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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. |