THS IS TO CERTIFY THAT i, DORA ANN ELIZABETH EBANKS, HEREBY NOMINATE MY FATHER, CAPT. WILLIAM DALSON,EBANKS, FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAMAN ISLANDS SEAFARING HERITAGE.. MY FATHER IS WORTHY TO RECEIVE THE PIONEER AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS SEAFARING HERITAGE FOR THE NEXT NATIONAL HEROES DAY. MY FATHER AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN BY EVERYONE AS CAPT. D WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST CAPTAINS WHO SAILED ON SHIPS FROM AND TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. HE SAILED TO AND FROM THE SISTER ISLANDS, JAMAICA, CUBA AND THE USA. HE ALSO SAILED TO MANY OTHER PORTS. HE CONTRIBUTED COMSIDERABLY TO THE WELL=BEING OF OUR ISLANDS AND OTHER PLACES AS WELL.. HE WAS NEARLY ALWAYS ON THE HIGH SEAS BRINGINGING FOOD AND OTHER ESSENTIALS TO OUR ISLANDS. HE WAS EXTENSIVELY INVOLVED IN THE IMPORTATIOM AND EXPORTATION OF GOODS TO AND FROM OUR ISLANDS BY SHIP. WHILE ON THE ISLAND HE HAD FISH POTS AND WENT TO CHECK THEM LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY AND HELPED TO FEED THE LOCALS IN OUR DISTRICTS. HE ALSO WON JUST ABOUT ALL THE CATBOAT RACES AT OUR ANNUAL REGATTAS. DURING BAD WEATHER, HE WAS CONSTANTLY ON DEMAND TO TAKE PEOPLE'S BOATS TO SAFE HAVENS. HE HAD TO TAKE BOATS FROM ONE SIDE OF THE ISLAND TO THE NEXT DEPENDING ON WHERE THE ROUGH SEAS WERE. HE ALSO ALWAYS HAD A CB RADIO WITH HIM LISTENING OUT FOR ANY BOATS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN DISTRESS. MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE BEST CAPTAINS THE CAYMAN ISLANDS EVER HAD! THE LATTER PART OF HIS CAREER, HE WAS DEVOTED TO BEING A PORT CAPTAIN. ANY SHIPS COING FROM FOREIGN HAD TO BE PILOTED TO AND FROM THE DOCKS BY HIM. AT HIS FUNERAL, IT WAS MADE MENTION THAT HE HAD BROUGHT IN THE MOST SHIPS INTO OUR PORTS. HE WAS OME OF THE BEST SEAMEN IN THE WORLD! THE MEN IN HIS FAMILY BEFORE HIM WERE ALSO GREAT CAPTAINS AND SEAMEN!

THS IS TO CERTIFY THAT i, DORA ANN ELIZABETH EBANKS, HEREBY NOMINATE MY FATHER, CAPT. WILLIAM DALSON,EBANKS, FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAMAN ISLANDS SEAFARING HERITAGE.. MY FATHER IS WORTHY TO RECEIVE THE PIONEER AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS SEAFARING HERITAGE FOR THE NEXT NATIONAL HEROES DAY. MY FATHER AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN BY EVERYONE AS CAPT. D WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST CAPTAINS WHO SAILED ON SHIPS FROM AND TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. HE SAILED TO AND FROM THE SISTER ISLANDS, JAMAICA, CUBA AND THE USA. HE ALSO SAILED TO MANY OTHER PORTS. HE CONTRIBUTED COMSIDERABLY TO THE WELL=BEING OF OUR ISLANDS AND OTHER PLACES AS WELL.. HE WAS NEARLY ALWAYS ON THE HIGH SEAS BRINGINGING FOOD AND OTHER ESSENTIALS TO OUR ISLANDS. HE WAS EXTENSIVELY INVOLVED IN THE IMPORTATIOM AND EXPORTATION OF GOODS TO AND FROM OUR ISLANDS BY SHIP. WHILE ON THE ISLAND HE HAD FISH POTS AND WENT TO CHECK THEM LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY AND HELPED TO FEED THE LOCALS IN OUR DISTRICTS. HE ALSO WON JUST ABOUT ALL THE CATBOAT RACES AT OUR ANNUAL REGATTAS. DURING BAD WEATHER, HE WAS CONSTANTLY ON DEMAND TO TAKE PEOPLE'S BOATS TO SAFE HAVENS. HE HAD TO TAKE BOATS FROM ONE SIDE OF THE ISLAND TO THE NEXT DEPENDING ON WHERE THE ROUGH SEAS WERE. HE ALSO ALWAYS HAD A CB RADIO WITH HIM LISTENING OUT FOR ANY BOATS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN DISTRESS. MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE BEST CAPTAINS THE CAYMAN ISLANDS EVER HAD! THE LATTER PART OF HIS CAREER, HE WAS DEVOTED TO BEING A PORT CAPTAIN. ANY SHIPS COING FROM FOREIGN HAD TO BE PILOTED TO AND FROM THE DOCKS BY HIM. AT HIS FUNERAL, IT WAS MADE MENTION THAT HE HAD BROUGHT IN THE MOST SHIPS INTO OUR PORTS. HE WAS OME OF THE BEST SEAMEN IN THE WORLD! THE MEN IN HIS FAMILY BEFORE HIM WERE ALSO GREAT CAPTAINS AND SEAMEN!