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Pumpkin Regatta October 1-2, 2005 Friday and Saturday shore pics by Uncle Al, Marc Bennett, Françoise Brossard & Dolores de Boer |
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| John and Dolores de
Boer got things off on the right foot on
Friday night with a great Wayfarer dinner
party (above, l to r: Dave Hansman, Uncle
Al, Doug Netherton behind Nick Seraphinoff, John and Dolores de Boer,
Marc Bennett, Ross Jamieson) ... |
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| l to r:
Françoise, Nick, John, Doug, Al ... |
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| This reminded Nick to
remind us that this was National Breast Feeding Week! ... |
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| Uncle Al hard at work in
the boat park ... ... |
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| ... and at the dock. ... |
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| The Jeff Baker W3917 launch ... |
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| Launching a Laser without
getting the feet wet is a tricky operation. ... |
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| Down at the docks during
the lunch break after race #1. ... |
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| What a pleasure it was to
have so many young people around to liven up the proceedings! ... |
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| Uncle Al in a pensive moment ... |
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| Mike Wareing slaves over a
hot stove in his kitchen in the chalet. ... |
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| Françoise and Doug
out to lunch, so to speak. ... |
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| The El Codd-o!! ... |
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| Wayfarers at the "trough": (l
to r) Mike Codd, Kirk Iredale, John de Boer, Doug Netherton and
Françoise Brossard ... |
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| Nick, Dolores and Joe join
the feeding frenzy, while ... ... |
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| ... the "horses" wait
patiently out front. ... |
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| A home-made two-masted
trimaran was tootling around sight-seeing. ... |
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| The lunch-time view from
the SHADES lounge (hmm! sounds a bit like chaise lounge - no
wonder Marc and I are such experts at lounging!!) ... |
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| Looking north along the dock ... |
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| Dave Hansman ... |
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| Nikki Quinn? ... |
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| After our buffet supper at
the Huron House Restaurant, Wayfarers were, of course, the last
sailors to leave. Here, Ross Jamieson hears all about Michelle Dicker's
(daughter of Dolores de Boer) upcoming torch bearing duties in Italy. ... |
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| (l to r) Françoise,
Dolores and Nick ... |
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| Holly and Joe Blackmore |