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2010 John Mulder Memorial Regatta at the Bills Lake Yacht Club
1st
Place:
Large
Boat - The father and son duo of Dave
Vanderhyde and
(Commander) Cody Vanderhyde garnered 1st place honors
aboard their boat aptly named FAMILY TIES. Commenting on their easy victory,
Dad expressed his surprise that he did not have to break out his secret stash
of Somalian Pirates, their boarding party, sabers, cannons nor flesh-eating
parrots in order to take and maintain the lead in this year's race.
Small
Boat - Chris
Genther,
piloting his mid-sized Laser, ILL-LEGIT easily took honors this year and upon
receiving his trophy was heard sighing how he was going to have to increase
the size of the awards shelf in his office at Genther, Cheatum and Howe to accommodate
yet another sailing prize.
2nd
Place:
Large
Boat - Nate
Van Enk and
Dave Huizenga took 2nd place honors aboard ARK-A-TECT.
As true gentlemen of the sport, they surrendered last year’s #1 pennant to the
Vanderhydes without having to be threatened by the Vanderhydes’ pirates.
Small
Boat - Aaron
“Lone
Wolf” Mulder brought AIR LIFT across the finish line and complained
that “I could have won this thing if I had had a politician on board to talk
into my sail!”
3rd
Place:
The
Senior Executive Assistant to the Alternate Vice Commodore in charge of Trinkets
and Trash indicated the Association eliminated 3rd place trophies
this year so that funds could be re-distributed to prizes for the kiddies during
the early morning events. Nevertheless, we herein recognize the following championship
caliber 3rd place WINNERS in this year's race......
Large
Boat - Ron
“Crankshaft”
Madsen and Steve “Ballast” Dunlap steered THE SHORT
BUS between the finish line markers in front of a tight pack of contenders.
Small
Boat - After a lengthy absence we welcomed back “STONE
COLD” Joe
Welch aboard his graffiti-art entry, COUNTER SINK. He was seen polishing
his make-believe trophy while saying “Never take me for granite!”
FINALLY:
David and Martha Gabrielse were the last overall to finish.
The pace of their craft, GABRIELSE'S HORN, was slower than a federal response
to an oil spill and garnered them the BOTTOM FEEDER Trophy for the 2010~2011 off-season. Flush with pride they are confident
they will find an alternate use for it other than gracing their mantel.