the 2009 North Bay Wayfarer Weekend
Friday: ashore - 2, Poker Race - 1
photos mostly by Eric Grigg, Julia & Al Schonborn
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This year's course was once again fine-tuned a bit by the agile mind of Dave Hansman who ...
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... 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.
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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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