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2008 Wayfarer Midwinters Andrew Haill's photos - 1 ... |
2008 Wayfarer
Midwinters… and subsequent
road trip down the coast
After
an
all-day and uncertain trip to
Orlando (complete with standby leg and delayed luggage
after the
intended first
flight out of Thunder Bay was cancelled due to weather
issues), it was
nice to
finally arrive in Florida and feel warmth. Lori, who
had flown direct
from Ottawa after the same snow storm had made the
planned Toronto airport rendezvous impossible, and
Andy Douma met me at
the
airport and shortly thereafter we reached Lake Eustis
and Andy’s mobile
home where we met with Tony Krauss and Mary
Abel. The
next day, Andy’s red W555 needed nothing but a quick
wash to be ready
for
battle … its loan to us was much appreciated.
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Friday: heading
out for Race
1 in light air ... |
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Somehow
we
managed to do something right during the first upwind
leg, and reached the windward mark in the lead … such a view astern had not previously been experienced. ... |
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The
equally rare
empty view ahead added a new responsibility: to actually
find the
leeward
mark. ... |
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A final look back near
the leeward mark before we were eventually passed on the upwind leg to the shortened course finish. ... |
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Mike Murto and ... ... |
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... Dave Hepting (2945) at
the finish of Race 1 ... |
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Lori
thinking about
snow ... |
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moored
at the dock
for lunch ... |
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a
very nice surprise:
a visit from Sue Pilling of North Bay via her return
from sailing the
BVI’s and visiting with parents in Florida (her mum at left) ... |
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Race 2: Three LESC boats - (l to r) Dave
Moring, Mike Murto,
Dave Hepting - fight
it out as they ... ... |
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... chase Ted Benedict (991) to the
windward
mark. ... |
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a
returning W seen through
the reeds ... |
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sunset
and Spanish
moss ... |
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Scott
Tillema and
Lori on the quad ... |
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sunset
over Lake
Eustis ... |
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evening’s
final glow ... |
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sandals
and a
snowsuit ... |
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Colin and
Heather spinnaker drift in their CL16 while awaiting
the third race. ... |
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Mary
Abel
enjoys the tow to
the
clubhouse after a race attempt was abandoned. Lori
and I used the delay
and lunch break as the needed opportunity to go pick
up our rental car
before
closing time, but just missed the start of the
post-lunch third race …
and so took
pictures instead. Alas,
it turned out
later, that there were
no drops.
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Colin and Heather lead around the
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... leeward mark with Peter Rahn
(286) and
the Heffernans (2458) in pursuit. ... |
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Peter and Alex round the mark. ... |
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As Tony and Mary (r) close in on
the mark, Shadow
starts off upwind, followed
by ... ... |
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... Jim and Linda Heffernan
in Morning Star. ... |
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Butch Minson and Andy
Douma approach the
leeward mark with
the fleet just behind. ... |
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Tony and Mary round
the mark … ... |
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… and head out on port
tack towards the better pressure on the right. ... |
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Geoff Edwards
rounds nicely with ... ... |
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... Dave Moring (4106) and Joe
DeBrincat
(1115) right on his tail. ... |
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... rounds ... ... |
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... and starts back
upwind. ... |
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Sue and Scott at the
leeward mark ... |
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… and
rounding ... |
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still smiling despite the missed start disappointment |
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