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2007 North American Rally Sat 21 July & Sun 22 July - 1 photos: Dave/Carol Hansman, Julia/Al Schonborn, Bill Harkins, Alan Asselstine, Andy Douma ... |
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| Having decided to
"commute" 60
miles or so from Julia's parents' Huntsville cottage in
deference to
Julia's fear of bears, Al and Julia tended to be a bit
late for the
Sailors' Meetings. Here, they arrive on the north beach
of Lighthouse
Point ... - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| ... just in time for ...
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full-size pic ... |
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| ... the tail end of
Sunday
morning's meeting. -
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for full-size pic ... |
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| A friendly greeting from
the
gang - only about half of the expected number having yet
arrived. (clockwise from left) Joan, Patsy, Mary, Kit, Dick, Tom, Nel, Andy ... |
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| (l
to r) Patsy Wallace, Mary Abel, Kit Wallace ... |
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| "Tour director" Dick
Harrington
is armed with his morning coffee and thus set for the
day, as is ... ... |
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| ... his beloved Blue Mist. ... |
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| Ah, here's Alan
Asselstine, who
like Al and Julia, has come to greet the gang but has
yet to launch. ... |
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| Tom and Nel Graefe from
Norwell,
MA. Tom organizes much of the Rally each year with Dick. ... |
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| (clockwise
from left) Andrew, Tony, Patsy, Kit, Dick,
Tom, Nel, Andy,
Julia, Joan, Lori - click here
for full-size pic ... |
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| Dick ponders the day's
possibilities. ... |
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| As does Tony - with input
from
... ... |
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| ... Andrew ... |
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| Lori, too, gives her
chart
serious attention. ... |
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| (clockwise
from left) Joan, Lori, Andrew, Tony ... |
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| Joan and Lori discuss the
possibilities. ... |
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| Mary (l) talks things
over with Kit who
has brought his own chart, while Nel prepares for
possible navigation
duties. ... |
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| (l
to r) Patsy, Mary, Kit ... |
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| Kit and Patsy's Ab faB (W1037) ... |
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| chez Al and Julia: Having
decided not to sleep on site and having been warned that this can result in a ticket for "failure to occupy", Al and Julia have ... ... |
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| ... put their Hans
Gottschling
boat cover to yet another use, as a fake pup tent! As
the week wore on,
the Schonborns added other clever little touches to try
to fool the
Rangers into thinking they were sleeping here. ... |
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| In due course, SHADES was launched
and sailed over
to the Lighthouse Point beach, where ... ... |
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| ... she now lies at
anchor,
waiting for ... ... |
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| ... the arrival of Julia
who is
returning car and trailer to our site - yet another sign
of our
non-failure to occupy!! ... |
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| Also single-handing over
to the
beach from the launch site, and showing that you can sail upwind under jib alone was Alan Asselstine, while ... ... |
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| ... his wife, Mary,
enjoyed a
very pleasant wait on the beach with Uncle Al and his
camera. ... |
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| Home is the sailor!! |