the Pumpkin Regatta

the George Blanchard Red Top Award
Fanshawe YC, London, Ontario
October 4-5, 2008


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2007 Pumpkin NOR and Entry Forms now available
Pumpkin Regatta nostalgia
for recent wind data courtesy of the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, click here

Wayfarers planning to attend this event in 2008
Wayfarer Helm Crew Club
W864 Nick Seraphinoff
 tba
 Traverse, MI
W1366 Doug Netherton
 Françoise Brossard
 Lac Deschênes SC
W2304 Harold Whitcomb
 Mitchell & Erika
 Fleet 2, Michigan
W3854 Al Schönborn Dave Hansman
 TS&CC/North Bay YC
W4600 (CAN 90)
 Mike Codd
 Kirk Iredale TS&CC
W4677 Sue Pilling
 Steph Romaniuk North Bay YC
W4782 Dave Richardson
 Kim Rainville
 North Bay, ON
W7351 John de Boer
 Dolores de Boer
 London, ON
W7700 Roger Shepherd
 Raewyn St. Thomas

Location: Fanshawe Yacht Club in the north-east corner of London, Ontario, inside the Fanshawe Conservation Area on Fanshawe Lake.  Free entry to the FYC grounds - please ask at the gate house for a pass if you are not camping.
Facilities: Boat launching ramps, docks, clubhouse, washrooms (but the only showers are in the camp ground area). Limited canteen service.
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Camping is available in the adjacent Conservation Area.
Couches, etc. available in a number of local Wayfarer homes. 
Motels are as little as 10 minutes’ drive away.
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Races will be run by the Fanshawe YC, either from the Race Hut (above) 
or, if we get lucky, there will be water-based starts on Fanshawe Lake.
Registration: Saturday morning, 0830 to 1000 hours.
Entry Fee: $35.00 (in 2004)
($15 Under 19; $5 for "Learn to Race" i.e. sailors with little racing experience who want to try racing).
Programme: Skippers’ meeting Saturday morning 1000 hrs.
The first of three/four races on the Saturday follows at 1100 hrs.
Two or three races on the Sunday. No starts after 1300 hours on Sunday.
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Saturday night group dinner is usually arranged but is not included in the fee.
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The Pumpkin Regatta, like the June Bug, is a multi-fleet regatta.
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Fleet winners are immortalized on the Pumpkin Perpetual Trophy (above), and ...
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... the Wayfarer winners also receive the George Blanchard Red Top Award (above).
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The Pumpkin is perhaps our most unique regatta...
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... with a special mood...
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... like no other regatta! Some years, Fanshawe Lake and the Pumpkin give us...
... summer...
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... and other years it's Peach Brandy and coffee time!!
But the water is always warm as is the atmosphere and hospitality.
Contact:  Rick Goldt  (519) 473-1966