the Mississauga Wayfarer/CL Regatta
Mississauga SC * Sept. 15-16, 2007
race pics 5.2
by Gord Leachman, Gaetan Benoit & Michael Clayton

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Heading to the right on the second beat are Al and ...
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... Marc.
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Finishing the first run: Colin and Heather get set to ...
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... round nicely onto beat #2. If Heather takes the pole down early while Colin flies the chute briefly, they will not have to deal with it after rounding, at a time when getting the pole down impairs their hiking capability.
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Rodrick and Rod do a nice ...
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... rounding as ...
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... Gary and Rob follow close behind.
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Nicely ...
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... done!!
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Winning smiles from Mark (l) and Paul as ...
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... they complete a great series comeback with a first here over ...
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... Al (r) and Tom. Meanwhile, Marc and Julie must have crossed so fast (in 3rd) that the photographers missed them!
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Colin and Heather are about to ...
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... cruise over the finish line with a fine 4th, comfortably ahead of ...
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... the Rods.
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It's been a tiring day: five back-to-back races.
Congratulations to all of us who stuck it out to the end!
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Luckily, the run to the harbour was a mere continuation of the last leg, so that ...
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... Colin and Heather didn't even need to douse the chute.
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Heading in, (l to r) Al, Marc and Mark were a ...
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... really ...
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... fine sight!   - for full-size pic, click here
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