The Offshore Racing Rule and the Offshore Racing Association would like to thank all those who participated in the 2012 ORR Great Lakes Championship Series. This was the third consecutive offering in this region. Those who qualified for the series needed a valid 2012 ORR certificate and must have raced in two of the following races, with one of the two being a Mackinac Race: Queen’s Cup, Bayview Mackinac Race, Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, Little Traverse Yacht Club Annual Regatta, Verve Cup or Bayview Long Distance.
This year’s participants are listed below. We’ve included Boat Name, Boat Type, Owner’s Name and Final Ranking.
| GREAT LAKES ORR SEASON TROPHY 2012 | |||
| FINAL | |||
| BOAT NAME | Boat Type | OWNERS NAME | RANK |
| Evolution | GL 70 | Terry Kohler | 1 |
| Natalie J | Tp 52 | Philip D. O'Neill III | 2 |
| Providence | Ericson | Jerry & Greg Miarecki | 3 |
| Fast Tango | NA 40 | Tim Prophit | 4 |
| Pororoca | Nelson Marek, Dencho Sloop | Gene McCarthy & Bob Zema | 5 |
| Souvenir | PT-32 | Steve Schiller | 6 |
| Details | SC-70 | Lance Smotherman | 7 |
| Power Trip | Synergy 1000 | James and Paul Kraft | 8 |
| nosurprise | J-111 | David Irish | 9 |
| Spirit Walker | B&H | Vern McCain | 10 |
| Eagle | Sydney 38 | Shawn & Jerry O'Neill | 11 |
| Epic | Beneteau 42s7 | Ray & Winnie Adams | 12 |
| Windancer | GL 70 | John Nedau/ Sam Nedeau | 13 |
| Retention | LS-10 | Mark Croll | 14 |
| Tried & True | Beneteau First 36.7 | Robert K. Foley | 14 |
| Majic | Sydney 41 | William Hoyer | 16 |
| Dandelion | Heritage | Tom Jacobs | 17 |
| Stripes | SC70 | Bill Martin | 18 |
| Blue Heaven | Sloop | John Simons | 19 |
| Pterodactyl | J-105 | Mark Symonds | 20 |
| Carinthia | J120 | Frank Kern | 21 |
| Hot Ticket | J120 | Robert Kirkman | 22 |
| Talisman | Botin Carkeek | Bruce Aikens | 22 |
| Chief | Beneteau 10R | Mike Wolf | 24 |
| Split Decision | Ben 36.7 | Mark Norris | 24 |
| Roxy | Tartan | Don Condit | 26 |
| Irresistible Too | J120 | Gerry & Joanne Hines | 27 |
| Grizzly | Beneteau 36.7 | Charles Bayer, Jr. | 28 |
| Ocean | Andrews 77 | The Yacht Ocean LLC | 29 |
| Karizmaddie | Catalina 320 | Patrick Reynolds-Linda Sadl | 30 |
| Imedi | TransPac 52 | Mark Hauf | 31 |
| Say Uncle | Henderson 30 | Kevin Lemonds | 32 |
| Intuition | S2 9.2A | Tom Kershner, Mark Gillesp | 33 |
| Bifrost | Masthead Sloop | Charles Perkins | 34 |
| Bad Dog | J/35 | Larry Taunt | Did not qualify |
| Endeavour | Benteau Oceanis 37 | Matthew & Emily Gallagher | Did not qualify |
| Manitou | Multihull | Fred Ball | Did not qualify |
| Ocean Adventure | Ocean | Mid-Life Adventures Inc. | Did not qualify |
| PainKiller | GL 36 | Joel Carroll | Did not qualify |
| Siochail | C&C 35 Mkl | Brian Geraghty | Did not qualify |
| Slapshot | J/109 | Scott Sims | Did not qualify |
| Stella Maris | Morgan 38 CB-1 | James Hudnut | Did not qualify |
| Sufficient Reason | J-122 | Mitchell Pdnos | Did not qualify |
| Viper | Hunter Legend | F William Lasow | Did not qualify |
| West Wind | C&C | Larry West | Did not qualify |
| Windquest | Did not qualify | ||