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2008 North Bay Wayfarer Weekend shore pics - 1 photos by Cathy Jessup & Uncle Al ... |
Thursday, June 26th: supper
time, and on a run up Highway 11, where else does one stop
but the
legendary Webers just
north
of Orillia? ... |
Everything went
swimmingly
until just past Gravenhurst, where - as Julia and I
reminded each other
- things usually open right up, even on the worst of
traffic days. We
spoke too soon, however: less than five minutes later Al
was able to
step out for a smoke and get a picture of our "rig".
Luckily for us,
this tie-up lasted less than half an hour. It had been
caused by
someone
who had managed to completely burn their car! As we
passed it, all that
was left was the smoking metal framing.
...
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The sun was setting as we
checked into ... ... |
... our digs which sit up a
cliff from the North Bay YC and overlook Callander Bay. ... |
Carol Hansman's sister,
Cathy
Jessup (r), was
already on
registration duty at the club where she was happy to take money from Team Mystic, Sue Pilling and Steph Romaniuk. ... |
Some new blood (so to
speak)
this year: a local team fresh from winning the Ontario Sea
Cadets
sailing championship in Kingston, Taylor Marsh (l) and Ryan Willick - normally Laser sailors - will be racing with us in one of the NBYC club Wayfarers. ... |
Friday morning: Once again,
SHADES added a
touch of class to
the
premises. But only briefly, as we soon ... ... |
... headed down the hill to
the
NBYC boat park where ... ... |
... Andrew Haill and Lori
Beehler had just rolled in after a very early morning
start from Ottawa. Greetings and hugs were duly exchanged with Julia Schonborn (r). ... |
Activity was not long in
picking
up. ... |
John de Boer rigs Silverfox for the National Long Distance Race. ... |
Ross Jamieson checks out
the
mainsheet arrangement on the club W he'll be sailing. ... |
Steph Romaniuk demonstrates
the
... ... |
... homemade supports he's
added
to Mystic's jib
cleats to
keep them at a suitably "up" angle. And just think of the valuable extra buoyancy these wine bottle corks will add!! ... |
No sign of wind as yet! ... |
Uncle Al models not only
his
brand new W cap, but also the ... ... |
... 2008 Wayfarer Nationals
feed
bag that came with registration. ... |
A little "code flags test"
has
been rigged for us by Regatta Chairman, Dave Hansman.
Hint: two words,
both start with W. ... |
Skippers' Meeting coming
up. Sue
Pilling explains the likely course to Taylor Marsh (white
shirt), the local rising young star who is about to be interviewed by the North Bay Nugget (r). ... |
The Skippers' Meeting:
Regatta
Chairman, Dave Hansman welcomes us and explains the basics
of the
upcoming "cruise" race. ... |
Anne McNutt explains the
start
sequence that she and husband, Fred (sitting on picnic
table), will be
using to start us from shore. ... |
Meanwhile, our Nugget reporter,
Jennifer
Hamilton-McCharles, keeps right on working. |
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