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A story from the Regatta
Posted by: islandbound (190.102.4.---)
Date: March 10, 2010 07:35AM

This has nothing to do with the racing but is one of my favourite memories of last week & hope you don't mind me sharing it with you. While running Registration at the Yacht Club last week one of the Dutch Bareboat (charterboat) teams handed in a wallet that they had found in the back of the taxi they'd got from the airport on Monday night. Inside, along with the usual credit card, cash, business cards, driver's licence, etc was a membership card to a yacht club up near Seattle, so they'd figured that the owner was here for the regatta & asked if I could return it to her. I left her a message on her cell phone, sent her an e:mail but heard nothing. On Sunday eve at Kim Sha I saw her, recognizing her from the photo on her driver's licence. One amazed, delighted owner & her wallet were reunited. Having arrived on island late on Monday, she hadn't realized it was missing until the next day and assumed that it had been stolen. smiling smiley

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Re: A story from the Regatta
Posted by: Sue (72.10.105.---)
Date: March 10, 2010 10:07AM

What a great story!! It helps to restore my faith in humanity.

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Re: A story from the Regatta
Posted by: Tabba Khady (Moderator)
Date: March 10, 2010 10:30AM

Fantastic! it is refreshing to finally read such a positive post and a beautiful story! thanks for sharing

Kind Regards,
Philippe



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Re: A story from the Regatta
Posted by: GaKaye (---.att-inc.com)
Date: March 10, 2010 11:14AM

What's almost more amazing is that you recognized her from her driver's license photo! I sure don't look like mine, especially when I'm in St. Maarten!!

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Re: A story from the Regatta
Posted by: annie (---.hsd1.fl.comcast.net)
Date: March 10, 2010 11:14AM

Very nice story. Thanks for posting this.

Annie

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Re: A story from the Regatta
Posted by: islandbound (190.102.4.---)
Date: March 10, 2010 11:58AM

GaKaye Wrote:
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> What's almost more amazing is that you recognized
> her from her driver's license photo! I sure don't
> look like mine, especially when I'm in St.
> Maarten!!

Ha ha. The photo was a true likeness and I'd also found another photo of her on facebook as we're both friends of the Regatta.

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Re: A story from the Regatta
Posted by: papa_smoke (---.woh.res.rr.com)
Date: March 10, 2010 12:22PM

AWESOME STORY! Blessings to you!

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Re: A story from the Regatta
Posted by: jimandi (---.pbtcomm.net)
Date: March 10, 2010 03:44PM

Great story. She got her wallet back and you both gained a new friend. Win - Win in my book.

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Re: A story from the Regatta
Posted by: pat (---.dsl.wlfrct.sbcglobal.net)
Date: March 10, 2010 06:01PM

Kudos to you, islandbound and to the Dutch team who found and turned the wallet in. This is the kind of story that does all of us good and reminds us why this is and will hopefully always be, "The Friendly Island".

Thanks for sharing it with all of us.

Respectfully,

pat
smiling smileysmiling smiley

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Re: A story from the Regatta
Posted by: islandbound (190.102.4.---)
Date: March 11, 2010 07:31AM

Thank you all for your lovely reactions. Pat - you are so right, this is a true International Friendly Island story!

Deborah

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Re: A story from the Regatta
Posted by: Alexxis (---.pools.arcor-ip.net)
Date: April 05, 2010 07:16PM

Thanks for the story smiling smiley


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