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Here are the 2006 Summer Sailstice Winners!!


Anson Stookey of Middletown, RI will be
sailing Summer Sailstice 2007 in the BVI!

New England sailors score again with Anson Stookey of Middletown, CT taking home the free one-week Moorings charter in the BVI for Summer Sailstice 2006. Having sailed his whole life and having been part of Summer Sailstice before, 2006 was the first year Anson and family decided to actually sign up.  It was well worth it since he and family can now look forward to celebrating Summer Sailstice 2007 in the tropics.

Of course there were loads of other terrific prizes and winners all over the globe picked up some pretty cool stuff.  Some of the coolest prizes included the Hunter Xcite sailing dinghy won by Jerry Schlip sailing out of City Island, NY, the one-week 'Fast Track to Cruising' course from Off shore sailing won by Pat Zeabart sailing from Prairie Creek Resevoir in Indiana, a terrific summer boat toy, a red Hobie Pursuit kayak, was won by Ed Benevent sailing his Hunter 34 on Lake Erie in Pennsylvania.  Another great boat, an Achilles inflatable tender, was won by Dave Kenelig sailing his Fortuna 37 out of Santa Cruz.

Now we also had lots of smaller prizes including subscriptions to many of the best sailing publications, books from International Marine, new organic boat soap from Latitude 43.  West Marine added more sailing gear - foulies, a waterproof, handheld VHF, a Lifesling and also awarded 50 free Summer Sailstice t-shirts!  If you have a look at the full prize list you'll see numerous companies contributed a eclectic list of prizes sure to add to any sailor's collection of sailing toys and products. Overall we awarded over 200 prizes from almost 60 companies who generously came aboard to support your 'random act of sailing'. 

Sailors signed up in 49 states - all but North Dakota.  Next year we're determined to find some sailors in North Dakota who'll join us.  For the second year a group of sailors in China at the Shanghai Boat and Yacht Club joined us as did a few more sailors in Europe, the Caribbean and across the oceans.

The almost complete list of winners will appear below and we're again thankful to the people in so many companies who simply love to sail themselves and support a holiday celebrating the fun of it all. Summer Sailstice gives sailing businesses a chance to make everyone a winner while giving us all another great reason to get together sail, party, barbecue and just have fun on the solstice.

Have a look at the Locations List page  to see who was sailing and where this year or see how some people celebrated by reading  'Sailstice Tales'.  You can of course email your own Sailstice Tale with pictures to: john@summersailstice.com .  We're planning ahead for next year and hope you will put Summer Sailstice on your club, class or personal sailing calendar for 2006. Summer Sailstice will be held the weekend of June 23/24 with the actual solstice on Thursday, June 21st. We hope you find a few great sailing days between now and Summer Sailstice 2006 and are already looking forward to a terrific 2006 sailing season.

We're planning ahead for next year and hope you will put Summer Sailstice on your club, class or personal sailing calendar for 2006. Summer Sailstice will be held the weekend of June 17/18 with the actual solstice on Wednesday(hump day), June 21st. We hope you find a few great sailing days between now and Summer Sailstice 2006 and are already looking forward to a terrific 2006 sailing season.

