| the
Wayfarer
Ontarios Lac Deschênes Sailing Club * July 28-29, 2007 Saturday pre-race - 1 pics by Doug Netherton, Uncle Al and Dave Hansman ... |
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| Breakfast is served: Robin
Allardyce and Kim Bergevin doing the honours. It's raining outside, but sunny in here!! ... |
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| Ready to tuck in: (l to r) Frank
Goulay, Tony, Mary,
Steph Romaniuk ... |
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| (clockwise
from left side of table) Andy Douma, Dave Hansman, Colin Junkin, Heather Wood, Steph Romaniuk, Sue Pilling, Carol Hansman Colin and Heather made history by being the first CL to sail in the Ontarios - and a most welcome addition they are, too!! ... |
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| Marc Bennett: what more
does a
man need in the morning than his coffee?! ... |
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| Andy listens to the
(depressing)
marine forecast. ... |
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| (l
to r) Steve Grundy, John de Boer, Mary Abel,
Carol, Steph ... |
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| You have to sit in easy
chairs
to have as serious a discussion as Bill (l) and Al are
having. (background, l to r) Marilyn and Paul Pinault, Lori Beehler, Jason Hassard ... |
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| (l
to r) Airi Trant and son, John, Janet Foster
(meditating?),
Lori and Marilyn It's a pleasant warm rain, and since there's not a breath of wind, the benches under the roof overhang are ... ... |
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| ... nice and dry. ... |
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| The Skippers' Meeting was
postponed due to lack of wind. ... |
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| When the rain let up, we
went
down to the water's edge to see if it was any windier
there. ... |
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| At noon, PRO, Stuart Pursey
(yellow shoes),
Regatta Chairman,
Robin Allardyce (middle)
and
Frank Goulay (checking
the sky)
welcome ... ... |
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| ... the competitors to the
2007
Wayfarer Ontarios. ... |
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| Close attention is paid as
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| ... Stuart (r) answers
questions about the
SI's. A tentative 1 p.m. start time leaves us time for ... ... |
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| ... lunch ashore. ... |
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| Kim is impressed as Carol
revives "flower power". ... |
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| It's the "time out" bench
for
Andrew Haill and ... ... |
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| .. Ben Abbott. ... |
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| No one is in any great
hurry to
get out there and drift. ... |
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| The anatomy of a
postponement:
intermittent rain, and ... - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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| ... flat ... ... |
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| ... calm! - for full-size pic, click here |