the
2009 North Bay
Wayfarer Weekend Friday: ashore - 2, Poker Race - 1 photos mostly by Eric Grigg, Julia & Al Schonborn ... |
This year's course was once
again fine-tuned a bit by the agile mind of Dave Hansman who ... - click here for full-sized image ... |
... proceeded to outline its
finer points at the Skippers' Meeting where he also unveiled the 2009
start routine which involved an actual start line after an incident or two during previous Le Mans starts off the beach. ... |
Based loosely on last year's
performances, the boats would start at one-minute intervals with the
Doc Paine team (r) leading
off - disadvantaged by sailing "three up", followed by the cottage-boat
team of Ken and Graeme Brown and ending up eight and nine minutes later
with the Hansmans (Dave and Carol) and the Schonborns (Al and Julia)
crossing the start line.
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The first leg saw us head WSW
across Delaney Bay to pick up our first plastic baggies from Ken
Holloway who would be sitting in his red canoe off his home as always. ... |
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