                                                         Prize Winners for 2006
 
48 North T-shirt Greg Perkins
Achilles Inflatable Dave Kenelig
Beneteau Canvas Bag Dimitri Rotow
Beneteau Khaki Sailing Hat Paul and Eileen Floyd
Beneteau Navy Deck Seat Rachel Shapiro
Beneteau Navy Sailing Hat Brian McGovern
Blue Water Sailing Subscription Rick Churchill
Blue Water Sailing Subscription John Battle
BoatBlender Bob Farrell
BoatBlender Vincent Casalaina
BoatBlender Jack LaMay
BoatBlender Carol Wise
BoatBlender Tom Neukranz
Brookes & GateHouse Cap Louis Benainous
Cruising Direct Signal Flag Set Kevin Baldwin
Cruising World Calendar Susan Micheletti
Cruising World Magazine Jim Pascuci
Cruising World Magazine Kevin Murphy
Cruising World Magazine Bill Scanlon
Cruising World World Calendar Melissa Price
Cruising World World Calendar Kenneth Redler
Davis Instruments - Windex Wind Indicator Linda Klimm
DeWitt Studio and Gallery Sandra Johnson
DIY Magazine Subscription Bob Musor
DIY On-line Magazine Subscription Steve Abbey
DIY On-line Magazine Subscription John Leddy
DIY On-line Magazine Subscription John Heath
DIY On-line Magazine Subscription Scott Widmier
DIY On-line Magazine Subscription Bruce Hopkins
DIY On-line Magazine Subscription Dennis Preston
DIY On-line Magazine Subscription Linda Koziol
DIY On-line Magazine Subscription Bruce Bates
DIY On-line Magazine Subscription Terry Treibel
DIY On-line Magazine Subscription Kaye Arnold
Doyle Sail Bag Bill Thompson
Doyle Sail Belt Tim Kerbavaz
Doyle Sail Belt Max Crittenden
Doyle Sail Hat Thunder Levin
Doyle Sail Hat Mike Chrisman
Doyle Sail Hat Dave Keifer
Doyle Sail Hat Richard Shoemaker
Doyle Sail Hat David Mish
Doyle Sail Polo Shirt Barb Miller
Doyle Sail Polo Shirt Richard Navarro
Dry Creek Winery Sailing Gear Linda Femn
Fast Track to Cruising Pat Zeabart
ForeSpar Marine - 48" Carbon Tiller Extension Betsy Lundeen
ForeSpar Marine - Flashing Strobe Randall
Gary Jobson's Championship Sailing Debbie Gunn
Good Boatkeeping, 2700 Ways to Improve Life Afloat by Zora Aiken and David Aiken D. Ouellet
Good Old Boat Subscription Jack Barton
Good Old Boat Subscription Melissa Nielsen
Harken Cooler and Sunglasses Bobbi Lehman
Hobie Pursuit Kayak Ed Benevent
International Marine: by William M. Burr Jr. Dorothy Engelman
KKMI Kok Chong
Knots & Splices Russell & Kathy Stamets
Landfall Navigation $50 GC Craig Morley
Latitude 43 Organic Boat Soap Bill Cole
Latitude 43 Organic Boat Soap Barbara Papesch
Latitude 43 Organic Boat Soap Thunder Levin
Latitude 43 Organic Boat Soap Todd
Latitude 43 Organic Boat Soap Miguel angel
Latitude 43 Organic Boat Soap Michael Williams
Moorings Charter Anson Stookey
NorthSails BackPack Karen Arnold
NorthSails BackPack Joseph Giardina
NorthSails BackPack Robert Kansa
NorthSails BackPack Michael Napolitani
NorthSails BackPack Bill Vaccaro
OceanGrafix Chart Fred Gerometta
OffShore Sailing Cecilie Witt
Offshore Sailing Book Ethan Hay
ReadyAbout Chris Kurz
Reed's Nautical Almanac Vicki and Terry Fahey
Reed's Nautical Almanac Tom Hale
Reed's Nautical Almanac Sharon Hughes
Ronstan Fleece Jacket Greg Alexander
Ronstan Fleece Vest Erin Senall
Ronstan Sticky Palm Gloves Scott Mitchell
Rough Weather Seamanship For Sail and Power Lester Gee
SAIL 2007 Calendar Marjorie and Juergen Schrebler
SAIL 2007 Calendar Daniel Grant
SAIL 2007 Calendar Mark Moskovitz
SAIL 2007 Calendar Jean Philippe
SAIL 2007 Calendar Michael Merkatoris
SAIL Hat Gary Williamson
SAIL Hat Michael Frueh
SAIL Hat Owen Beckley
SAIL Hat Stephen Riggio
SAIL Hat Mark Bissiri
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Steven Ballavia
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Anna Burke
