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Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007
We only really heard that anybody was doing anything, on
the Thursday before.
Martyn Willes of Puerto Galera Yacht Club sent a text message to TLYC
Manager Joe Hagedorn, and sent me (Peter Capotosto) an e-mail.
But a few phone calls later, it looked like we would have a "Flotilla
Parade" event to commemorate ISAF's 100 years of sailing.
The Sunday breeze cooperated, and everyone was quite pleased with
the turnout considering the quick, impromptu preparations.
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By noon, we were blessed
with about 10 knots of breeze.
It was perfect for students sailing Toppers, like
Lori and Ian, who had just taken their first lesson the day before.
Hope Ngo, moving to the Philippines, from HK, had a great time as well.
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Ed Umali brought a couple of Streakers over, which he had built
himself a few years ago. The conditions just couldn't possibly have
been better for the boats.
Click on ed's pic above, for Ed's blog with notes about this ISAF 100th
anniversary event.
The Streakers will be left at TLYC, in preparation for the November 17/
18 annual "Round Taal Volcano Regatta".
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The "RTV REGATTA",
brainchild of Noel Lim, is now regularly sponsored by local
land developers "Buena Vista", and "Taal View Heights".
This year, RTV will feature Optis, Toppers, Streakers, and Hobie Bravos
(left) and Hobie 16s .
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Of course, the main fleet at TLYC, is the Hobie 16 fleet. The
16s were out in force, and after the parade, and lunch, most set off to
sail around the Volcano.
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After lunch, even more sailors had arrived
at the club, and most of them joined in the attempt to sail around the volcano.
It was a great day, enjoyed by all, including the occasional sleepy dog.
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Jana Franke, one of the
invitees who sailed, reiprocated by surprising everyone with a fiery show
after the wine was opened, and the sun had set.
All participating sailors at
the event recieved an ISAF certificate of participation, on this day, dedicated
to romoting sailing worldwide
A big Thanks
to ISAF, for such a great idea. the goal of the exercise was to get people
introduced to the sport of sailing, and it certainly did. Hopefully this
will turn into an Annual event.
There are more pics of the event here.
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Participants
this year were:
MANOLET
DE JESUS
HOPE NGO
EDMUND UMALI
BING LASTRILLA
PAUL VAN CLAVEREN
RACHEL VAN CLAVEREN
JUSTIN VAN CLAVEREN
LUIGI MANZI
YVONNE MANZI
CHERRIE PINPIN
MIKE NGU
KAREN DINGLASAN
PETERCAPOTOSTO
DENNIS CRUZ
IKING PATERNO
NOEL LIM
BING TENDERO
REX PUENTESPINA
ERIC TOMACRUZ
IAN HAYWARD
LORI MICHAELSON
NORMAN JAVARANTA
OONA MAPUA
JORN BROMMELHORSTER
WERNER LIEPACH
JANA FRANKE
HERMIE TADANAG
JOE HAGEDORN
JIGS CARLOS
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