| Trout
Lake Wayfarer Weekend August 5-7, 1978 |
| index shore pics - 1 shore pics - 2 sailing pics - 1 sailing pics - 2 |
| sailing pics - 1 |
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| Kathy explains to Mike how
to
rig her dad's W2055 which Mike is borrowing this weekend. ... |
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| Sunshine
(3615: Bill and Ann Rogers) and Bumble
Bee (4613: Chris and Carolyn Kofler) get set to
sail. ... |
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View from the boathouse
roof:
Eager to get out there and race, Al has pushed SHADES off the
beach and is just
completing his main raising by plugging the boom back
onto the
gooseneck as Alfie looks on. Leaving the tiller is
pretty safe, as long
as the board is full up.
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| Now Julia has arrived, and
they're off - sort of. Note the mast and boom painted
black with
Awlgrip, most of which was still on there at this point. ... |
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| (l
to r) The McKays, the McNutts and the Kools work
to get out
from the lee of Falconbridge Island. ... |
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| We have a lovely northerly
breeze: (l to r)
John de Boer
in his new W6080 (6090, really??), Mike and Kathy, Gord and John, Bill and Ann ... |
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| Start into a fine westerly
breeze - the usual on Trout Lake! ... |
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| Bill and Ann Rogers in Sunshine ... |
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| George Blanchard and Grace
Chapman get a gusty lift on port tack. ... |
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| Al and Julia chase Bill and
Ann
down a close-reach second leg. ... |
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| Grace hikes her heart out
while
George helps by letting the traveller off to leeward - something I've never been able to get to work for me! ... |
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| It's a fun day on Trout
Lake! ... |
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| The view from leeward ... |
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| Hans and Mudl play it safe
by
keeping their sails eased. ... |
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| Chris and Carolyn have Bumble Bee in ... ... |
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| ... perfect upwind trim. ... |
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| Al and Julia cross Hans and
Mudl
near the windward mark along the north shore. ... |
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| A classic Uncle Al (3854)
start:
slightly late at the windward end where he'll have freedom
to tack - unlike all the others in this picture. for full-size pic, click here ... |
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| Alfie and Mike (2478) eat a
starboard knock, having decided the left side of the first
beat will be
favoured, a decision that turns out to pay as they ... ... |
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| ... roll in from the left
corner
with the lead. ... |
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| A quick tack around the
mark and
now it's time to decide whether this reach will support a
spinnaker. ... |
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| Also having gained by going
left
are Hans (421) and Derwyn (4615). |
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