| The
Cottonwood
Regatta & U.S. Nationals Catawba YC, Charlotte, NC April 24-25, 2004 Saturday: post-race - 2 photos by Alan Hallwood, Emily Johnson et al. |
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| John de Boer (l)
welcomed back among the Wayfarer racers by Wayfarer Man
himself, Frank
Goulay ... |
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| Phil Harbin (l)
and
Rod Anderson (2nd from left) contemplate tweaking
their docking
arrangements as Morris Metcalf and Bill Waller (r)
arrive on
the scene. ... |
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| Holly - Joe
Blackmore's personal support team - has arrived. ... |
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| A tired Hans
Gottschling cranks up a happy smile for the
photographer. ... |
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| Joe Spencer (l)
and Michele Parish discuss obviously weighty matters
while Joe
DeBrincat is content to just relax. ... |
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| A Wayfarer
enclave: (l
to r) Paul McVey, Sean Ring, John Weakley (writing
out our request
to reinstate those who got DNF's for missing the
15-minute time window
after Al finished race 1), Richard Johnson, USWA
Commodore Mike Anspach ... |
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| (l to r) Mike
again,
Hans Gottschling (fatigued after 4 tough races), Peter
Rahn and
son, Alex (series leaders after Saturday's racing) ... |
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| Two Wayfarer
big-wigs:
Wayfarer Man and Wayfarer Worlds Man (r), John
Weakley. The
latter is Organizing Chairman ... ... |
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| ... and PRO for the 2004 Wayfarer
Worlds. Here John is
being propped up by Marc Bennett. ... |
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| Uncle Al gets a
mug
shot done by John Weakley. ... |
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| A lovely spot to
just
sit and enjoy the scenery or discuss weighty matters. ... |
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| (l to r) Jim
McIntyre
and his friends, John Mitchell and Alvin Wong; Marc
Bennett;
John Weakley and Eric Rasmussen (comparing notes about
Race Management) ... |
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| And a well fed
group
we were, too! ... |
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| Alyssa Johnson (l)
and her sister, Emily, have Noelle DeBrincat
surrounded. ... |
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| Noelle with Sarah Zakerski ... |
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| Holly and Joe (r)
chat with Mike Anspach while Alan eavesdrops
videographically. ... |
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| A happy re-union
for
Uncle Al and Joanne, last year's Wind Bag-winning team.
In the
background, Michele is wearing the official 2004
Cottonwood Regatta shirt
as she chats with Mr. Weakley. ... |
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| One of our many
great
volunteers, Dan Zakerski, ran our mark-laying boat, I
believe. ... |
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| Eric Rasmussen of
our
fine Race Committee ... |
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| Serious
discussion of
Wayfarer matters: (l to r) Dotty and Mike
Murto, Mona
Shoemaker, Peter Rahn, John de Boer ... |
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| Mona disguised as
kitchen slave ... |
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| Morris Metcalf (l)
and Bill Waller relax ... ... |
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| ... after a fine day aboard Murphy's
Law while
Frank enjoys our live entertainment provided by ... ... |
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| ... this fine
gentleman. ... |
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| Meanwhile, the
girls
still aren't done with the beach. A sad moment as (l
to r) Amy
and Sarah Zakerski, Alyssa Johnson and Noelle DeBrincat
bid farewell to
their fish who is going back home into Lake Wylie - with
Emily
capturing the moment for posterity. ... |
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| Wayfarer Man's
work is
never done: here he tweaks the spreader angle aboard a
mystery Wayfarer. |