the 2006 North American
Wayfarer Rally Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River, Cedar Point State Park, Clayton, NY * July 28 - August 5, 2006 Tues 1 Aug: pictures - 4 by Uncle Al |
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It was
great to be sailing the Wayfarer which could hug the
shore with little fear of running aground. On this very hot day, the water was the only place to be!! ... |
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Lots
of lovely summer homes to admire! ... |
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Soon
we were passing the western end of ... ... |
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...
the extensive Cedar Point State Park. ... |
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Bill
and Margie had gone out for an afternoon run under well
shortened sail: note the "storm" jib. Officially, this
is the Wayfarer jib, while the one most of us use most
of the time is the "genoa". ... |
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Note
the interesting set-up that Bill has for his mainsheet
which can't come from mid-boom when his main is reefed
by being rolled around his boom - hence the name: roller
reefing, I think. A drawback of this system is the
inability to use a vang. ... |
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It was
a fine day on which to take ... ... |
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...
the family ... ... |
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...
fishing. It was still quite blowy out on the river, but
... ... |
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... in
here, the shelter was excellent. ... |
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The
jib comes down and ... ... |
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...
the paddle comes out. "Would the captain care to go
water-skiing, Sir?" ... |
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A
lovely scene. ... |
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Julia (red PFD)
cleans up on SHADES. Eek! We're in the wrong
slip. We were in the midst of a gust as we sailed up
here and my attention was understandably elsewhere
when I mistakenly thought Tom (r) was in our
slip and waving us into his, i.e. that we were
trading. Alas, this turned out to be Dick's
slip, a fact of which I was made aware in no uncertain
terms, when Dick and Chuck arrived back from
their long sail to Cape Vincent and back. You know,
just talking about that hot, great day, makes me wish
I were enjoying another one of those lovely Grolsch
beers with the re-sealable bottle right now!
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Uncle
Tom Graefe (l) gives his brother's family the
guided tour. (l to r) Tom, Dana, Adam, Steve ... |
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chez
André et Monique: it's been a wet sail, and lucky André
had his shore team (Monique) to hang not only wet clothes but wet charts out to dry! ... |
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Last night, the Fair
View
Manor was closed when we checked it out. ... |
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But their notice
indicated they were only closed on Mondays, so ... ... |
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... we tried again on
Tuesday night! ... |
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Apparently this was
originally some rich guy's summer home which then ... ... |
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... became a convent
in the early 60s. ... |
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Now it
is a restaurant and lodge with ... ... |
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... a
lovely patio that overlooks ... ... |
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... the St. Lawrence
River. ... |
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On
this hot night, we chose the airconditioned indoors. (l
to r) Chuck and Ginny, Julia (back turned), Kit
Wallace and Patsy ... |
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It's a
beautiful spot indeed! |