| the 2007 North Bay
Wayfarer Weekend Tues 3 July: Trout Lake Poker Race - 3 photos by Julia & Al Schonborn; Dave & Carol Hansman |
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| With the traveller still
off to
leeward to kill any hope of good pointing, W3125 ... ... |
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| ... sets off on port tack
into Delaney Bay. ... |
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| Still awaiting their "go"
are
Andy (555) and Tony (USA4105), but Rusty
Scupper ... ... |
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| ... with Fred and Pat (at
the
helm) is now off. ... |
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| The "abandoned" guys team
... ... |
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| ... Tony and Jason, are
next. ... |
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| The top three from the
Cruise
Race are the last to go off - in reverse order, of course.
So, John and Dolores (3rd in Cruise) are still waiting patiently, as are ... ... |
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| ... Dave and Carol. ... |
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| Puddle
Duck with John Simmonds and Mike Jeffery are off
but are a bit
slow to get their board down, much to ... ... |
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| ... the dismay of Sue
Pilling
and Nicole Neph, who were eagerly following in Mystic. ... |
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| It was a bit of a mess but
... ... |
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| ... Sue takes it with good
grace, as always. ... |
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| John's keelboat pose,
sitting
way aft in comfort, next to the tiller, makes Puddle Duck drag her
ass, as well
as ... ... |
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| ... making it hard to steer
at
times. ... |
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| Eeek! Talk about ass
dragging!!! ... |
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| Tsk, tsk! Even Tony could
stand
to sit further forward. And he
should know better!! ... |
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| One more glance at the
chart of
our first leg ... |
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| The view from shore as
three of
us still await our "go". - click here
for full-size pic ... |
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| At last! Dave and ... ... |
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| ... John are off. ... |
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| Slow going for Walter and
Tim so
far!! ... |
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| The view from SHADES just after
Julia and Al got
off the beach. - click here
for full-size pic ... |
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| The two Johns - de Boer
(7351)
and Simmonds (3099) - approach the starboard layline and
get ready to
... ... |
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| ... tack and lay Ken, so to
speak. ... |
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| Looks like Andrew and
Michele
are first around, but will have trouble finding wind since
... ... |
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| ... Ken (in red canoe), at
waypoint #1, has
parked himself nicely in the lee of the land. Sue and Nicole are now around and may just find a small breeze on which to escape the wind shadow cast by the land. ... |
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| Not one to make things too
easy,
Ken insists that ... ... |
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| ... we round his canoe to
port!! |
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