the 2003 Wayfarer North Americans
Saturday pre-race
Photos by Joanne
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Nick prepares to add W864 to an already busy launch area.
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John Weakley dulcet tones ...
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... have called us to the Skippers' Meeting.
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Not much in the way of wind as Peter Rahn tunes Shadow
while son, Alex, catches up on his much needed sleep!
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The Lake Ontario water was actually bearable for swimming
- probably colder than the Catawba YC's Lake Wylie, though!
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Zoltan Takacz gets a turn at the helm
while Hans Gottschling saves his energy for the racing.
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The Wayfarer Mermaid turns out to be ...
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... George Blanchard, less than two months from his 90th birthday!
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At 1030, the lake breeze begins to fill in. While Frank and Uncle Al (3854) test the wind's heaving to properties, Richard Johnson and Jim Higgins work on their spinnaker technique, and Peter Rahn (r) and Geoff Edwards tune for upwind speed.
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The bar is open aboard 3854 while Nick (864 helm) contemplates
following suit and Marc Bennett has the last of his morning nap.
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Gord Leachman and 1037 helm, Kit Wallace, check in with the RC.
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Marc, refreshed from his little nap, takes over the helm as Nick "goes below".
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Dwight Aplevich (helm) and Al Nichols check in.
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Thomas Vendely and his crew/son, Dusan, prepare for their first North Americans race.
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Doug Netherton and Françoise Brossard have W1366 in nice trim and relatively dry.
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