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Nature's own finger dock
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the north half of Button
Bay
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(left to right)
Abbey Gura, Tom
Erickson, Ivan Pedersen and Jim Meara contemplate the Dick Harrington (right)
suggestions for Saturday's 'cruise'.
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Chris Pedersen joins the
group to represent
the Jake Maarse Wayfarer.
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Dick
prepares to hand out
some more charts
as Charlotte and her mother put in an appearance. Note how Uncle Al has
moved moved to the other side of the group leaving Margie (blue jacket)
alone in the Smokers' Lounge downwind.
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Julia and David S. have
joined the growing
mob.
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The flotilla sets off,
leaving the island
to starboard, and then north along the east shore of Lake Champlain.
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Blue Mist, on
port, meets Possum
and The Passing Wind behind the island.
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Possum and Blue
Mist: note
the reefing gear on Blue Mist
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The
beginning of the end
for the SW weather
system wind as seen by Jim and Brenda: If they were racing, the maxim,
"When in doubt, let it out" would apply to both their mainsheet and
their
vang which are giving W9901 an overly tight main leech in these dying
airs.
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What a beautiful place to
sail!
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(left to right) Brenda
and Jim,
Dick and Margie, and Diane and Tom
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One
last hurrah for the
SW wind brings
out the Pedersens' spinnaker - but, Ivan! Aren't those the Swedish
national
colours!? I haven't seen any spinnakers with that colour combination in
Denmark!!! You'd better watch it or they'll refuse to let you buy any
more
Gammel Dansk!!!
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Annemarie is steering but
who's watching
the spinnaker?
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Akvavit looking
good!
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The lake breeze
begins as a northwesterly.
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But as it stengthens, it
veers (to east
of north) - just like it says in the "text" books! Now that they have a
more substantial breeze, Brenda and Jim's sails look great.
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Jake Maarse and Chris
Pedersen get a
port tack lift under the west shore cliffs - my only shot of their boat
since they were mostly too far ahead of us, even for my zoom lens!
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Uncle Al at the
campground entrance on
Saturday afternoon
after SHADES' all too
brief immersion
in Lake Champlain.
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a serious mooring job ...
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... for
Abbey
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The Pedersens return to
Button Bay after
their long Saturday cruise.
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Anxious wives await the
return of their
loved ones who have been months at sea?
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no cut feet despite a lot
of stones near
shore
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(left to right) Julia
(getting
an early nap!), Mary and Jake Maarse, Suzanne and Chris Pedersen
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Possum and Tom
and Button Bay
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At Rosie's, Jake
explains the
whole thing to Tom and Diane
but Mary, perhaps, has heard it
already?
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John McClay and Margie
and Dick are too
deep in conversation to respond to the camera
while Abbey has to taste the wine
while Mary
still admires Jake...
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Julia exchanges parenting
tips with Suzanne
and Ivan
while the McClay/Harrington
conversation
gets deeper.
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Uncle Al distracts Dick
by flashing...
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Joanna Schönborn (left)
studies
the menu while her brother, David,
does the art work on the kiddies'
place mat
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The younger generation
was quite well
behaved -
although Mister Burger finally
was thrown
out by Julia, the Bouncer.
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