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Sunday morning and the rain starts to fall. Uncle Al
stands under the awning of the "smoking lounge". SHADES
is ready for the day's racing (centre),
largely because Uncle Al no longer has a car with
which to launch and thought he'd better beg a "lift"
before the launch ramps got too crowded.
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Nick Seraphinoff (yellow hood) and Frank Goulay (red cap) look a bit damp after the short trip from their cars to the tent. .. |
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The
committee decided to proceed with the awards right
away and let people get an early start for home.
Wayfarer overall winner, Uncle Al clutches his plate
after thanking the Lake Eustis Sailing Club and
their many volunteers for an outstanding regatta.
Not in the photo but deserving at least 50% of the
credit was Al's superb crew and travelling
companion, Marc Bennett.
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who sailed just a super series! In the foreground, we have Butch's sister, Ellen, recording the moment as well. .. |
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who has just accepted his award from LESC Commodore, Marty Zonnenberg (left). .. |
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And Hans
Gottschling, our supreme maker of Wayfarer covers, who
had intended to come and sail but in the end could not
find a travelling companion and decided single-handing
Toronto to Eustis and back would be just too much,
sent down four of his coveted Wayfarer bags. The first
was to go to Dotty Murto who did so much to make this
event a beautiful reality for all of us sailors. The
other three were to be awarded at Uncle Al's
discretion. From left to right, they went to:
And so, the
awards came to an end, with all the Wayfarers already
planning to be here next year and try out the new LESC
clubhouse and its facilities. See you there!!
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This was
not one of those days where the moment the racing was
cancelled, the sun burst through and the rain stopped.
No indeed, when we got back to our billet, Mike
introduced us to Lake Murto (above) but warned
us not to talk about it since he didn't want the
landlord upping his rent to "lakefront property"
rates.
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