the 2008 Wayfarer Midwinters
a selection of Peter and Alex Rahn's trip pictures - 3
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Thursday night sunset
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vibrant colours, of which you ...
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... can never get ...
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... enough
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Tony Krauss (W4105) arrives with ...
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... Mary Abel.
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Andy Douma sails W555 across the lake with ...
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... Lori Beehler.
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Port Tack Too gets dragged up on shore for the evening.
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Friday, Feb 8th arrives with warm sunshine as Tony washes the mud off of Trouble.
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Colin and Heather get their CL 16 ready.
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Andrew Haill (l) and Andy Douma
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Geoff and his crew, Greg Murphy (l)
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Shadow under power
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And then what every sailor hates, dying winds.
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Shadow has just beaten out Ted Benedict in the first race which saw many lead changes. Meanwhile, the fight ...
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... goes down to the wire as Dave Moring glides through to leeward of Jim Heffernan (2458) and ...
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... takes 3rd place.
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Next over the line will be Butch Minson from Maine, as ...
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... the rest of the fleet moves ever more slowly ...   - for full-size pic, click here
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... towards the finish line.   - for full-size pic, click here
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Lots of patience required here, as everyone hunts that elusive wind.
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The last breath of wind brings the fleet to the line ... eventually.   - for full-size pic, click here
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On the bright side - there was a free flowing tap of beer waiting for everyone on shore.   - for full-size pic, click here
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Joe and Nick in W1115 - I think Nick made some unprintable comments about the wind here.

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