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next up for Wayfarers:

last updated:
27 Jan 2012 at 0038 hrs

late-breaking Wayfarer news
from Canada and abroad:

Is the W for you?
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Wayfarer
general information
the W on video  2 Jan 12
the C.W.A.  23 Jan 12
the W.I.C.  26 Dec 11

CWA AGM 2011  20 Jan 11
CWA AGM 2012  27 Jan 12
the USWA SKIMMER 27 Jan 11

info/contacts
get W gear:  26 Oct 08
coming up:  23 Jan 12
Wayfarer Links:  28 June 11
Wayfarer Market:  23 Jan 12
Weather:  8 Oct 02
Weekly Whiffle:  23 Jan 12
Uncle Al,
CWA web master

educational
Wayfarer Institute:  7 Nov 11
:) PWC repellent (:  4 May 11
Wayfarer Book orders

cruising
N.A. Rallies 00 - 12:   8 Jan 12
Intern'l Rallies:  16 Nov11
Cruising Tips:
   15 Jan 05
Logs:   23 Jan 12

racing
Regatta Reports:  22 Jan 12
Storer Trophy:  14 Dec 11

W nostalgia

regatta nostalgia:  22 Apr  11
W's fondly remembered:  8 Jan 12
George Blanchard:  5 May  11
Hughes Nughes:  27 Nov 07
Past Worlds:  20 Dec 10
Archives:  31 Jan 02
W History in Brief:  29 Nov 00
DM 2002:  1 Nov 02


Lively 2012 Annual General Meeting at TS&CC keeps three dozen Ws up past their bed time!

Trudy Davis (as in Trudy and Don) presents the Ted Davis Memorial Trophy to Uncle Al (r) and Chip Cunningham (as well as to Gary Hirsch in absentia) for their fine W performance in the 2011 Tip of the Mitt Adventure. This was just one of many great moments at this year's AGM held Sat 21 Jan at the Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club. More ...
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Farewell to our beloved W6732 Len Macdougall

On 5 Jan 12, W6732, Len Macdougall of the CWA's Fanshawe Fleet in London, Ontario, passed away. Len was a lovely, sweet person and yet had tons of character.  more

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Last time for great
MK IV deal!!

Contact Nick Seraphinoff
(586-206-5900)


Dave/Carol Hansman are our new CWA Hon. Commodores
More in Weekly Whiffle.

The Wayfarer Book (5th ed.)
Bob Brown, our W Book man reports: .. a limited quantity of the new 5th ed books are here and available ... excellent additions including info on the new Mk4.. edge on improving your skills and knowledge of our beloved W .. great for club libraries or the individual .. in Canada the price is $39.99 delivered. please let me know - pay/mailing arrangements can be made.
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Please help us keep this site - and our Class - alive in 2011. Join the CWA now! details here
  - $30 per year

 - non-Canada W's welcome!
CWA currently has 75 paid-up 2011 members who will be receiving the 2011 North American W Yearbook DVD and likely a North American Wayfarer Wall Calendar for 2012.
Have you paid for 2011?
click here to check

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New W's unavailable in N. A. Abbott's moulds were destroyed by fire June 06, but we have lots of  used W's in every price range.

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sources  for Wayfarer covers, foils, sails, spars, trailers, regalia in North America

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W interaction on line:
W  e-group on Yahoo

UKWA Forum
USWA Forum
CL Forum

Recently posted on the Whiffle Web:

26 Jan 12: Annual General Meeting & Bash: coverage well completed
23 Jan 12: Tip of the Mitt Adventure winning log now posted
22 Jan 12: Mayor's Cup: all pics pages posted; my coverage completed
13 Jan 12: Canadian Nationals: all pics now posted
8 Jan 12: Apostle Islands Rally:  pics posting completed
19 Dec 11: W North Americans: coverage more or less completed
14 Dec 11: Rebel Nationals coverage completed (to show I've been doing something)
12 Dec 11: CWA Annual General Meeting details now posted
16 Nov 11: Friesland Rally: pics posting is now complete
30 Oct 11: Clark Lake Regatta: coverage completed
12 Oct 11: Pumpkin Regatta: all pics pages posted
21 Sept 11: MSC Regatta: all pics pages posted
27 May 11: WOOD Regatta: first six pages of CWA camera pics posted
1 May 11: George Blanchard Memorial: all of 10 slides pages now posted;
more captions added to slides pages 1,2, 4 and 5
8 Mar 11: Midwinters: coverage completed

Welcome to Wayfarer School: FREE on-line tuition!
 the Wayfarer Institute of Technology
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Everything you wanted to know about  racing and rigging available as PDF file!!
The WIT is now ad-free and has far greater bandwidth.
The pages that people are likely to print have also been redesigned to print completely
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