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Another
win
for
David and Anne Pugh:
the U.S. Nationals at Rock Hall a work never completed by Uncle Al  Oakville's
David
and Anne Pugh (above) consistently rose to
the top at Rock Hall,
Maryland in a very
competitive fleet of 8 Wayfarers to capture the 2015
U.S. Wayfarer
Nationals.
After
putting Nick
Seraphinoff's and Tony Krauss' hearts to a thorough
stress test with an email
to
Nick relating a (fictitious) hair-raising
mid-January sail on
and over the Detroit River earlier this year, Chip
Cunningham has risen
to new heights: In late May, Nick Seraphinoff, Chip's
skipper, arrived
for the Bayview One-Design Regatta to discover that
Chip had added an
unexpected "go-fast" to Impulse II:
 An
old-style beer
bottle opener, mounted where the crew could easily
open beers without
interfering with his secondary duties such as
spinnaker trim. Surprised
and not too pleased,
but sensitive to Chip's fragile psyche, Nick
toned his response down to something like, "Shouldn't
we talk about
something like this before committing to it? Two 5/16"
holes through
the mast? I hope that hasn't weakened it too much."
 An animated discussion ensued, before Chip could stand it no longer, and admitted that it was all a prank: There were no extra holes in the W10978 mast. Everything had been glued on. Nick probably didn't know whether to kiss or kill his crew.  I thought the aluminum shavings were a masterful touch, but had missed the other item that Chip pointed out when he sent me the photos:           |