the 2012 Wayfarer Midwinters
pre-regatta pics - 1
pics by Uncle Al, Julia, Trevor Fisher, Tony Krauss, Richard Watterson and Michele Parish

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Departure morning for Uncle Al: Sun 29 Jan, temps around the freezing mark
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for insurance purposes???
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Two hours after my noon departure from Oakville, ON,
Hwy 402 between London and Sarnia was living up to its snow belt reputation.
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The Blue Water Bridge was anything but.
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Crossing into Michigan
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A quick fill-up in Port Huron where I promptly got lost, having been too cheap to update Sheila, my car GPS.
I nearly got stuck on a very slippery side street but finally got back onto the Interstates and on my way to the ...
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... Krauss residence in Whitmore Lake, relieved to see the end of that ...
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... mini-snow storm that had seen me drive by a seemingly endless procession of wrecks or vehicles in ditches or fields. The beer above was well earned, I figured. Having transferred my personal gear, I was ready to be chauffeured to Marc and Julie's place in East Lansing. There the five of us would have dinner. Then Tony and Mary rushed back home to get a bit of sleep before leaving at 0500 hrs to drive my car and boat to Eustis. I travelled with Marc to keep him company while Julie would fly down to Orlando on Thursday afternoon.

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The Free Range Chick'n gets set to leave Charlotte, NC for the last time :(
Word is that Richard Johnson and his wife, Michele, have sold the Chick'n to Ray Laguna at the Lake Eustis SC, and ...
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... have ordered one of the "stylish" Hartley MK IVs for April delivery.
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Like the rest of us, the "bar dog" from St. Marys, GA, is aging and on his way to legend status.
He will have a regatta named after him later this year: the Old Brown Dog Regatta.
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Richard Watterson left Hummelstown, PA, early and by Sat. morning, the 28th of Jan., he was well on his way to FL.
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That very evening Richard was already enjoying warm sun with the hard-working LESC locals.
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Trevor Fisher came in all the way from the East Down YC in Northern Ireland and this is what he saw
as he arrived in Eustis on Tuesday afternoon: (l to r) three Hartleys, SHADES and the Free Range Chick'n.
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Nick Seraphinoff's newly named Impulse
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the lovely, warm waterfront at the Lake Eustis SC
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the clubhouse
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