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2004
Midwinters Sunday photos by Uncle Al and Michele Parish |
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| After Sunday's
racing was cancelled due to cool, very shifty winds
gusting well above 20 knots, Mike Murto fired up the barbecue and it was free hot dogs for all - which went well with the free draught beer. ... |
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| Soon we were
called together for the awards ceremony. A far cry from last year's which we endured, huddled in a cold, wet tent. ... |
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| A lovely, bright
building! ... |
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| Under the
approving eye of his wife, Michele, Richard Johnson
samples one of the many oranges that Gale Shoemaker brought to us visitors from his farm. ... |
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| The Flying Scots
added a touch of "colour" to the proceedings. ... |
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| Vicky De Brincat
and her perky daughter ... ... |
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| ... Noelle. ... |
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| 3rd place in the
non-spinnaker fleet went to Ted Benedict (with Fred
Smith). ... |
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| Mike Murto (l)
presents the 2nd-place trophy, non-spinnaker, to a
beaming Jim McIntyre who ... ... |
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... with
crews Ted Benedict (Friday) and Glenda Libby
(Saturday) became the first winner of the Bob
Brown Memorial Trophy as the Midwinters' Most
Improved team. Lovely to have Bob Brown's memory
honoured in this way since Bob was one of the people
instrumental in creating this marvellous Wayfarer
event.
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| Jim and Glenda
also got the green Most Improved pennants
provided by the CWA. ... |
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| (l to r)
Hank Van Twyver, Richard Kinnie and Stan Boydon:
Non-spinnaker Champions. ... |
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| A fine 3rd place
(Spinnaker Fleet) went to Geoff Edwards with Pat Reardon
(r). ...` |
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| Spinnaker
runners-up were Nick Seraphinoff and his step-grandson,
Joe Blackmore. ... |
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| Marc Bennett (l)
and Uncle Al took the Spinnaker Fleet title ... ... |
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| ... as well as
the overall title and trophy. ... |
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| The new model
Wayfarer tote bags, created and donated by Hans
Gottschling (W938), our covermaker par excellence, went to Joe De Brincat ... ... |
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| ... and Gale
Shoemaker in recognition of their enthusiastic Wayfarer
spirit ... ... |
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| ... as well as to
Dotty Murto, our Regatta Chair. Dotty was also presented with this fine craft as a "thank you" from all the competitors. ... |
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| And so, we got
ready to head home. Richard and Michele pack up the Chick'n
for the trip back to Charlotte, NC where we are to meet them in late April, having been invited to sail in their Cottonwood Regatta. |