| the George
Blanchard Slide Show from his Memorial Party - 3 ... |
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| The 1978 Wayfarer Worlds at
the Hellerup Sejlklub in Copenhagen, Denmark: George crewed for ... ... |
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| ... Graham Dodd. ... |
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| The club was right beside
the Tuborg brewery whose excellent product we all enjoyed. (l to r)
George, Russ Burrell Graham Dodd ... |
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| George with Jennifer
Burrell and the clubhouse where some of us roomed in the background. ... |
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| George and Graham with
their borrowed Wayfarer ... |
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| Ready to board the bus to
go see Roskilde's Viking Ship Museum ... |
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| 053 ... |
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| George regularly did Race
Committee duty aboard TSCC's Desire whose upkeep he also took
care of for decades. ... |
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| 1980 Worlds at Michigan's
Tawas Bay YC: (l to r) Linda Sweet, Nick Hodshon, George ... |
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| George with Nick who looks
far more comfortable now that his fly is zipped. ... |
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| George with Michigan's Dick
Rothery ... |
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| TS & CC: "Ladies and
gentlemen, this is your captain speaking ..." ... |
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| Seven North American
Wayfarers flew to the 1983 Worlds in England courtesy of Wardair and
George's life-long friendship with Max Ward. ... |
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| George with one of his
longest-standing crews, Roger Redwin ... |
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| June 1985: Having heard it
from George himself that George was on his last legs, Uncle Al got this
portrait of George and did a life history of George in both the newsletter and the yearbook while there was still time!!! ... |
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| Reception at TSCC before
the 1986 Worlds at Lake Couchiching: George chats with Geoff and Philip Hodshon from England and Trish Corken. ... |
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| George and Trish display
the 86 Worlds poster. ... |
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| Classic George ... ... |
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| ... leading a not-too-sober
sing-song with his ever popular piano work. ... |
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| Worlds reception at Lake
Cooch ... |
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| George poses with part of
Team USWA: (l to r) Don Parker, George, Roberta Sand, Hubert
Dauch ... |
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| George with Roberta one
more time ... |
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| George discusses regatta
minutiae with our jury chief, Mel Preston, a former Wayfarer. ... |
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| The 86 Worlds on Lake
Couchiching brought weather George loved - good breezes! ... |
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| George and Roger head home
after a tough day's racing. ... |
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| the TS&CC's terrible
trio at the 86 Worlds: (l to r) Graham Dodd, Tom Wharton,
George |