The e-mails started early, and the praise for the organizers was at an all-time high during registration. Even though there was much sincere praise (all of which Rick accepted with his usual graciousness...) and "incentives" (I'm still waiting for those flowers, Dave!), the team of Bob & Brenda Bundy rose to the top with their special "Canoe-O 2002" cookies. Done in a tasteful orange and white, each cookie was individually decorated. We are still debating which were better, the white on orange ones or the orange on white ones. All scoring protocol was immediately altered to name the Bundys the winners of the event. Speaking of scoring, well, it really was a bit unconventional. Keeping in mind that Canoe-O has always had a "garbage" component, the possibility of earning up to 400 points for bringing back garbage was not a surprise. Although noone surpassed the record set two years ago of 7 tires (in one canoe no less!), there were several brought back this year including a NASCAR tire! Thanks to Georg Nadorff for taking the tires home with him to recycle. In all, 8 jumbo bags of garbage were brought in from the water, an outstanding accomplishment that will be appreciated by everyone else who uses the waterway and the swans and geese who call the creek their home.

The more controversial new rule that was tested by the meet director was the awarding of points for bringing in flags. The rule was made with the intention that you could get double the points for a control if, after 90 minutes had elapsed, you retrieved the control and brought it back to the finish. Sounds good in theory, especially to those of us who faced the prospect of going out to bring in the controls after, however, some people didn't realize that we didn't start exactly 12:30 and started taking controls at 2pm instead of waiting until the 90 minute mark was reached. We are currently reviewing the tapes of the race taken via satellite to see if penalties should be assessed. We would like to commend the entire field on their restraint in complaining. We didn't hear any complaints, only tactfully worded suggestions and constructive feedback. We are, however, reviewing the satellite audio recordings made of everyone's car after the event to make sure that there was no bad-mouthing the organizers after the fact.

Many thanks to the folks at Bay Creek for their cooperation and assistance in hosting this event. We greatly appreciate their willingness to allow us to access the creek using their launch facilities and accommodating our other needs such as parking and registration. We also really, really appreciate them taking care of all the garbage.

Meet Director: Rick Worner
Course Setter: Linda Kohn
Meet workers: Rich McLaren, Daniel Burge, Dayle Lavine, Rick Lavine, Jim Lavine, Larry Zygo, Carol Moran, Sergey Dobretsov.
Weather: Sunny :^) Windy :^(
# of participants: 88
# of boats: 46

Place    Name                             Total   Punch
                                         points   points
1    Bob & Brenda Bundy                     1311    540
2    Mark & Barb Dominie                    1310    680
3    Dan & Sue Moriarty                     1170    270
4    Jefferson, Lisa, Madeline, 
     Samuel Svengsouk                       1140    460
5    Kurt & Dave Larson, John Gropp         1090    590
6    Dave & Elaine Chandler                 1090    460
7    Rick Lavine                            1070    670
8    Joe & Paula Seyfried                   1030    450
9    Dayle Lavine                           1010    640
10    Jim Tappon & Dave Judson               980    640
11    Ken & Marybeth Masker                  980    380
12    Alayne Gosson, Lynn Chauvin            940    640
13    Laurie & Ron Salladin                  920    350
14    Dave Drum, Pavel Korniliev             900    700
15    Georg & Elsbeth Nadorff                890    440
16    Chris Gropp, Erik Larson               840    240
17    Ravi Mareppa, Divya Beven              800    510
18    Mary Gordon                            800    350
19    Dennis & McKenna Moriarty              780    500
20    Bruce & Sharon Heredeen                770    370
21    Carol Moran                            750    230
22    Ed,Deborah,Kate,Curtis Nelson          730    280
23    Peter Dady                             700    700
24    David Fergusson                        700    350
25    Nancy Ytreberg                         700    350
26    Rebecca Walton, Megan Coates           690    290
27    Eric Phillips                          670    670
28    Patrick Waser                          670    670
29    Louise Cook, Yaroneyr Pryjmak          660    400
30    Johnny Farrar,Erick & Robin Lundgren   650    400
31    Lynn Bellenger                         650    350
32    Sergey Dobretsov                       640    590
33    Glenn & Michele Orlosky                620    580
34    Watt & Patty Lyons                     610    610
35    Adi Nott, Ilana Sinkin                 600    220
36    Eric Barbehenn                         580    580
37    Jayni & Gabriel Day                    560    430
38	  Ekaterina, Anna, Vasily, 
Dmitri Kuksenkova                            540    410
39    Kiran & Archana Hegde                  530    320
39	  Misha Goldfeder, Karina Coday, 
Jocelyn Svngsoik                             520    220
41    Julie & Anthony Tortora                490    290
42    Terry & Shawna Kurtz                   470    270
43    Margaret & Vincent Rybicki             420    170
44    Lee Doohan, Michaeljon Blue            350    300
45    David Sr. & David Jr. Gordon           210    210
46    Mollie Kane, Gail Gucker               no pt.total