#'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'eryqv<strong>here</strong>Tiki30,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 t<strong>here</strong>.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 wegat<strong>here</strong>d 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.T<strong>here</strong> 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 * *
S EA P E O P LE-1-1:11-1k s to Roger A y res and D ix ie fordris'ing fronluestTexas and 'w'e are sorrythatthe boathad to stal'atKey Largo dtleto a brok en ti1Ier. Another Iong tinneI'nel-nberofthe Pf.-A u'ho flen'dourn fronlN on-nal(ll1ino is).Thol'n dclForge,Nvho hasa T iki 3l u'hic1-1 1e keeps i1 N orthernC-arolina.W e inlbrlned hinlthatt<strong>here</strong> Nvi1lbe 10 exctlse tbr1-1iln notto have hisboat<strong>here</strong> next year! Frazier N1artil). a vcryfaithftlIattendeevs'ith 1)isIady friend frol'nFortN'1y'ers Beach.T lere are also a feNvsvharranlsi1,1build in F loridaandNve hopellècl'B'iI1alIbe <strong>here</strong> nextl'ear,W e alsoenjoyed the conlpany of Til'n Orr andStephany u'ho ean-le fronl England toattend the tN'ent.,.and u'e NN'isl)thel'n Nvel1ontheirupcol'ning Nvedding and subsequenttrav'els... W'e hope they include aW'larral:.So lnany others... including Don Jones,C 1ark G rinlsleq'- l-loug P osey'- The K ippLadiesand l'nany-l'nanl'others.Thank l'oual1 for n)ak ing th is a successfu I andenjoyablees'ent01-'H tIisk'harral'n '.Ihopeto see a 101 of q'otl at H obe Sotlnd in141December.the2 weekend . ,Decenlber l1-12(&:I3.fxt.z(?btll'L-(.t?!-t.z?-?'- . .- - . .ax.. . % ṭ 'v e 7 .- . . ... '.z. x as ..- . .*'. -..-.!1$J:- c-.-.x. .'r*m sxXV -..T h e M e Ian e s 1aM odified by KevinHutchinson'sThe Tangaroa'Litchy' fromM orada.M kIVIsIaThe brand new Tiki30professiona ly built byDavid Haladay.Ay ' :K .. D' z. ..1. .Và,àL w .41. =. -.. . akG Q k%.. u, .-z... .....'. ' .s..above:HansBortm an'sT'Iki38Below:GilG rove's Narai