| 2005
North Bay Wayfarer Weekend Monday: Trout Lake Poker Race - 3 photos by Carol Hansman, Doug Netherton, Julia & Al Schonborn |
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| A good, exciting
finish is
shaping up among the next three boats. ... |
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| Dave (282) currently
has
the upper hand, while Sue (3593) comes in on port before
... ... |
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| ... tacking off Ross's
bow. ... |
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| The wind veers and now
it's
a reach to the beach. Ross (2178) makes a move and ... ... |
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| ... Sue defends. ... |
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| Dave, Carol and
Mitchell
hold on nicely to take 5th, just ahead of ... ... |
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| ... Sue with Henry,
and
Ross with ... ... |
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| ... Breanne. Mitchell
acknowledges the fans' applause while his grandparents
... ... |
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| ... do the work. ... |
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| Henry and Sue hit the
beach
beside ... ... |
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| ... Ross and ... ... |
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| ... his lovely crew. ... |
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| A nice breezy finish
for ... ... |
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| ... David and ... ... |
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| ... Kim. ... |
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| Land ho!!! ... |
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| Ross and Breanne
proceed to
step two: making up the two poker hands from the ten
cards retrieved at
the waypoints. ... |
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| Al (r) appears
about
ready to fold??? ... |
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| But all is not lost:
there
is a refreshing beer or three to be had, now that we
have reached the McNutt
Inn. Note that Breanne has kindly taken over the
photography duties
with the official Wayfarer camera. Meanwhile, Michelle
... ... |
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| ... looks pleased with
her
hands, which she duly ... ... |
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| ... delivers to the
scrutineers, Dave and Mitchell, after a word of advice
from ... ... |
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| ... Doug Netherton? ... |
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| Mitchell cleans up. |