| the 2007 North Bay
Wayfarer Weekend Sun 1 July: NBYC Canada Day Race - 1 photos by Isabel Churcher, Mogens Christensen, Carol Hansman, Julia Schonborn ... |
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| "Someone's
in the kitchen with Susan, someone's in the kitchen, I
kno-o-ow" North
Bay YC volunteers were once again serving breakfast, and
above, Julia
and Pat (r) are
about to take
advantage. ... |
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| This being July 1st, the
day of
the NBYC's annual Canada Day Race, a few early-rising club
members who would motor the 12 miles to the North Bay start line were also with us. ... |
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| Having been kindly offered
a
tow, Tony (white hull) and Andrew (green hull) opted for
the complete
experience. ... |
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| From our fine room at the Terrace Suites, we
could see the
flotilla motoring, or in some cases ... - click here
for full-size pic ... |
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| ... sailing off. Up where
we
were standing outside the Suites,
the winds were cool and pretty gusty, so Al opted for the
drive to the
North Bay government dock, Julia having volunteered to
drive our
trailer back to the NBYC.
- click here
for full-size pic ... |
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| Tony and Andrew got the
complete
experience, all right. Out on Lake Nipissing ... ... |
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| ... things were rather
bouncy,
especially with no sails drawing to dampen the motion, and
the two lads
... ... |
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| ... arrived at the start
area
pretty well exhausted. ... |
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| Having taken the easy way
over,
the rest of us were in no real hurry to ... - click here
for full-size pic ... |
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| ... get rigged up on this
cool
and gusty day. ... |
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| First things first, Uncle
Al has
put on his genuine red Union Suit, much to the amusement
of Julia (r). ... |
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| There was a registration
desk
and a skippers' meeting, and all too soon, it was time to
head out and
... ... |
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| ... face the day. The
Wayfarers
did look small (3rd
from right) next
to the larger competition!!! - click here
for full-size pic ... |
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| As we reached up and down
the
long, long start line, some pretty nasty gusts came
through, nasty enough to capsize at least Wayfarer before the start, I believe. ... |
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| Dwight and Pat (4606) zip
down
the line, passing a Grampian 30. ... |
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| Little realizing that their
rudder will break near J5, Fred Black and Marc
Tessier happily cruise along before the race. ... |
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| Somebody above is sighting
the
line but we are still several minutes from the start. ... |
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| Al and Marc (l) have just passed
through the
gust that is now hitting Dave Hansman with Dave Richardson
(282) and the keelboat to leeward of them. - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| One of the mellower
pre-start
moments. |
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