| 2004
AEC
Wayfarer Worlds the awards photos by Sid Atkinson, Paul Robinson, Liz Feibusch and John de Boer |
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| Emcee, John Weakley,
begins the awards ceremony as ... ... |
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| ... table 2 pays close
attention: (clockwise from right) Carol, Dave and Charles
Hansman, Roger Redwin, Carole Miles, John and Dolores de Boer, Françoise Brossard and Doug Netherton. ... |
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| First, the daily
awards: Ted and Wendy Gadd (race 9, 3rd) ... |
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| Other shirts went to
crews not yet winners of these fine shirts but who placed in the top 20
overall, such as Roger and Joanne. ... |
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| Next awards were
participants' mementos in the form of Bob Thayer's lovely 2004 Worlds
action pictures on CD, and the stars of this long parade to the awards
table were undoubtedly our two Manxmen ... ... |
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| ... John Dowling (r)
and Terry Holt in full Isle of Man regalia. ... |
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| Liz Feibusch was her
usual eloquent self as she thanked the hosts, organizers and sponsors
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| ... on behalf of Team UKWA. ... |
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| Our title sponsor,
Frank Koreman of AEC Systems Ltd. (l) is presented with a
Worlds jacket by Jim Wilkinson. ... |
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| We may have created
another Wayfarer sailor here! ... |
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| A little something to
remember us by is presented by John Weakley. ... |
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| Frank, John and Paul
pose for the official photo in front of the PCYC fireplace (after the
ceremonies!!) ... |
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| (l to r) Karen
Koreman (and no doubt, Frank), Barbara and Paul Robinson get some Worlds shirts that should help combat those Winnipeg winters! ... |
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| Uncle Al is (perhaps
mistakenly!) called upon by the emcee to identify the trophies. ... |
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| Ian Porter, crewless
now that Kevan has had to leave to reach another crewing gig overseas, looks suitably serious as he accepts ... ... |
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| ... the UKWA Trophy as
the Race 1 winner. ... |
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| Race 2 winners were
John Goudie and Suzanne Hall, a feat which earned them ... ... |
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| ... the CWA Trophy. ... |
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| "We have to stop
meeting like this," remarks Ian, as he accepts the Race 3 winner's
trophy, donated by - can you guess?! ... |
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| Yup! The Scandinavian
Wayfarer Trophy. ... |
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| Al has to help Ian
display the ... ... |
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| U.S. Wayfarer Trophy
for winning Worlds race #4. ... |
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| Ian then went on to
collect the Ian Proctor Trophy (for the race 5 winner) and ... ... |
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| ... the Scottish
Wayfarer Trophy (race 6 winner). ... |
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| Turnabout is fair
play: An honour for Uncle Al as the World champion himself presents Al
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| ... and Marc with the Bacardi Trophy as the
top Canadian finishers. ... |
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| There is currently no
trophy for the race 9 winners since we've never completed 9 races
before, but Graham (l) and Robin (r) Barker's victory
in the finale came in handy nonetheless: it enabled them to edge out
Danes, Søren Jensen and Jesper Friis by a single point for the
series 5th trophies being presented to Graham and Robin by John Weakley
above. ... |
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| And it was a flashy
4th overall for Neil Fletcher (r) and Chas. Edwards. ... |
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| Gordon Harris and his
daughter, Emma, sailed to an excellent 3rd. ... |
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| The 2004 Worlds
runners-up: Toby Mace and Rachael Rhodes ... |
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| The winner - and still
champion: Ian Porter who was once more ... ... |
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| ... extremely gracious
in victory. ... |
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| And of course, no
Wayfarer Worlds is complete without a few words from Mr. Wayfarer
himself ... ... |
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| ... George Blanchard,
who has raced all 12 Wayfarer Worlds since their 1974 inception, and who this year, at age 90, placed 35th of 59 entries. ... |
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| George and John: two
of the main cogs in the 2004 Worlds. ... |
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| Jane and Ian test the
champagne before bringing it around to the other competitors for a
taste. Note how Roger is first in line and pretending not to be thirsty!! |