the de Boers' trip to
the 2008 North Bay Wayfarer Weekend ... |
After returning from Rock
Hall,
we spent one day at home. We then travelled to North Bay
where we met
our regatta hosts, Dave and Carol Hansman, who had already set up camp - complete with W insignia - for their 5-day regatta. ... |
Lori (l) and Ross
Jamieson, our friends
from Callander, were there to meet us. We spent the rest of our North Bay time travelling back and forth to their estate on Lake Nipissing. ... |
Saturday: Frank Goulay and
Kim
Bergevin arrived from Ottawa in time for the Canadians. ... |
Under the watchful eye of
our
pet Callie (Callie was born in Callander a year ago), we
all got ready
to attend the ... ... |
... skippers' meeting. ... |
A nice view of the North
Bay
YC's yacht basin ... |
Awards were presented by
Carol
Hansman to our newest Wayfarer sailors from North Bay, Taylor Marsh (16) and Ryan Willick (15) (l). ... |
Some of us stayed for
Monday's
Poker Race on Trout Lake. ... |
Our host, John Richardson,
waits
for the first finishers at his cottage with Anne and Fred
McNutt. ... |
While waiting, Anne wastes
no
time and picks up some trash. ... |
Also there to welcome us,
was
Kiki, one of Anne and Fred's children who is now a mother
of two. Seated are Carol Hansman's sister, Cathy Jessup (r) and Anne McNutt. ... |
First to finish the Poker
Race
were Dave Richardson and Lori Beehler, looking good after a hairy ride to the familiar Richardson homestead. ... |
Al and Julia came in on a
nice
plane. ... |
A peaceful view of the
participating boats on the beach at the Richardsons'. ... |
We had a very nice lunch,
and
then most of us sailed back across the lake. A few of us would be sailing the NBYC's Canada Day Race the next day, from North Bay to the Yacht Club in Callander. ... |
Dolores, Michele and I were
fortunate to have been invited to again stay with the
Jamiesons on Lake
Nipissing. (l to r) Dolores, Ross, Lori and I took in a dinner cruise on the Chief Commanda that I highly recommend. ... |
Here we got a different
view of
North Bay, Lake Nipissing and Callander Bay, including ... ... |
... mark J5. Well, who
wouldn't
want to take picture of that!? ... |
A view of the NBYC from the
Chief ... |
And a nice view of the
shoreline
near the Jamiesons' house ... |
Dolores and I used the week
to
do some fishing. ... |
I got to hold the big one
for
the picture; Dolores caught most of them. ... |
And the cleaning was left
to me
as well. ... |
As you can see, both of us
did
get our share. ... |
This was our last trip to
the
Jamiesons' home on Lake Nipissing. They are moving to
Callander at
the end of July. ... |
There
will always be a sunset over Lake Nipissing. The de Boers - Dolores, Michele and I - are forever grateful to Ross, Lori, Brea and Bret for the hospitality they have shown us the last three years. We will never forget the splendid time we have had and always will have with your family. Thanks a lot from the bottom of our hearts. |
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