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1980
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WW4
at Tawas, Michigan - Canadians, Chris and Carolyn Kofler (W4613) of
TSCC
first non-UK World champions!
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gap between
Worlds increased
to 3 years - next Worlds set for Hayling Island in '83
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formation of Wayfarer
Association
of Ireland which lasts only a couple of years
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Wayland Marine
offers wood
kits in BC
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Brian Love
first to deliver
CWA Yearbook at January AGM
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George
Smith to George
Blanchard, Storer to Al & Julia Schönborn (only one
loss
in 1980: to Koflers at Worlds)
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débuts:
Don Gallagher W4406, Martin deBoer, Joel Hicks, Peter Rahn, Roger Redwin
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Scandinavian
champions:
none?
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1981
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//
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Frank Dye
starts north from
Florida
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first Mk
III, W7579,
as Bill Abbott ends Mk I production
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WIC bans Mylar
sails
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//
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Scandinavian
champions:
Lavge & H. Vedel (W3154)
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/
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George Smith
to Fred
& Anne McNutt
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NAC at Metro
Beach: thundersquall
dumps entire fleet on Sat.; the next day, PRO, Bill Brockbank (of Frank
Dye fame), treads water at leeward mark to signal course change - no
"C"
flag...
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Ontario
Sailing Centre on
Lake Couchiching: first Wayfarer Race Training Week followed by first Ontarios
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débuts:
Bill Fyfe W6739, Ivan Pedersen W7350, Joe Schnur Jr., Bryan Sims W7218
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1982
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George Smith
to Hans
& Mudl Gottschling
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Don Gallagher Whiffle
editor
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Uncle Al
becomes CWA Class
Coach
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North American
W attendance
record as 58 boats come to Belwood Lake for Canadian Nationals
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midnight
tornado moves beached
W’s at US Nats
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débuts:
Ted Carter W3142, Robert Kennedy W3571, Roger Shepherd, Bill & Lois
Stanbridge W6091, Scott Town, Darlene (Collins) Codd, Ian Brennan
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//
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Scandinavian
champions:
none?
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1983
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/
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WW5:
Ian Porter/Tim
Hancock, W7588 (UK) become first to dominate fleet in winning the
Worlds;
Hayling’s expense demands 50-boat fleet
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143 W’s in Jubilee
Race
on Chichester Harbour
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//
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Scandinavian
champions:
Niels & J. Ebbehøj (W4908)
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/
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George
Blanchard arranges
for Canadian & US Wayfarers to go (free) to Hayling via Wardair
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Darlene
Collins takes on Yearbook
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Ken Elliott
publishes Dinghy
Cruising with Phillips
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Geoff Heath
(Maine) sails
W north from civilization up Labrador coast
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débuts:
Rick Goldt W7660, Brian Hickman W6082
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1984
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coaching:
first Playfarer
Day at TSCC attracts 80+
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Ralph &
Wilma Starke bring
Al to coach McGregor Bay Fleet
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Hawkestone
tradition
begins with mid-August Ontarios
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debuts:
Jens Biskaborn W7663, Len & Betty Macdougall W6732, Dolores
(Dicker)
deBoer
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//
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Scandinavian
champions:
Joel
Bøgh/???? (W2006)
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1985
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first Wayfarer
MkIISD,
W8040
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Dyes do
Christmas cruise in
United Arab Emirates
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George Smith
to Ann
Rogers & Carolyn Kofler
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Don Davis
makes front page
of Toronto Star as he revisits his European World War II past
40
years later
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Uncle Al
re-inherits Whiffle
and creates Yearbook with regatta histories
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débuts:
Tim Hartley W6737, Dave Connor W3103, Hazel Hewitt W3469, Gord &
Aaron
Law W7941, Tom Wharton W3651, Patti Douglas
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//
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Scandinavian
champions:
Ernst
Henriksen/???? (W5942)
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1986
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WW6:
friendliest Worlds
as Ontario Sailing Centre and CWA’s "buddy" system keep sailors
together;
first Worlds Whiffle to introduce all the competitors
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World
champions: Julian
Redman/Kevan Gibb, W8189 (UK)
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CWA AGM: George
Smith
to Don Gallagher
-
most
entertaining AGM slide
show ever as Don Davis forgets script and ad libs
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CWA
débuts: Keith Kennedy W7928, Doug & Allen
Gilchrist
W7222
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//
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Scandinavian
champions:
O.
& A. Hansen (W5466)
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1987
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GM: Don Davis
awarded George
Smith Trophy
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Race Training:
week with Mike
McNamara at TSCC
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25th Trout
Lake Wayfarer Weekend
- Fred McNutt wins Oldtimers’ Race
-
CWA
débuts: Peter Ayres W3573, Brian Egan, Tim France
W3136,
Bob Steer & Rex Paget W8261
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//
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Danish
champions:
J.
Ølund/??? (W4869)
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| 1988 |
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Frank Dye
reaches New York
City
-
new W design:
Mk I + Mk II
combination = Mk IA (W8499)
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/
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Colin &
Keith Boulton
win both Nats in borrowed boat
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Al wins Storer
with
9 different crews!
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Henry Croce
dies at age 79
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last of 26
Trout Lake Wayfarer
Weekends
-
first Last-Shall-Be-First
regatta
at Hawkestone
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Canadian W’s
find Clark Lake
Invitational Regatta
-
CWA
débuts: Kevin Bugden W8332, Randy Park/Marg Buhlman
W3613,
John Cawthorne W442, John & Joan Goldi W8269, John-Joe O’Connell,
Peter
Kozak
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//
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Danish
champions:
Bjarne
Lindquist/Carsten Hørlyck (W5436)
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Norwegian
champions: Ken
Jensen (W5416)
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| 1989 |
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WW7:
windiest Worlds
yet at Vallensbæk on Koge Bugt south of Copenhagen
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World
champions: Ian
Porter/Simon Wetherill (W7588)
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Denmark
'discovered' as hotbed
of W enthusiasm
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//
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Danish
champions:
Bjarne
Lindquist/Carsten Hørlyck (W5436)
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Norwegian
champions: J.
Eskildsen/?? (W1354)
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Bill Fyfe
takes first Red
Herring Trophy for W spirit donated by Don Gallagher
-
Storer
awarded for
best results from 2 Nats, Onts & NAC
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CWA invents
seeding system
to select Most Improved in each event
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3 winter video
parties to
review 1988 - all guests sleep at Pocock’s when ice storm maroons them
there
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10 CWA entries
to Worlds
highlighted by George Blanchard who also makes news by winning LSSA at
age 75 - 25 years between George’s LSSA wins
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Scott &
Town Dawn W3120
rookies of the year at Nats
-
first Events
Whiffle
-
débuts:
Gord Leachman W7670, Paul & Mark Taylor W7673
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