the 2007 North Bay Wayfarer Weekend
Tues 3 July: Trout Lake Poker Race - 4  
photos by Julia & Al Schonborn; Dave & Carol Hansman

Our second leg was from Ken's place into Dugas Bay
where Charlie and Shirley Hansman, Dave's parents, would be waiting on the beach.
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In due course, even Julia and Al have picked up their goodies from Ken and have run down into the middle of Trout Lake on the first available puff. By now, some of the others are pretty far ahead - the leader being about to round Pilot Point and turn south into Dugas Bay, site of waypoint #2.   - click here for full-size pic
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The camera takes one last look at Ken with his next card package at the ready.
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Our fleet is scattered across the west end of Trout Lake in very patchy winds.   - click here for full-size pic
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Note how John and Dave (l) are staying well away from the shore's wind shadow.
Andrew Haill meanwhile, (3rd from left) continues to lead and has luffed up to closehauled to enter Dugas Bay.
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Sue and Andy (r) seem to be doing all right for wind.
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Here's what things looked like without the zoom as the main body of our fleet turned to round Pilot Point.
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And now a zoomier shot from SHADES!!   - click here for full-size pic
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All the leading spinnakers are now down. Note the healthy ...
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... clearance being given Pilot Point (not visible on the right) as most boats sail almost over to Hemlock Island.
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The view from Dave Hansman's Banshee off Pilot Point: Note that John de Boer (2nd from left) is gambling a bit by cutting much closer to the Point than is Dave. And 4th from left, that little red dot, is Uncle Al's spinnaker. - click here for full-size pic
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When SHADES reached the entrance to Dugas Bay, this was the view.   - click here for full-size pic
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Starting the third leg, the Race got a new leader, as Njord (Andrew Haill /Michele Dicker)
was passed by Banshee with Dave and Carol Hansman who ...
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... saw this view astern as they headed past Hemlock Island to go and see their daughter, Erinn.   - click here for full-size pic
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Meanwhile, back at waypoint #2: Uncle Al has just returned from dropping the tiller and jumping into the water, rather than to get into a discussion about where Julia should jump overboard to rush to the beach to make the pick-up. And he is still under-amused. Even in a fun race, the competitive instinct is hard to totally throttle.
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Still, Al does take the time to get a quick pic of Charlie and Shirley at their duty station.
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On the way past Hemlock Island, Banshee has just passed Njord to take over the lead,
a moment that of course, had to be documented in pixels.
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Another look astern as the Hansmans prepare to ...    - click here for full-size pic
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... pass between Hemlock and Poplar Islands and cross back to the north side of Trout Lake.
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Most of us have now made our second pick-up.
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Looking ahead and ...   - click here for full-size pic
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... and astern from SHADES.
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Sailing along south of Hemlock   - click here for full-size pic
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A quick chat with ...
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... Andy Douma and Joan
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Henry and crew (3125) are hanging in there nicely, as are John and Dolores (r).
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The Hansmans (r)  continue to pull away, but ...   - click here for full-size pic
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... the breeze seems to be dying: (l to r) John, Henry, Pat, Tony

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