

His career path took him from manager of the White Bear Boat Yard in the 1960’s to earning a Ph.D. in Hydrogeology. His love for boats started with his wooden Y boat he purchased for $600 and continues today as the owner of five A Scows. At the age of 12, he bought a Y boat and competed against Alex (Ordway) Bjorklund for Championship honors. He crewed on an X boat skippered by Nicky Benz, a top sailor and sister to longtime WBYC sailor and member George Benz. Please RSVP to Patty Newell, at – Driscoll started sailing on White Bear Lake at 10 years old.

They are revised and published every four years by World Sailing. The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) govern the sport of sailing on the water.

All WBYC, BBYRA and Bald Eagle racers welcome. WBYC will be hosting a rules seminar with Bruce Martinson and Kevin Kenny from Minnetonka and Wayzata Yacht Clubs (both US Sailing certified judges and umpires). Please include the type of boat and names that will be attending the picnic in your email reservation. Participants in the race are invited to the post race picnic at 10 Dellwood Avenue, BUT – Reservations are required! Please respond to to reserve your spot at the picnic. IMPORTANT:Any sailboat from the lake may race in the Ordway Handicap race. As an experiment, the Ordways are moving the race this year to Sunday, July 9 th at 11:00 AM starting as usual in Yacht Club Bay and followed at 1 PM by the traditional picnic on their lawn sponsored by the WBYC Sailing Committee and the Ordway family. In recent years participation has declined on the busy 4 th of July. The trophies were repurposed for a 4 th of July race now known as the Ordway Handicap and a picnic was held after the race on the Ordway’s lawn until the mid-sixties. Unfortunately, the weather did not co-operate and the race was cancelled. Ordway offered a trophy for a handicapped sailing race with the condition it start, end and be sailed in the bay in fro nt of her home.

hosted a lunch eon, at her summer home on White Bear Lake, for national officers who were meeting in Saint Paul. In 1947 Charlotte Ordway, a founding membe r of the Saint Paul Garden Club and wife of WBYC s ailor Jack Ordway, Sr. 2017 Ordway Handicap Race and Picnic – Sunday July 9, 11am
