the 1969 Trout Lake Wayfarer Weekend
and Canadian Nationals
photos and report
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After getting his trailer down to the water's edge courtesy of the McNutts' tractor,
Darrell Hicks (red & white stripes on shirt) prepares to raise his infamous barber pole mast aboard W46 Redwing.
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Three merry sailors pose in front of the chalet that was for years, the social headquarters of the Trout Lake Wayfarer Weekend. Friday and Saturday night, there was partying and dancing in the huge main hall of the chalet, with the highlight arriving at 11 p.m. Saturday as Fred McNutt brought out his 20-foot long Tibetan horn to blow the sailors to attention. The TV was turned on and we got to watch filmed coverage of the day's Cruise Race taken by the North Bay TV station's reporters from Wes McNutt's helicopter. Sunday afternoon's après-race festivities included a true "happy hour" with free drinks, followed by a sumptupous dinner, which in turn was followed by more dancing.
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(l to r) Mike Schoenborn (W276), Thelma Hansen (W720 and Al's "boat mother"), Linda Owens (Al's girlfriend)
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(l to r) Sue? Chapman, her friend, Linda Owens with W276
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The classic Trout Lake waterfront Wayfarer scene, east of the boathouse - note the preponderance of wooden booms!
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Hugh Thomas with W921 Fat Albert
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Eric Stubbs (W1134) reads the Cruise Race map as we get set to head out.
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Ken Holloway (W851) gets set to leave the boathouse dock.
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Falconbridge Island is on the left as we leave the sheltered McNutts' beach
and head across Trout Lake towards a start in Milnes Bay.
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Nearest the camera ...
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... Pete and Thelma Hanson relax on their way out to the race.
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Hugh Thomas in the blue jacket.
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We know what you're doing!
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Just a typically glorious day on Trout Lake.
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Reports and Results
 

 
 
... and from Paul Trussler of the Trout Lake Sailing Fleet
- perhaps my favourite piece of Wayfarer writing ever done:
 
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