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2006 Wayfarer Midwinters East Lake Eustis SC, Eustis, FL * Feb. 3-5 warm-up Thursday photos by Marc Bennett and Uncle Al |
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| By Thursday afternoon,
clouds were moving in as a cold front approached from
the north. ... |
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| Still, the winds were
nice as Butch Minson and his sister, Ellen Hill, went
out for a bit of practice with ... ... |
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| ... Marc Bennett who
will helm SHADES (r) this year with Michele Parish as crew, while Al will
crew for Richard in the Chikin. ... |
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| Butch and Ellen in
fine upwind form ... |
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| No spinnaker just yet,
though! ... |
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| Mark and Michele
looking after my "baby". ... |
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| After a bit of
spinnaker practice, Marc and Michele ... ... |
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| ... look satisfied as
they ... ... |
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| ... return in flashy
but perfect form to ... ... |
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| ... the dock. Of
course, docking will get tougher once the dock becomes
crowded! ... |
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| A sign of a
less-than-perfect weekend to come for Hans Gottschling
and his new crew, Sebastian Pfannkuche, who seems to be checking for snakes and alligators! Er, lads, the beach is off to leeward!!! ... |
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| Richard Johnson (r)
and Uncle Al return from a successful practice run. ... |
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| And let us not forget
... ... |
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| ... Uncle Al's apple
juice box! ... |
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| The Chickin is
ready to roost ashore. ... |
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| Excited but a bit
nervous, Nick Seraphinoff, is about to ... ... |
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| ... to take his maiden
sail in his FD. Having
signed up the experienced performance sailor, Brian De Brincat (l) as crew, Nick Seraphinoff is all set! ... |
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| But first ... ... |
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| ... let's find out why
the main will only go half way up the mast! This calls
for ... ... |
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| ... the dry... ... |
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| ... dock! ... |
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| There! That's better!! ... |
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| The wind is dying a
bit but there's just nicely enough to try the spinnaker. ... |
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| Brian and Nick return,
determined to rectify the fact that the mast bends too
easily. |
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