| Wayfarer
Midwinters Lake Eustis Sailing Club * February 2-4 , 2007 on shore - 4 pics mostly by Andy Douma, Lori Beehler, Marc Bennett & Uncle Al |
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Saturday
morning: Still feeling rather sea-sick from yet
another
rollicking sail with Captain Morgan the night before,
Uncle Al shivers
in cool morning breezes and temperatures of less than
50F (< 10C) as
Scott demonstrates how to light up when the breeze is
really kicking
up. Meanwhile, in the background, PRO Dave Williams
casts a jaundiced
eye at ...
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| ... this morning's weather
and a
seemingly stationary thunderstorm just south of the lake. ... |
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| Not counting the
thunderstorms,
it's a lovely morning for a troll - so to speak. ... |
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and that, as a result, weather systems often collide and fight it out right here. ... |
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| This line of thunderstorms
was
expected to pass
through within the next few hours, but for the moment ... ... |
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| ... we could all relax in
the
warm clubhouse as racing was postponed - for full
view of this pic,
click here ... |
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| (l
to r) Lori, Heather and Jonathan Hill, Butch
Minson and Andy
with Ted Benedict and crew, Charley Jensen in standing
room only.
Butch, the sailing coach at
the Maine Maritime Academy, had come prepared with his
coaching
materials on a laptop ... ... |
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| ... and quickly captivated
a ... ... |
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| ... growing ... ... |
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| ... audience. Note the
brand new
LESC shirts hung up for sale on the wall, too. Marc, nice
guy that he
is, bought one for me! ... |
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| Saturday is Juniors day at
LESC.
Always prepared for inclement weather, their instructor got out the instructional DVD's for the older kids while the younger ones ... ... |
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| ... got some ... ... |
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| ... practical experience on
the
Opti kept inside the club for ... ... |
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| ... just this type of
eventuality. ... |
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| No need to ask if they're
having
fun yet!!! ... |
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| What a pleasant place in
which
to kill some time! -
for full view of this pic, click here ... |
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(l to r) Ted Gadd, Greg Murphy and
his oh so lovely sweetie, and Geoff Edwards. Perhaps it
was inspiration
from Ted above, that caused Marc and me to decide we
would sleep for a
couple of more hours when our PRO let it be known -
unofficially - that
they were hoping to start racing at 1 PM and certainly
not before that!
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| And so we left the gang to
their
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| ... various pursuits (l to r) Jan
Montondo, Dotty
Murto, Joan Williams, Laura Getchell - while we rested up
for race #4. ... |
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1230 hrs: the RC
got it
perfectly right as we head out in a nice, little
northerly breeze for a
1 PM start. Alas, the is the day's only sailing shot.
Uncle Al had the
camera because Andy had been pressed into service as
crew for Butch,
but after this shot, Al got too wrapped up in racing and
trying to stay
warm as the winds picked up, to take the camera out of
the aft tank a
second time.
...Nobody got any post-race shots on Saturday, either. I myself was too busy enjoying Dave Moring's sailing stories and more Captain Morgan to ward off the cold. In fact, Marc and I were enjoying the company of Dave, Kevin, Scott et al so much at the club that we were running seriously late for the 7 PM official Wayfarer Midwinters dinner at Dead River Vic's (now called the Harbor Light Inn???) It was well past 6 by the time we roared out of the club to grab a fast shower at Mike and Dotty's and then rush across town to the dinner. We were only about 15 minutes late, and enjoyed lots of socializing plus great food, but never thought to bring the camera. But I can assure you that a wonderful time was had by all. |
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| Sunday
morning, 0813 hrs: Butch gets set to launch for
the promised
0930 hrs start to race 6. ... |
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| The weather here looks
deceptively benign. There is a cold, gusty offshore breeze
from the
east, and the ripples near shore belie that waves created further out by 12 to 15-knot winds, gusting at times to 20+. ... |
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| Everyone is well bundled up
as
Heather Hill guides the Team Island
Trip launch. ... |
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Looks nice enough,
doesn't it?
But note how no one is rushing to get out there early!
When Marc and I
finally left shore at the last acceptable moment, even we worried about
the possibility of
an unwanted swim as we ran out towards the race course.
In fact, we
were nervous enough, that Marc suggested that I helm the
first race
even though it was Marc's turn because then we would be
doing the jobs
we do best: Al is no longer the ace crew he once was,
and Marc's roll
tacks could use a bit of work!
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