the 2009 Midwinters & U.S. Nationals
Sunday ashore - 3
photos mostly by Uncle Al, Andrew Haill, Andy Douma
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This young lad has just finished demonstrating that it is possible to fall off even the very stable MC.
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Time is fast running out for the MC's whose SIs state that no races are to be started after 12 noon.
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Still, the only breeze is this strip right along the shore
- good enough to take the new model of the MC out for a spin, but not for any course racing. So, sadly ...
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... Chairman Scott announces that the MC's are done for the weekend, and their awards ceremony begins.
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It's a justifiably disappointed group.
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Scott congratulates Dave Moring on his 2nd-place finish and on his lovely new ...
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... haircut!!
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The assembled MC winners: overall and in their various age classes
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As the MC pack-up continues, Patti Moring (l) chats with ???? and ...
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... her father-in-law, Randall (I think).
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Wayfarer racing had not yet been called off, but things looked grim enough that some of us began to celebrate the end of another great Midwinters with some of the free beer that had begun to flow. Understandably irked that it seemed as though their last chance to beat Nick and Al was likely to be denied them ...
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... Frank and Andrew (864) were determined to show the race committee that there was indeed enough wind for another race or two!!
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