the North
Bay
Wayfarer Weekend 2006 the Canada Day Race: July 1st (oddly enough) photos by Dave Hansman & Julia Schonborn |
Unlike for the 2005
Canada
Day Race, no one was going feel the wind was too much today!
Here, Uncle Al and Michele ... ... |
... start to ghost out
towards the start line just outside the marina. ... |
Dolores and John
follow. ... |
The two Daves (282)
are on
their way, also, with paddle poised for action. Local
knowledge? ... |
Local crew, Joanne
Hurd, is
ready to set sail with Andrew Haill, who has again made
the 13+-hour
trip from Thunder Bay with Njord. ... |
As the first gun goes,
Michele gives SHADES ... ... |
... that little extra
nudge
to get around the headland. ... |
It'll be touch and go
whether they'll make it to ... ... |
... the line in time. ... |
Other Wayfarers
started
paddling sooner and will get to choose - to some degree
- where on the
line they want to start. ... |
The gun goes but it
would
likely be an exaggeration to cry: ... |
"They're off!" ... |
Henry and his crew,
John
Symmonds, were even a little later ... ... |
... getting there than
Uncle Al, but not as late as ... ... |
... Joanne and Andrew. ... |
Drifting champions:
Dave
Hansman (far left) and Tony Krauss are in great
shape early as
they make ... ... |
... something out of
nothing by actually ghosting forward. The camera angle
makes Uncle Al (2nd
from left) look far better than he was. In reality, Dave, Tony and John de Boer were sitting a comfortable 1-2-3 here. ... |
As we drifted along,
there
were tantalizing wind patches to be seen but we didn't get any of them for the better part of an hour! ... |
We did actually move
away
from the start line as evidenced by the fact that ... ... |
... Julia, our main photographer (above),
has to go
to fairly extreme zoom to get that previous picture of Al chasing Dave. ... |
A heron ... ... |
... remains ... ... |
... undisturbed by
Julia's
gentle presence. ... |
The Canada Day
celebrations
attracted lots of youngsters. ... |
Much later, at the
North
Bay YC: One of the J's motors in after the race was
shortened at mark J5 off Callander Bay out on Lake Nipissing. With rain beginning to fall ... ... |
... the friendly
towing
services of the NBYC keelboaters were much appreciated
by Wayfarers
such as ... ... |
... Uncle Al and
Michele. ... |
And by the happy
Wayfarer
winners of the Canada Day Race, Dave Hansman and Dave
Richardson! ... |
A quick haul-out and
then
it would be time to head into the club for beer, supper
and awards. |