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#'M,j?.l s ..- .i. .. . r. .=j,f.*% .$1j!1t!1,1jtr .. 27 , , . jL.'..$' , ṙj, .. ' , ' ',., ,. ,. ,. ' ..!s. . ' ,.!, ' , :ï.'.,j: ';r.'qp',kj;.d''.$..y$, ,j,.yj.gjy,j!jk. '$!j!'@ * R z à2009Spring Rendezvousby Gene PerryG ene Per 's catTiki26. .,.y.g.'. C'a .. .. lx... .a,+ c. * . NX.%' . .... a.gz.J.. $ẋ :# f M .. . ..j ' %rA . - .above:coolsailing padyBelow:the Tiki21The lniddle of M ay has again come andgone but will not likely be forgotten bym any W harram boat enthusiasts. Oursecond anntlalSpring Rendezvous svas agreatstlccess.Best01-:111we had 45 people atthe dinnerand a total ofm ore 5() ttlrned out.N ineW harram boats attended. These are thePeople who make a 'sail in' stlccessful.Our loating attendeesincluded:Tik i38, Hans Bortman ti-onl PuntGorda(Florida)Narai 42, Gi1 Grove and Annie. withFreddyfrom Kel'Largo (Florida)Tangaroa M K IV. Dan Kunz fromIslam orada(Florida)Tangaroa 35 M K IV-Carl 'SKIP'Lichtyand Jan.hisenthtlsiastic mate from CutlerRidge(Florida)Tangaroa 32 M K 1. Joe Thrasher fromIslamoradaand ev'eryqvhereTiki30,new professionalbuild by Das'idHalladay and hiswife with theirson and afriendol-his,from Jtlpiter(Florida)Tiki 26, Gene Perry from Hobe Sound(Florida) with Dale Kipp from Jupiter(Florida)Tiki21,Tom Yarbrotlgh from Islamorada(Florida)And M elanesia (rebuilt and lnodified)byKevinHutchinsonofStua:'t(Florida)Variotlsothervesselswerealso there.DanKtlnz' AERE 4 intlatable catam aran. aVictoria l8'monohtllland tw o dinghiesofCasey Kipp from W est Palm Beach, abeatltiftlFotlntainePajotcatamaran sailedin by Bob Gascoine and Jane M inty ofW avyline Publishing (the chart people)from the Turk and Caicos lsland and aCorinthian 42 trimaran w ith Tom andDiana Leonard on board all added to agreatweekend.()11Saturday evening wegathered bay sideatthe Loreleifordinner.A poweroutage,notatypicalfortheKeys,justastheordersu'ere being taken delayed the meal justIong enotlgh to col-nplete the fesv itel-nsofb tlsiness:11-1d aNvardd oo rp rizes.'- -%'-.- A l1who attended the dinnerwere given aticketlbra drawing and atthe sam e tim easked to offerashortnam eforagatheringof W harram boats.This Ibelieve was toShorten the title and elilninate the wordrendezvous.The winner of the nan;ing contest vasDennis O'shea with a H awaiian nanle.I1'1long form 'Htli-o-w'aa-Katlltla-W harral:'.'Hui'm eans a grotlp or gathering tlnitedfora colnnaon purpose (ur f ther 'o'meanso j- , ,, w aa , l'neanscanoe an qjj sprojaouncedva-a Nvith both %a'sshort, 'Kaulua'nleanstwo hulls (Kau=hulland Iua=-twoll.So-itliteral1y Imeans a gathering of two hullB?harram canoes.In the short fon'n 'HuiW haaaln' -a grotlp or gathering ofSvharranns.H oNv orB'hen itwillbe tlsed Idon'tknow atthistilme.Perhapswhen weh aveap'ilrinlagesail-intt)our50tl' g s tate ,Ian1 willing and ready ! Dennis B'aspresented with a gil'-tforthe chosen name.Othernanzesthatnlade itinto 'linals'werea W haaalQuorulu by Don Jonesand aSwarln ofSvharralnsb)'M ikeHalladay.Severalothergiftsweregiven to theltlckl'ticketholders.There giûsweredonated bythe followings'. Frank Papy an honotlredguest who attended w ith his wife andprovided books he has authored',CharlesandCorrineKanteralso providedtheirwelknown books. The Lorelei. our lostlocation-provided T-shirtsand PRAKTEKinc. the tirrn who makes the AERE'intlatable catamaran and Iarge intlatableboatfenders provided a fenderand ptlmp .Latitudesand AttitudesM agazineprovideda wide assortment prizes incltlding oneyearsubscriptions,hats-books.N'ideosandotherwonderfulgifts.Thedrawingwinnerswilcertainly enjol'theirprizesand wethank aIlthose who helped m ake the doorprizedrau'ing agreatadditiontoourevent.The highlightoftheactivitieswasthenewTiki30 saildelmonstrations.If-l'ou didn'tgo forasai1yotlm issed a loto fftln and anexanlple of what a racing crew goesthrough in sailboatraces.A11these racingtechniqtles were ably denlonstrated b)'David Crawford,while the 'other'Dasvidshouted orders.Thanksto David Halladayforhaving helped tsN'()otherboatsand theirownersto beableto ioinus.The sea People24 issue74 * *