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Kevin Reinhardt
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Charlene Storm
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Shelton Jenkins
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Diana Hilton
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Caroline Miller
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Richard Hofrichter
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Rick Churchill
SailAmerica Vip Tickets John Taylor
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Bill Rinckel
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Mark Stillwell
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Hugh MacGregor
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Fred Konker
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Jeff Hutchinson
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Annabelle Howell
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Bill Gardner
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Veronica Stevenson
SailAmerica Vip Tickets Evian Ketchem
Sailboatowners.com $500 GC Colleen Dutmers
Sailing Magazine Subscription Brian Watford
Sailing Magazine Subscription Sheens Meurrens
Sailing World Calendar Meredith Slater
Sailing World Calendar Susan Timon
Sailing World Calendar Peter Kanefsky
Sailing World Subscription Mark Lally
Sailing World Subscription John Dowdle
Sailing World Subscription Knut Westby
Sailor Bag Duffel Mark Grosby
Selden Masts - 'Rodkicker' solid vang system to any sailor with a
                       boat from 25-65 feet.
Sue Thumhart
Shaefer Marine -  Winch Handle Suzanne Grosby
Shaefer Marine -  Winch Handle Dean Hoolihan
Shockle Fred Kern
Sperry Topsider GC Dan Atkinson
Sperry Topsider GC Thomas Sheridan
Sperry Topsider GC Joyce Waters
Sperry Topsider GC Wendy Judith Espinoza Valle
Sperry Topsider GC Randy Hoffman
SpinSheet Sailing Hat Mike Grose
SpinSheet Sailing Hat John Marrotta
SpinSheet Subscription Emilie Pavilon
SpinSheet Subscription Catherine Hite
SpinSheet Subscription Leslie Finlayson
SpinSheet Subscription David and Ruth Berman
SpinSheet T-Shirt Karen Faber
Steiner Binoculars Allen Garman
Team McLude - 5 cans of Team Mclube Dave Disney
Team McLude - 5 cans of Team Mclube Tracy Olson
Team McLude - 5 cans of Team Mclube Jodi Yukich
Team McLude - 5 cans of Team Mclube John Vreeland
Team McLude - 5 cans of Team Mclube Greg W.
The Cruising Life David & Beverly Stittsworth
The Hal Roth Seafaring Trilogy by Hal Roth Carla Thorson
The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing by Gary Jobson Richard Reichenbach
Titan Winch Handle Steve Haas
Titan Winch Handle Lois Arnall
Titan Winch Handle Maddie Neukranz
Titan Winch Handle Bob Forier
UK Carry-All Bag Bob Nelson
UK CD "How to use…." Bob Holland
UK Sailing Hat Karen Van Vogt
UK Sailing Hat Ed Salva
Vanguard Hat Ken Berg
Vanguard Hat Corky Stewart
Vanguard Hat Laura Graydon
Vanguard Hat Helen Leddy
Vanguard Hat Andrew Cannard
Vanguard Hat Michael Laing
Vanguard Magic Marine Private Kits Steve Elmore
Vanguard Magic Marine Private Kits Steve Madden
Vanguard Magic Marine Private Kits Tammy & Larry Reddin
Vanguard Magic Marine Travel Bag with Wheels Derek Hill
Vanguard T-Shirt Joe Grande
Vanguard T-Shirt Heidi Daily
Vanguard T-Shirt Carla Grover
Vanguard T-Shirt Bill Mihelich
Vanguard T-Shirt Alex Fritz
Xcite Dinghy Jerry Schilp
Yachting World Subscription Pam Brierre
Yale Cordage - 1 length of nylon Brait 8-plait line 150 ft. x 1/2" Skip Shapiro
Yale Cordage - 1 length of nylon Brait 8-plait line 150 ft. x 1/2" Ryan Harrison
 
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