| Trout Lake Wayfarer Weekend August 2-4, 1980 |
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| day's end on the beach which is
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| ... beautifully sheltered by ... ... |
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| ... Falconbridge Island ... |
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| a misty, drizzly? morning,
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| ... not for long. A mere hour or
two later, Carolyn Riddell is basking in the sun. ... |
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| Hans Gottschling checks to
confirm that his bailers are closed. ... |
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| Frank Eberdt checks shroud
tension and spreader angle with tools from ... ... |
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| ... his handy, dandy kit. ... |
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| Julia and Al leave the beach for
what looks to be a fine day for racing. ... |
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| The Cruise Race: a classic SW
breeze for a starting beat towards the west end of Trout Lake, a few
miles away. Here, Julia and Al have SHADES in fine trim, but ... ... |
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| ... have some serious catching
up to do as they (2nd from right) near
the first mark off Dugas Bay. Well ahead of them are (l to r) Bob Tier (or is that
George Blanchard?), Hans Gottschling, Alf Easy and Ann MacDougall. This
state of affairs -
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This state of affairs caused Al
to take a few risks that he still vividly recalls today: To beat Ann
around Murdoch Island which had to be left to port, Al pinched so close
that he ran his board onto the rocks. Without thinking, he jumped out
the leeward side in bare feet to "fend off" and promptly cut open his
feet on the sharp boulders. The next trick that lured Al was a shortcut
across an obvious sandbar at the SW end of Poplar Island that the
leaders were going around. Sure enough, halfway across SHADES' hull began to touch bottom
(the board and rudder already being full up). Al quickly jumped
overboard once more - this time into lovely soft sand - and holding the
tiller, he ran alongside in ankle-deep water until it became knee-deep.
And Julia never once let the spinny collapse! What a fine crew! And we
gained a hundred yards or so!!
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| After the tricky winds inside of
Garbage Island, Julia and Al caught better winds in mid-lake and moved
past Alf and Mike (l). ... |
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| Eventually, all that remained
was a short beat from Rolph Island back to the finish off Falconbridge, during which lightweights, Al and Julia ... ... |
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| ... easily held off Alf and the
much heavier Mike. |