the 2007 North Bay
Wayfarer Weekend Tues 3 July: Trout Lake Poker Race - 5 photos by Julia & Al Schonborn; Dave & Carol Hansman |
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Aboard SHADES, Julia gets to
multi-task
while Al gets one quick shot looking ahead, and ... ... |
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... one looking astern.
Eeek!
See that wake wobble??!! Tsk, tsk!! ... |
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And looking back from Banshee: Not much
wind left in the
passage between Hemlock and Poplar. And no excitement of
trying for the
shortcut across the sandbar at the east end of Hemlock
for Julia and Al (r)
this year, since sailing down
with the puffs has taken them well clear of that bit of
fun.
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John and Mike are finally
escaping the wind shadow off waypoint #2. ... |
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Sue and Nicole are bringing
a
nice breeze with them, a puff that ... ... |
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... Andy and Joan, as well
as
the ... ... |
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... Chick Boat are
enjoying,
also. ... |
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As Al and Julia try to pass
to
windward, Henry flies the 3215 chute while Klaus ... ... |
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... just scrapes by the
last bit
of Poplar Island. ... |
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Perhaps a small sigh of
relief
from ... ... |
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... (l to r) Henry, Jacob
and Klaus. ... |
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Al and Julia now have Pat
and
Fred in their sights as they begin to cross Trout Lake. ... |
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The leaders can be seen
from SHADES: (l to r) Tony,
Dave and
- click here
for full-size pic ... |
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... John. All three are
nearing
waypoint #3 where ... ... |
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... the Hansmans' proud
daughter, Erinn, waits to welcome the leaders. ... |
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After the gybe, Dave gets a
quick shot of a very happy Carol with nearly becalmed
boats in the
background. ... |
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As 2nd-place John and
3rd-place
Tony prepare to make their pick-up from Erinn ... ... |
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... it is becoming
increasingly
clear
that our time table of a picnic lunch at 1 p.m. at the
McNutts' and the
subsequent lengthy haul back to the west end of Trout
Lake cannot
accommodate our drifting on to waypoints 4 and 5. So,
PRO Dave gets out
the cell phone, and informs those manning #4 and #5 that
they can pack
it in, and then calls in an update to Fred and Anne that
...
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... the next (and final)
leg
will look like this - see red line above. ... |
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While poor, overworked Dave
is
on the phone, John and Dolores drift on by into a lead
they will not
give up. ... |
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Significantly later: Andrew
(9657) and Al are making a ... ... |
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... good race of it as they
rush
to ... ... |
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... reach the ... ... |
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... lovely Erinn. ... |
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Perfect drifter form for
... ... |
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... Captain Andrew and Mate
Michele. |
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