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Getting "up" for the racing:
left to right: Tom Reed, an anonymous
Rebel friend, John deBoer, Ken Greywall, Tony
Krauss
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Joanne Kumpf was supposed to be Uncle
Al's crew. But when Roger Shepherd's son, Carl,
opted for a birthday party instead of crew for his
dad, Joanne decided to ask Roger to sail with Al
since she had tons of work to catch up on. And as
you can see, she did!!!
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After a rainy night, we got a lovely,
warm and eventually sunny morning!
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Peter Every (left) and Ken
Greywall start to prepare Mike Anspach's W4271.
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One of our
favourite yacht clubs as seen from the dinghy park.
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You can tell
that this was taken early on Saturday - before PRO,
Bruce Nowak, started to develop that frazzled look
common to the species. Meanwhile, George Blanchard
looks at a bit of a loss what with no pressing
duties to perform.
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Exchanging
the wisdom of the ages: USWA Skimmer editor,
Bob Frick (left) and George Blanchard.
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A volunteer from the kitchen checks out
one of the regatta's top Rebel crews, Mary Vorel
(17) (right) and her grandmother, Pat, who
is a super tactician and crew!
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Another favourite in the Rebel class was
Dave Nickels, the class builder (left)
who was sharing the helming duties with his
son-in-law, Tim Coles (right) this weekend
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Still a few leftovers from the night's
rain but all in all, Saturday was a lovely day
with temperatures in the 20's Celsius!
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But by noon, some of the promised rain
seemed to be coming closer.
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Still, there was a nice WSW breeze
keeping the national and class flags flying.
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The George
Blanchard of Clark Lake, Ben Hassell (left), regales
Mike Codd with a few of his many exciting tales.
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Ben, 81,
helmed a Rebel and finished near the middle of a hot
fleet!
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A sincere
thank you to Ben from Uncle Al who was spared
another night in a cold, damp tent when Ben invited
him to sleep Saturday night in the spare bed in
Ben's rented room above the club. And a wonderfully
warm and comfortable night it was while outside a
cold front blew in with lots of wind and rain!
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