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Taeping - Grainger 39 owned by George Owen (Line Honours Brisbane Gladstone 1999)(Photo Hugh Thompson)This n That - Simpson 35 owned by Jim Torkington (Photo Hugh Thompson)Torpid Turtle - Kraken 33 owned by Hugh Thompson (Photo Hugh Thompson)Ozy-Batla - Seawind 24 owned by Gary McKenzie (Photo Hugh Thompson)Wharram - Wharram 37 owned by Dave Rendall (Photo Hugh Thompson)
Cockatoo - Harrier 29 Crowther owned by John Punch (Ambon Race Record 1987 73:12 hrs)Crazy Diamond - Gary Mappas design owned by Gary Mappas (Round the Islands Race all time record holder in 30:30 hrs)Rogue-shh - 12.5M Mappas/Thompson design owned by Hugh Thompson (Photo Hugh Thompson)Zuma - 37ft Gary Mappas design owned by Tropical Catamarans (Darwin Ambon Line Honours 1997 & 1998 all time race record 53:30 hrs)Whimbrall - Crowther owned by Pat Gabel (Darwin Ambon Line Honours 1976, 1978, 1979, and race record 1982 84:30hrs)
Njord - Crowther Kraken 33 owned by Des Pittar (Darwin Ambon Line Honours and race record 1977 94:53hrs)Banyanda - Nichol 35 owned by Tim Dupe (Photo Hugh Thompson)Snappy Tom - Shockwave 33 Crowther owned by Neil Oleson (Photo Hugh Thompson)Electric Dreams - 10M Turissimo owned by Tony Bowden (Ambon Line Honours 1991)(Photo Hugh Thompson)Lunar Glow - 37ft Brown Searunner owned by Alan Langworthy (Photo Hugh Thompson)
Tequila Sunrise - GBE 28 Turissimo owned by Bruce Pickering (Photo Hugh Thompson)Ocean Emu (Darwin Ambon Line Honours and race record 19??) (Photo Hugh Thompson)Shockwave - Crowther 29ft owned by Bob May (Photo Hugh Thompson)Irrawaddy - 10M Crowther owned by Col Sharp (Photo Hugh Thompson)Minotaur - Buccaneer 33 Crowther owned by Doug Bell & Peter Jones (Photo Hugh Thompson)
Flexitime - Dick Kilburn design owned by John Gibson (Photo Hugh Thompson)Frigate Bird - Crowther Spindrift 40 owned by Terry Peterkin (Photo Hugh Thompson)Blood Sweat & Beers - 31ft Farrier owned by Bruce Panting (Photo Hugh Thompson)Saxon - Buccaneer 33 Crowther owned by Bob Dybal (Photo Hugh Thompson)Peter Gibbs and David Beeby acquired a truck and fitted it out to transport 4 Tornados with masts and associated gear. Peter drove the truck to Perth for the Nationals with John Punch's trailer in tow carrying another two boats.(March 2007)
Tornado sailors Steve Maiden and Lorraine Greenwell tied the knot at South West Rocks recently. Steve & Lorraine are well known to Tornado Nationals competitors and Steve was up in Darwin this year for a brief visit during which he crewed for John Punch on Nautical Supplies. (Nov 2006)Michelle Jones on a roll - DMR 2006 (July 2006)

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