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