50 Calendar 2008 50th Anniversary 50 January 1 Tue 17 Thur 2 Wed 18 Fri JANUAR JANUARI 3 Thur 19 Sat Wayfarer W1 still racing, still winning. Shown at Portishead, Somerset on the River Severn Estuary helmed by owner Colin Wilson with 4 Fri 20 Sun daughter Charlotte and grandchildren Henry & Archie Kirk. W1 was commissioned on 17th March 5 Sat 21 Mon 1957 some time before production Wayfarers appeared in 1958 Photo: Nick Richards 6 Sun 22 Tue Below: Wayfarer designer Ian Proctor: “My father used to enjoy holidays in the Norfolk Broads in the 7 Mon 23 Wed late 1960’s, with snow falling and icicles on the deckhead and no one else around!” Roger Proctor 8 Tue 24 Thur

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16 Wed 50 February 1 Fri 17 Sun 2 Sat 18 Mon FEBRUAR FEBRUARI 3 Sun 19 Tue Wayfarers get to places others cannot reach: boat tent ready for comfortable occupancy. Restored W488 anchored in 4 Mon 20 Wed Glencallum Bay, Firth of Clyde, Scotland August 2005 during a trip to Arran. 5 Tue 21 Thur Photo: Michael MacLennan 6 Wed 22 Fri Below: Another exponent of the boom tent is Ken Jensen - fount of Wayfarer wisdom, inventor of the trysail for heavy 7 Thur 23 Sat weather cruising and a founder of the Scandinavian Wayfarer Association 8 Fri 24 Sun

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Poole harbour on the south coast of england is the ue hur second largest natural harbour in the world and 4 T 20 T has one of the strongest Wayfarer fleets. Here the trees of Brownsea Island provide the perfect 5 Wed 21 Fri foil to set off the action during Poole Week 2004. 6 Thur 22 Sat Parkstone YC, based in Poole Harbour, are hosting the UK Open Wayfarer National 7 Fri 23 Sun Championships and 50th anniversary celebrations in August 2008. 8 Sat 24 Mon

Below: Spinnaker reaching during Poole Week 9 Sun 25 Tue 2005 in typically boisterous conditions. on ed Photos: David Harding 10 M 26 W

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16 Sun 50 April 1 Tue 17 Thur 2 Wed 18 Fri North American Rally 2005, Casco Bay, Maine - lunch stop at Elm Island, just one day 3 Thur 19 Sat of a fabulous week at Hermit Island. Photo: Tom Graefe 4 Fri 20 Sun

This is the site for the 2008 International at on Rally in August - the first international 5 S 21 M rally to be hosted by the US Wayfarers. 6 Sun 22 Tue Below: Dick Harrington, shown here coming into Parks Marina on Tangier Island during 7 Mon 23 Wed his 2005 Chesapeake Bay cruise. Dick is cruising mentor and leader of many North American rallies. 8 Tue 24 Thur

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Wanderer W48 about to leave the Outer Hebridian 3 Sat 19 Mon island of Pabbay as Frank and Margaret Dye begin an overnight passage to St. Kilda fifty miles out in un ue the North Atlantic. Photo: Margaret Dye 4 S 20 T

Below: Margaret and Frank share supper in the 5 Mon 21 Wed fjords of Northern above the Polar Circle - Wanderer dried out in the background as the tide 6 Tue 22 Thur ebbs. 7 Wed 23 Fri

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16 Fri 50 1 Sun 17 Tue June JUNI 2 Mon 18 Wed Rantzausminde Rally 2006, Denmark 3 Tue 19 Thur you put in your pole at the start and in negligible tides, your Wayfarer lies comfortably all week. 4 Wed 20 Fri Perhaps the highlight of each year’s Scandinavian sailing calendar is the cruising/camping event at hur at Rantzausminde. This week of sailing, song and so- 5 T 21 S cialising attracts racers and cruisers alike from as far afield as Holland, the UK and even North 6 Fri 22 Sun America. The real challenge comes at the end when it’s time to remove your pole! 7 Sat 23 Mon Photo: Poul Ammentorp

Below: Jon Vahl Saxhaug in big seas 350 miles 8 Sun 24 Tue north of the Arctic Circle in W4935 Bris. He and Jo Herstad sailed the last leg of a project that saw 9 Mon 25 Wed Norwegian Wayfarers - with the help of Frank Dye - sail the entire Norwegian coast - 57,000 km of ue hur actual coastline. Photo: Jo Herstad 10 T 26 T

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Wayfarer +S Bloatmungus 4 manned by Roger 3 Thur 19 Sat Cerrato and James Crew enjoying a typical solent chop in a gusty sixteen to twenty five knot breeze 4 Fri 20 Sun during the 2007 Southern Championships at Warsash SC. a few crews took an involuntary dip in the Solent at the gybe mark……. 5 Sat 21 Mon Photo: Nick Daniels 6 Sun 22 Tue Below: Michael McNamara and Simon Townsend dig deep to secure victory at the 2005 UK on ed Wayfarer National Championships hosted by the 7 M 23 W Hayling Island SC, a Wayfarer ‘Mecca’ that has hosted three Worlds and numerous area and 8 Tue 24 Thur National Championships Photo: Peter Newton 9 Wed 25 Fri

