the Canadian Wayfarer Nationals
Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club * Aug. 27-28, 2005
awards pics
by John Weakley and Uncle Al

Dianne Wright proudly displays the Hans Gottschling-donated and created Wayfarer tote bag which she was given in appreciation of her assistance on the Race Committee boat.
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Ted Lacelle got his W bag as a sort of "crying towel" award.
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Canadian Nationals Rookies of the Year: Sue Pilling and Stephan Romaniuk
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Ivan (l) and Chris Pedersen
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John Weakley (l) represented the 8th-place Nutshell, while Kit Wallace sailed Ab faB to series 9th.
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George Blanchard poses with his former ace crew, Doug Netherton (l) and Françoise Brossard who made a fine comeback to take 7th in the 2005 Canadian Nationals.
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Series 6th: Jane Codd with her cousin-in-law(?), Mike
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A great comeback to finish 5th for John and Dolores de Boer who also took the Sweet Award as the Best Male/Female team.
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Alastair (r) Ryder-Turner and son, David, took series 3rd (in a tie with Stefan Larson and his father-in-law, Tom Wharton, who had other pressing engagements and could not stay for the awards ceremony that was delayed by a rare pair of protests).
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David and Alastair proudly display the Gillespie Award which they won as the Best Parent/Offspring Team. But they ...
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... still were not done: Having been seeded 12th, Team Ryder-Turner beat their ranking by a whopping nine places and were easily our Most Improved team of the 2005 Canadian Nationals! Congratulations, Alastair and Dave!!
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Mark Taylor (l) and brother, Paul, were this year's runners-up to ...
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... Uncle Al (l) and Marc Bennett who sailed an excellent series to defend their Canadian Wayfarer title.

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