| 2005
North Bay Wayfarer Weekend Monday: Trout Lake Poker Race - 2 photos by Carol Hansman, Doug Netherton, Julia & Al Schonborn |
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| Banshee sets
off
with Dave, Carol and Mitchell aboard. Dave gives the all
clear and we
are off - except Al who is off next door at the
outfitters' answering
nature's call, and who will be sailing SHADES (still
beached
at this point) with his wife, Julia, today. ... |
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| Fred and Michelle were
among the first to get the breeze - more race details
near the end of
Uncle Al's report ... |
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| After the second
waypoint
we crossed to the north side of Trout Lake towards ... ... |
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| ... a watery pick-up
from
Dave's daughter, Erinn, who was holding her baby in one
arm and our
plastic
envelopes in the other while standing in waist-deep
water. ... |
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| Meanwhile, Erinn's
son,
Mitchell, has the helm
aboard Banshee on the ... ... |
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| ... long run diagonally across Trout Lake.
Ross and Breanne
have successfully hoisted their spinnaker and are
pulling away from Sue
and Henry going wing-on-wing. ... |
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| The breeze has been
picking
up ... ... |
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| ... nicely. ... |
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| Our final - and
somewhat
challenging pick-up was from Jack Wallace at the end of
his suitably
marked dock. ... |
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The Wallace dock
being
a
lee shore, you can see that trying to deliver without
getting whacked
by a boom was a tad tricky for Jack. In retrospect, it
would have been
a safer approach for us sailors to come along a few
lengths wide of the
dock, gybe and
face the way opposite to the way Fred's boat is facing
above. That
would leave us close-hauled for the pick-up and Jack
with fewer
headaches! But in the end, Jack came through
unscathed, and we all made
it safely to our ...
... |
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| ... at the McNutts'
where
we had a fine welcoming committee. ... |
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| Being early arrivals,
Fred
and Michelle ... ... |
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| ... got their choice
of
beaching spots. ... |
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| Completing the Poker
Run in
3rd place were Doug and Fançoise. ... |
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| Here, they are about
to get
their finish beep from Chief Scorer, John de Boer
(seated). ... |
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| A nice puff for the Brown
Bomber as Ken and Graeme are ... ... |
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| ... on their way to a
fine
... ... |
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| ... 4th. |