
Cicerone |
Robert Dopel |
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O Day |
no longer at wilmette |
| 29 |
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Sea Glass |
Was Bodes Well |
Dick and Sue Watson |
O''Day |
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| 59 |
E178 |
Harbor Rat |
Leon Wilke |
Dave & Kristin Keenan |
O Day |
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| 60 |
E176 |
Ursula |
Ernest Heinemann #1 |
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O Day |
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| 60 |
E176 |
Valhalla |
(was Flipper) |
Russ Holmquist & John Johnson |
O Day |
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| 62 |
6195 |
Bomar III |
Charles Schlageter |
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O Day |
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| 62 |
6195 |
Delphinus |
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George & Mary Fitzpatrick |
O Day |
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| 63 |
6463 |
Auriga |
Bill Laub * |
Dan Orth, Dave Tribble, John Ehrenberg |
O Day |
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E146 |
Goblin |
Lindy Thomas |
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O Day |
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E146 |
Gulliver |
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Ernest Heinemann #2 |
O Day |
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E176 |
Windswept |
Mike Owezarek |
O Day |
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E177 |
Rachel |
Edwin Reinholtzen |
Matt & Clayton Struve |
O Day |
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E226 |
Halcyon |
David Glueck*;T. Eovaldi/Gary Destefano |
John and Aleca Sullivan |
O Day |
now the Sullivan's |
| 101 |
6004 |
Celerity |
Jack Farley & Claude McJohnston #3 |
Larry Falbe & Ron Falbe |
Yankee |
| 163 |
163 |
Madison |
Was Umbria |
Jeff Mathis |
Yankee |
| 188 |
16044 |
Canopache |
John & Penny Schmuck |
Sold & moved to Cape Cod |
Yankee |
no longer at wilmette |
| 190 |
190 |
Wada (Boat) |
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Ted Prohov & Wally Barry |
Yankee |
| 202 |
202 |
Aurora |
Paul Malm * |
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Yankee |
| 225 |
225 |
Sport (III) |
Paul Ulenhop; Ted Martin |
Mark and Kim Piekos |
Yankee |
| 251 |
251 |
Echo |
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John Hellmuth |
Pacific |
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* First time owner of this boat in Wilmette Harbor fleet (imported Boat) |
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#1 Founder of the Wilmette Dolphin Fleet |
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#2 In 1971Heimemann sold Ursula moved to 34' Boats at chicago, but |
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came back to Dolphin fleet in 1975, buying E176 |
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#3 Jack & partners raced Celerity for 35 years and four of their crew |
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have or did own Dolphins besides Celerity. |
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Currently Paul Malm, "Aurora" & Larry Falbe, both" Duet and now Celerity" |
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On September 13, 2008 a major rainstorm dumped a record amount of rain upstream of Wilmette Harbor that resulted in a sudden release of pent up flood waters. The rush of water caused as many as 30 boats to get loose with lots of damage and several total losses - one of which was Jim Rohner's Dolphin 24 "No Name" (not listed on the Roster above). We hoped to get more on this story and we did, thanks to Ted Prohov (Wada Boat). This article appeared in the October, 2008 Sheridan Shores YC newsletter Sheridan Shorts
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November 12, 2009. A photo from the September issue of Sheridan Shorts, the newsletter of the Sheridan Shores YC. We are working on identifying which boats these are.
June 10, 2010 Former Fleet Captain Kristin Keenan sent in the following report on the Wilmette Fleet and on her Duet/Harbor Rat
Ron,
I wanted to give you an update on the Wilmette Fleet and give you more info on Duet. I've attached a photo of her hull/nameplate.
In no particular order:
- Flipper is now Valhalla. (R. Holmquist/J. Johnson)
- Duet is now Harbor Rat (D. Keenan/K. Keenan)
- Wada Boat is now Wada (T. Prohov/W. Barry)
- Sport III has new owners : Mark and Kim Piekos
- Halcyon has new owners: John and Aleca Sullivan
- Bodes Well is now Sea Glass (Dick and Sue Watson)
Phew!
Now back to Duet which is now Harbor Rat...we had a wonderful renaming ceremony involving a call to the gods of wind and sea and lots of red wine! Several fleet members came, which was sweet.
We were told she is 1963 O'Day. Her first owner here in Wilmette was Leon Wilke, then George Reichert, then Mike Clark, then Larry and Ron Falbe (Celerity) and finally Dave and I have owned her since 2004. Maybe you will get some clues from her nameplate.
The Wilmette Fleet is 14 strong and we race every weekend in the summer and have anywhere from 3-8 boats on the line. Harbor Rat (Duet) is the reigning fleet champion for the last two seasons and going for a third :) This year we might have a couple of races with 9 boats! John Hellmuth (Echo) is now the Dolphin Fleet Captain and I've been given a promotion to "Dolphin/Cruising Fleet Captain"....such that it is!!
Your website has been a god-send to all of us. We really appreciate all your hard work.
Take care,
Kristin Keenan
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Here is a recap of the Dolphin 24 Fleet at June 10, 2010, 14 boats, plus 1*
WINDSWEPT - Mike Owczarek
MADISON - Jeff Mathis
VALHALLA - R. Holmquist and J. Johnson
RACHEL - Matt and Clayton Struve
HARBOR RAT - Dave and Kristin Keenan
WADA - T. Prohov and W. Barry
AURORA - Paul Malm
SPORT III - Mark and Kim Piekos
HALCYON - John and Aleca Sullivan
ECHO - J. Hellmuth
SEA GLASS - Dick and Sue Watson
CELERITY - Larry and Ron Falbe
DELPHINUS - George Fitzpatrick
AURIGA - Orth, Tribble and Ehrenberg
* Plus PORPOISE - Terry Glenn's boat, actually at Belmont Harbor
in Chicago. Terry used to sail her up to compete but has not in several years
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July 24, 2010 The Dolphin Fleet at Sheidan Shores YC has a special attraction on their Race Weekend, July 31st- Aug 1st - sounds good to me!
Stay Tuned