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16 Wed 50 s August 1 Fri 17 Sun 2 Sat 18 Mon AUGUSTUS 3 Sun 19 Tue Toronto has the CN Tower; here in Hellerup, Denmark, wind farms set the scene for the on ed World Championships in August 2007. 4 M 20 W In light, holiday weather conditions, the variable current became a tantalising feature, 5 Tue 21 Thur influenced not by tides but by air pressure. 6 Wed 22 Fri Photo: Soeren Svarre 7 Thur 23 Sat

The conditions were mastered by Peter and 8 Fri 24 Sun Markus Sigetty Bøje, W9733, from Denmark, shown celebrating below: 9 Sat 25 Mon

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Lake Ontario’s Humber Bay has been the site of two World Championships, 1976 and 1995. Here, Annemarie 4 Thur 20 Sat Pederson (16) was on the RC boat half-way down the run and captured the action beautifully during the 5 Fri 21 Sun 2000 North Amercian Championships. The Toronto skyline dominates the scene with the CN Tower as a at on backdrop. 6 S 22 M

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Below: Annemarie got a classic action shot as Heider 8 Mon 24 Wed Funck and Tom Wharton come right at the camera. 9 Tue 25 Thur

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16 Tue 50 October 1 Wed 17 Fri OKTOBER 2 Thur 18 Sat The first European Championships were held in 2006 on the Heegermeer, in Friesland, Holland and were ri un organised by the newly formed Dutch Wayfarer 3 F 19 S association. The event attracted visitors from UK, Ireland, Denmark and Holland and was won by 4 Sat 20 Mon Michael McNamara and Gilly Foulds in W8868 Cordon Rouge. Photo: Jelle Feenstra 5 Sun 21 Tue

Below: The International Rally beforehand explored the extensive canal and lake systems of Friesland - a 6 Mon 22 Wed fantastic cruising ground. This was supported by a Dutch ‘mother barge’ in dubio - no boat tents needed! 7 Tue 23 Thur Allan & Sue Parry shown leading Dick & Margie Harrington through the bridges at Ijlst. 8 Wed 24 Fri Photo: Ray Scragg

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“Trout lake, 225 miles north of Toronto, was the site of perhaps North America’s best-loved regatta 3 Mon 19 Wed between 1961 and 1988. Up to forty Wayfarers would attend, most sleeping in tents in the horse 4 Tue 20 Thur pasture belonging to Fred McNutt (W855). Recently we have been returning to Trout Lake ed ri for a Poker Race created by Dave Hensman (W282) 5 W 21 F - one part race, two parts poker hands. We zigzag across the lake to five waypoints to pick up cards 6 Thur 22 Sat and then finish with a BBQ at the McNutt’s cottage.” Caption & photo: Al Schonborn 7 Fri 23 Sun

Below: Wayfarers enjoy the lovely pure waters at on and gorgeous scenery of Georgian Bay during the 8 S 24 M 2007 North American Rally. Photo: Dave Hansman 9 Sun 25 Tue

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Ove Skovgaard-Mortensen and Dennis 5 Fri 21 Sun Nielsen show off the sleek new Hartley Racer during the practice race at the 2007 World Championships at Hellerup, Denmark. 6 Sat 22 Mon

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16 Tue 50 January 2009 1 Thur 17 Sat 2 Fri 18 Sun JANUAR JANUARI 3 Sat 19 Mon .... and finally, by way of an encore!

Killbear Park, the site of the first International 4 Sun 20 Tue Rally in 1995. The flotilla files through the infamous ‘Hole in the Wall’ on Parry Sound off 5 Mon 21 Wed Georgian Bay. ue hur Below: WIC secretary, Poul Ammentorp and 6 T 22 T Jesper Friis take Uncle Al’s Shades for a little afternoon Killbear cruising sail as they prepare 7 Wed 23 Fri to represent Denmark in the Worlds. 8 Thur 24 Sat Photos: Uncle Al. 9 Fri 25 Sun

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16 Fri Wayfarer International: www.wayfarer-international.org/ Thanks to Tom Graefe of US Wayfarers for the calendar idea; Canadian Wayfarers: www.wayfarer-canada.org/ also to Al Schonborn (Uncle Al) - Canadian Wayfarers Dutch Wayfarers: www.wayfarer.nl - for his critical appraisals! 50 Scandinavian Wayfarers: www.wayfarer.dk UK Wayfarers: www.wayfarer.org.uk Design and artwork by Ray Scragg UK Wayfarers US Wayfarers: www.uswayfarer.org/

Cover photos and Ian Proctor portrait supplied by Roger Proctor