Down the Chester River Race
& RHYC One Design Regatta,
Rock Hall YC, June 16-18, 2006
Sunday pics - 2: awards and home
(mostly) by Uncle Al

In deference to those of us with long trips home, the Regatta Committee wasted no time in getting to the awards. Here RHYC Co-Commodore, Chip Lieber, calls up Marc Bennett (l)  and Uncle Al who won the River Race on corrected time and who ...
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... will also accept the trophy that went to the Wayfarers as the largest fleet in Friday's River Race.
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We had a very ...
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... attentive ...
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... audience.
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Ali Mellor and Joe Hidalgo (l) lost the hard-fought 5-0-5 series by only one point to ...
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... Henry Amthor (2nd from left) and Christian Rasmussen (orange shirt).
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Winning the Open Cats were Chris and Colette Bolton.
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Wayfarer 3rd went to Tony Krauss and Mary Abel who were also the Most Improved Wayfarer team, beating their seed by two spots.
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Chip Lieber congratulates John and Dolores de Boer as Wayfarer runners-up.
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Placing first in W's were Marc Bennett (l) and Uncle Al (r) (who is happy to report that he has already put the cooler bag prize to good use on a number of occasions this past summer).
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Team Wayfarer in their rightful place: the RHYC bar.
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(l to r, front row) Dolores de Boer, Mary and Nick Seraphinoff
(l to r, back row) Lee Cowperthwait (honorary Wayfarer), John de Boer, Mary Abel, Tony Krauss, Marc Bennett, Julie Price
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We spent a lot of the Monday - after a Sunday night stop in Lancaster, PA - driving through the rain accompanying a cold front.
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But by the time we hit southern NY state, skies were clearing, and we had a pleasant end to a great trip!
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