| the 2011 Rebel
Nationals awards - 2 photos (mostly) by Uncle Al ... |
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| That handsome devil, John
Washburn, had to stand
in for yet another absent crew (Marvin Brinn), this one belonging to Bob Zimmer who took series 10th and the Perpetual Revere Bowl that came with it. ... |
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| Bob's Awosting clubmate,
Bill Selick, and a pair
of crews placed 9th. Here, Bill is shown with the main crew, Jim Labate, while Dave Sutter helped out when Jim had to be away. ... |
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While he was up there
anyway, Bill took the
opportunity to thank Jack Roe for making his home beside the Boathouse
available for regatta
paraphernalia storage throughout the week. And after Wednesday night's
vicious squall knocked down a huge tree in front of Jack's home, what
could be more appropriate than a handy little saw to help remove the
arboreal corpse?!
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| The Clark Lake duo of Neil
Robb and Nick Tanis
took 8th place overall while the lone Canadian entry ... ... |
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| ... Al Schonborn sailed to
a creditable 7th in a
strange boat with a rookie crew. That crew was ... ... |
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| ... Meghan Saeli who had an
urgent concert to go
to and could not stay for the awards. Meghan performed very calmly and well in a very lively, tricky sailing debut. Thanks, Meghan!! Well done!! ... |
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Uncle Al is no stranger
to winning sailing trophies of all kinds, but being voted in by his
fellow-competitors as the winner of the Rex Pierson Sportsmanship award
was an honour that is truly special to me. Thank you, one and all, for
letting me sail with, and have so much fun with you!!
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| Al briefly holds forth.
Which brings to mind: "And the Lord said to Moses 'Go forth!' but Moses came 5th and the Lord lost the bet." ... |
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| Series 6th was captured by
Dan Leon and his father, Albert, of the home club. ... ... |
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| Jay and Pat Topping of Lake
Fenton - Most improved?? ... |
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| Jeff Schuchardt and son,
John, captured the Bennie Miller Trophy when they scored the best series finish by a parent/child team. ... |
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| three generations of
sailing Schuchardts: John, Jeff, Jack ... |
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| In this year's smaller but
very tough fleet, our defending champions, Kevin Nickels (r)
and Ethan Oslund of Lake Fenton, could manage no better than 5th which won them the Ed Fromme Trophy. ... |
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Continuing to perform
better every year are Jack Sanderson and his grand-daughter, Erin. This year's only Coldwater entry took an excellent series 4th and the Robert Christ
Trophy that goes with it. Erin was not only one of the best crews
out there, she was also the youngest. Very prettily done, Erin!!
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| Another pause to build the
excitement before the top three finishers were honoured, began with
Neil Robb of Clark Lake being presented the Traveling Trailer Award for having sailed at the most "away" regattas in the preceeding year. ... |
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| Then Jean and Bob Zimmer
were very deservedly honoured with the 'Rebel' Bill Etherton
Hospitality Award a.k.a. the ... ... |
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| ... Mint Julep Bucket. |
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