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| On Sunday, after the racing,
Chris Pedersen (l) got a visit from his sister, Annemarie, and
her friend. Note Annemarie's shirt: Do you believe in love at first
sight ... .. |
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| ... or should I ... .. |
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| The awards presentation turns
into a tailgate party ... .. |
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... as Mike Codd starts the
proceedings with presentation of Canadian Nationals medals which have
belatedly arrived from the CYA. (l to r) George Blanchard,
Mike Codd, Chris Pedersen, Alan and Paul Laderoute, ???, Annemarie
Pedersen, our photographer Joanne Kumpf, Nick Seraphinoff.
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Nick Seraphinoff (r) reminds
everyone about the U.S. Nationals which will welcome one and all on
Sept. 6-7 to some of North America's finest sailing waters and Nick's
home club at Tawas Bay, Michigan.
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| Some of the lads are obviously
giving the possibility serious thought. (l to r) Kit Wallace, Heider Funck, Ted Lacelle, Thomas Vendely .. |
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| Marc Bennett (l) explains something to his
beer-swilling buddies: Hans Gottschling (mostly hidden), Tom Wharton and Frank Goulay. .. |
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The Regatta Chairman, John
Weakley, has done a great job for us but is not finished yet. The white
flags are for positions 4 through 10 at CWA-sponsored events. Sadly the
location on the flags is wrong again, having been left unchanged from
2002.
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| In series 10th ... .. |
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| ... and the 2003 North
Americans' Most Improved crew: Françoise Brossard and Doug Netherton (r) ... |
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| Series 9th: the always amazing
George Blanchard (less than 2 months from turning 90!!!) and Mike Codd (r) .. |
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| In 8th place: Dwight Aplevich (r)
with Al Nichols .. |
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In a 6th-place tie with the
already departed Peter and Alex Rahn (not departed = dead, you fool!
departed as in left for Montreal) were Ivan (r) and Chris
Pedersen who made their 2003 Wayfarer debut a very good one!
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In 5th place: Nick Seraphinoff
(clutching his flag) and Marc Bennett (who appears to have stiffness in
one of his joints (now, now! there is no cause to assume the
wrong type of joint just
because Marc is Jamaican!)
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| Series 4th: Hans Gottschling
and his invisible crew, Zoltan Takacz .. |
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| In 3rd place, doing a superb
job in a borrowed W: the brother team of Paul (r) and Alan Laderoute from Conestoga SC .. |
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And the 2003 Wayfarer North
American Champions: Heider Funck (r) with Tom Wharton and Al
Schonborn (c)
with Frank Goulay (l) This marks the third time that Heider
has ended in a tie for
the North American title. In 1972, he tied with Dick Rothery of US
Fleet 2, and in 1998 he tied with Uncle Al.
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| Special Wayfarer spirit awards,
created and donated by Hans Gottschling went to (l to r) Joanne
Kumpf, Françoise Brossard and Thomas Vendely. |