| the 2008 Pumpkin Regatta Fanshawe YC * London, ON * October 4-5 Race 1.02 photos by Bob Steer, Steve Currie and Paul Chesman ... |
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| Sue Goldt is
set to do battle in the Laser Radial fleet, as is ... ... |
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| ... Paddy
MacCallum. ... |
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| Jacob
Prapavessis keeps a ... ... |
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| ... good
lookout. ... |
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| Matt Dietrich
cruises the line on port. ... |
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| Transplanted
Kiwi, Rae Perry, is snugly dressed while Roger Shepherd ... ... |
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| ... shows
off in shorts. ... |
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| Brad
Biskaborn, the Laser to beat! ... |
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| Ben Harrison
gets a water-level view. ... |
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| John and
Dolores de Boer in Silverfox
are probably concentrating more on the Race Hut than on the Fall beauty of the shore. ... |
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| John seems to
be enjoying his morning but Dolores looks a bit chilled and is probably
looking eagerly ahead to her ladies' holiday in Cuba a couple of weeks from now. ... |
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| Matt McClure,
another tough guy in shorts!! ... |
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| Three
Dietrichs in this Laser fleet: a son (Matt) ... ... |
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| ... the
father, Steve, who sailed his W last year - and the Holy Ghost (Matt's brother, Jon, appropriately invisible here) ... |
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| Kevin looks
ready. ... |
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| Race 1 course: start
(A-B)-6-4-1-6-4-2-finish (A-B). The image above shows the first lap. ... |
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| The Y-Flyers
are off. Looks like Ed Hone and Adam Sokolowski (2687) has a port lift that is letting him virtually lay the windward mark (#6). ... |
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| Steve McCamus
and Randy Gast are also off on port. ... |
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| Ed and Adam
have tacked into a lovely starboard-tack lift. ...` |
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| Ben Harrison
finds a puff just before the Lasers' countdown begins. ... |
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| Frank
Harmgardt wonders if he can get away with a port start. ... |
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| Jon gets the
first "gun" entered onto his watch and now ... ... |
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| ... he can
rest easy - for the moment!! |
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