| the 2004
Pumpkin Regatta Sailing Pics - 3 by John de Boer |
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| Saturday: Roger and
Joanne roll on down Fanshawe Lake as ... ... |
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| ... a spinnaker-less
Nick comes reaching across on starboard, intent on destroying Roger's
peace of mind. ... |
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| Doug Netherton and
Roger Redwin plane away in a gust as they ... ... |
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| ... approach mark #1 near the far shore. ... |
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| The beat from #1 to
the finish in one of Saturday's races: the Fusion 15s (red hull) made
an unimpressive Pumpkin debut as only one of half a dozen entries
actually finished one race before they all went home - defeated by
Fanshawe - on Saturday afternoon. Too bad, because they missed the
benign Sunday conditions! ... |
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| One assumes that this
was the Fusion that finished the one race. ... |
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| Brian and Scott (centre)
head for a shore break in the lee of the cliff after winning
the Saturday opener. ... |
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| Roger is about to take
2nd ahead of Nick. ... |
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| Dolores de Boer
welcomes her daughter, Michelle, back to dry land after Uncle Al had
taken her swimming. ... |
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| Sanctuary under the
cliff ... ... |
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| ... was most welcome
... ... |
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| ... to us all. ... |
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| Brian (r) and
Scott are all set for race 2. ... |
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| Not so, Uncle Al, who
managed to take sediment samples from the bottom near mark 4, and
decided to clean up ... ... |
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| ... the top of his
mast and sail before the glue-like mud became rock-solid. Alas, Al
ended up losing the irreplaceable main halyard sheave housing during
the process. A million thanks to George Blanchard and Nick Seraphinoff
who were able to come up with "spares" they have allowed Al to use
indefinitely. So - that finished the 2004 Pumpkin sailing for SHADES. ... |
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| But not for Roger
(7700), Nick (864) and Len (6732) who are drifting back towards the
Fanshawe ... ... |
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| ... wind tunnel and
race 2. Scott and Brian have just reached the wind line, as have ... ... |
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| ... Roger and Joanne. |
| the Pumpkin 2004 results report sailing pics by Uncle Al - 1 sailing pics by Uncle Al - 2 sailing pics by John de Boer - 1 sailing pics by John de Boer - 2 shore pics and awards return to index |