| the
Pumpkin Regatta Fanshawe YC, London, ON * September 30 - October 1, 2006 Awards pics by Uncle Al |
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If there had been an
award for the furthest distance travelled, it would have been won in a
"horizon job" by the Johnson family who towed their beloved Wayfarer Free
Range Chickin all the way up from Charlotte, North Carolina to
tough out the
rainy weekend in tents!! (l to r) Michele,
Emily, Alyssa, Richard
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| Regatta Chairman, Robert
Kennedy (W3571) starts the awards ceremony with very well deserved
thanks to the many Fanshawe YC members who - as always - made the
Pumpkin one of the season's highlights. ... |
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| Laser Two 2nd places
finishers, Greg O'Gorman (l) and Matt Quinn (r)
were inadvertently awarded the yellow first-place flags that should
have gone to Jacob
Marsh and Greg Midgely. (photographic
apologies for the blurry
pic - no idea what
the problem was) ... |
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| Winners of the Open Class
were Peter James (l) & John Fredin ... |
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| THere was an upset in the
Y-Flyer Class where Jim MacKenzie (r) & Carleen Hone, the
perennial winners lost out by a single point. PRO, Scott Town had to stand in for Carleen until she ... ... |
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| ... appeared shortly
thereafter - just in time to pick up the winners' flags for ... ... |
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| ... Ed Hone (r) and
Adam Sokolowski who in turn arrived a few minutes later. ... |
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| 6th in the strong 12-boat
Laser Fleet was Kevin Biskaborn, only one point behind his dad ... ... |
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| ... Jens Biskaborn. ... |
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| Rick Goldt took series 3rd ... |
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| Laser runner-up: Steve
Carroll ... |
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| Laser winner again this
year: Brad Biskaborn ... |
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| Wayfarer 5th: Dave and
Carol Hansman ... |
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| 4th place in W's went to
Mike Codd and his cousin's wife, Jane Codd ... |
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| An excellent series 3rd for
North Carolina's Richard Johnson and his wife, Michele, who ... ... |
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| ... were also the
Wayfarers' Most Improved team. ... |
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| Wayfarer 2nd: John and
Dolores de Boer ... |
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| Winning the Wayfarer
division and the attendant George Blanchard Red Top Award once
more were Uncle Al and Marc Bennett (r). |