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2006 North American Wayfarer Rally Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River, Cedar Point State Park, Clayton, NY * July 28 - August 5, 2006 Wed 2 Aug: pictures - 3 by Uncle Al |
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| Bill Harkins went way out onto the rocks
at one end to capture the scene. ... |
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| Time to head back to Cedar Point. Getting
in to the beach was easy on a run, but getting off
upwind will be more of a challenge to our seamanship. ... |
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| Tom has hoisted his sails but will row
himself and Nel into deeper water before he starts
sailing. ... |
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| Educational stuff: Note the shock cord
that can hold the tiller steady while Tom is rowing. And
for those of us who like to swim off the boat but have
trouble climbing back in, here is a nice little boarding
ladder attached to the transom! ... |
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| Being the nice guy that he is, Tom will
row out so that ... ... |
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| ... Nel won't have to pull in too much
anchor rope. ... |
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| Looks like work ... ... |
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| ... to me! ... |
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| But it gets the job done! Tom stows the
oars adeptly and sails off beside Possum. ... |
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| Back from the beach, Tony pumps the
bilges. ... |
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| Tom and Nel relax after a fun beat
"home". ... |
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| Bill and Margie ... ... |
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| ... return ... ... |
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| ... to harbour. ... |
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This year our
annual Rally night out committee of Rosemary France
and Mary Asselstine picked O'Brien's Restaurant,
and because some sailors had to leave Thursday, we
moved the group dinner ahead to Wednesday. And a fine
dinner it was, too! (l to r) Tony, Mary,
Betty, Dick
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| (l to r facing the camera) Nel,
Margie Harrington, Brian Ritchie, Julia Schonborn ... |
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| Our Rally organizers, Dick Harrington and
Tom Graefe, with Diane Erickson ... |
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| Kit
Wallace comes to pay his respects to our "admirals". ... |
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| Patsy
with ... ... |
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| ... Ralph Roberts (l) and Bill
Harkins ... |
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| Bill one more time. Meanwhile Chuck
Jordan and André Girard trade tall tales. ... |
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| Krystal Nelson explains it all to ... ... |
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| ... Kit. ... |
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| More of our lovely ladies: (l to r)
Monique Girard, Ginny Jordan, Margie McKelvey ... |
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| (clockwise from left) Lisa
Nelson, Alan and Mary Asselstine, Tim and Rosemary
France ... |
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| Josh Nelson, intrepid reader - a guy
after my own heart!!! ... |
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| The flash woke him up though! (clockwise
from Josh) Lisa, Tim, Rosemary and David Nelson ... |
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| Josh Nelson, portrait of a handsome
reader ... |
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| Dick Harrington addresses a grateful
group. Thanks for all the hard work, Dick!! |
| A footnote to the
evening was that later that evening a nasty rain storm
came through just as many of our group returned to camp.
Tree branches came down in abundance and at least one
team, the Ericksons, had their tent collapse when Diane
unzipped the door. They decided a motel room would be a
nice place to spend the night - and it was! The Jordans
and the Schonborns had gone for a nightcap in the bar
end of O'Brien's, and missed the whole mess,
though on our way home we did see lots of tree limbs and
flashing police lights. We feared the worst as we
reached our still very windy camp site but our tents had
not only survived but were virtually dry! ... |