| 2004
Wayfarer
Ontarios shore candids & awards photos by Uncle Al et al. |
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While Roger
Shepherd
assists by holding the mast, Mike Codd demonstrates
how Rule 34.8
(e) Wet Buoyancy Tests: The
boat shall be
floated on its beam ends with the masthead touching
the water. A load
of at least 113.4 (250 lbs) shall be applied
vertically to the hull
(the weight of two persons can conveniently provide
this load). can be done with one person
supplying the load -
when that one person is Mike.
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| Wayfarer Man,
Frank
Goulay, hobbles in with his hockey injury as a pitiless
Marc Bennett
looks on. ... |
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| Uncle Al renews
acquaintances with Kim Bergevin whom he last saw as our
action
photographer at the 2004 Midwinters. ... |
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| The bar - a.k.a.
Invasion
- is open after Saturday's racing: (clockwise from
left) Dave
Hansman (modelling the new W shirt he created), Marc
Bennett, Roger
Shepherd, Joanne, Peter and Alex Rahn, John Johnston(?) ... |
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| Marc helps Joanne
model the latest in Wayfarer wear. ... |
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| Roger and Joanne:
Team Invasion ... |
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| Peter and Alex (r)
Rahn ... |
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| Sunday morning:
Uncle
Al (l) and Marc are going to use the new sails
today. ... |
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| Brian Mills (l)
and
his crew, Ryan Leighton (r) help Uncle Al model
the Hooter's shorts, presented to him three days earlier ... ... |
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| ... by the lovely Ce Ce Smith (above - a jealous Woody
Woodward (r)
can't bear to look!) on the occasion of his 63rd
birthday along with a
lovely birthday cake at the Rebel
Nationals in ... ... |
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| ... in Grand
Rapids,
Michigan, where Al crewed for Dan Hockenberry and had a
great time. ... |
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| (l to r)
Brian,
Ryan and Marc await the awards. ... |
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| Frank Goulay with
Kim
and her children, Kameron and Gabrielle ... |
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| Kim and Gabrielle ... |
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| Kim with W-Man ... |
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| It's been a ... ... |
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| ... long, hard
day,
but ... ... |
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| ... Kameron still
has
a bit of energy left. ... |
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| You gotta love
where
... ... |
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| ... the owl seems
to
focus his attention!! ... |
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| A satisfied Dave
Hansman and his dad, Charles (l), pack up the
beautifully
re-born Banshee after a most successful maiden regatta. ... |
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| Dave works hard
under
... ... |
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| ... the critical
eye
of his dad who multi-tasks by modelling the matching W
cap. ... |
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| Supervising the
job
are Dave's mom, Shirley (l) and his sister,
Elisabeth. ... |
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| le petit Frank
with la
even more petite Lilly Codd ... |
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| And then, George
Blanchard (r) starts the awards: Andrew
Gumley (l) was seeded 9th but placed 6th. Thus
he and crews,
Mike Frame (Sat.) and Teri Theoret (Sun.) were the 2004
Ontarios' Most
Improved. ... |
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| Ottawa's Bill
Fyfe (r) and Brian Egan (l)
get their blue pennants for series 3rd from George
Blanchard, as ... ... |
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| ... the fans -
including Françoise Brossard (l) - applaud. ... |
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| Uncle Al gives a
rear
view of the Hooter's shorts (with the horribly
embarrassing slogan
which Al could delete from this picture but alas not
from the actual
shorts), as he and Marc ... ... |
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| ... accept their
red
second-place pennants from George. ... |
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| Winners of the Bronze
Sail
Trophy and of the 2004 Ontarios, complete with
gold
first-place pennants (well, yellow, actually) are Peter Rahn and his ace crew and son, Alex. |
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index results report shore pics & awards Race 1 Race 2 - 1 Race 2 - 2 Race 3 - 1 Race 3 - 2 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 - 1 Race 7 - 2 Race 7 - 3 Ontarios 1999-2003 |