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2006 Wayfarer Midwinters East Lake Eustis SC, Eustis, FL * Feb. 3-5 post-race, awards & post-regatta photos by Lonnie Anspach, Mike Anspach, Marc Bennett, Jim Heffernan and Uncle Al |
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| It was a lovely sight
as ... ... |
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| ... the fleets came in
after the three Sunday races. ... |
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| The winds were now
starting to pipe up towards Saturday's levels, and Mike
and Steve Anspach handled ... ... |
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| ... a challenging gybe
near the docks very nicely. ... |
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| Haul-out after a fine
day's sail ... |
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| Awards: 3rd
place in the Two-Sail Fleet went to Jim Lingeman (r)
and Mike Tighe who shared the helming. ... |
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| Second place went to
the father/son team of Peter and Peter Hylen. ... |
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| Non-Spinnaker
champions: Eddy Kraft (r) and Bob Francis ... |
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| 3rd overall: Butch
Minson and his sister, Ellen Hill ... |
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| Mike Murto (r)
introduces the 2nd-place finishers: Joe De Brincat and
his son, Brian (l) ... |
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| Congratulations to the
2006 Midwinters champions: Marc Bennett and Michele
Parish! ... |
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USWA Commodore,
Mike Anspach and son, Steve, were awarded the first of
three special Wayfarer tote bags again donated by our
fine covermaker,
Hans Gottschling. Steve and Mike finished last among
the boats completing all three races, but this is
misleading since they actually placed 10th of 17
entries.
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| Also rewarded was our
fine PRO, Dave Williams. Thanks again, Dave and Joan! The third bag went to Dotty Murto, our Regatta Chairman, whose attempt at a smile was not suitable for publication. ... |
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| Steve Anspach and his
lovely wife, Lonnie (one of our photographers!) relax
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| ... after the awards. ... |
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| And then Dad Mike gets
into the act. ... |
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| Two of our
south-eastern Wayfarers: Mo Metcalf (l) and
Richard Johnson ... |
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| Gale and Mona
Shoemaker with son, Gary ... |
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| Monday: By the
time we had finished the draft beer in the club on
Sunday, cold, cold winds were really howling. So Marc
and I decided to postpone boat pack-up in hopes that
Monday morning would be more benign. It was ... ... |
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| ... indeed!!! ... |
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| W2458 awaits ... ... |
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| ... the Heffernans who
were the last to strike their tent. ... |
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| No wonder Jim and
Linda look so happy - they are now off for a week's
kayaking in the Keys!! ... |
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| This picture was, one
hopes, not taken at the club! ... |
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| In due course, SHADES
was packed up and road-ready. This year we were smart
enough to do the mast's winter wrap in the lovely 70F
sunshine at Lake Eustis rather than putting it off until
we were back in the frozen North! ... |
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| Before heading for
home, we helped Nick dis-mast his FD and returned the
favour by ... ... |
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| ... taking our picture
while we were still warm!! ... |
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While driving
through Georgia late in the afternoon, we passed this
vehicle being towed behind a U-Haul(?) truck. The
picture doesn't show it, but get-up was moving at 65
mph. They sure have more nerve than I would!! In the
end, we made our hoped-for destination of Chattanooga
before dark, even after starting from Eustis not much
before noon! Except for rain around Atlanta, we again
were blessed with perfect driving weather and were an
hour east of Windsor by the time ...
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| ... we pulled over to
prove that we had indeed come back to winter. Marc and
... ... |
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| ... Al are ... ... |
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| ... feeling ... ... |
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| ... the cold! ... |
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| Cold but very pretty!! (We were in fact back in Oakville by 7:30 PM!) |
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