| the 2007 North
American Rally Monday 23 July - 5 photos: the Hansmans, the Schonborns, Bill Harkins, Sue Goldt, Alan Asselstine, Andy Douma ... |
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| Lisa prepares to ... ... |
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| ... get underway. ... |
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| Joan takes the tiller
while Lisa re-softens her sailing gloves. ... |
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| Windshaker heads on out. The wind
remains fairly light out of the WSW so that we should
have a broad reach home. ... |
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| Carol has the spinnaker
under control. ... |
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| Andrew (l) and Bill luff
up a bit while they get things squared away, before they
turn to follow ... ... |
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| ... Blue Mist: (l to r) Joan,
Dick, Lisa ... |
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| No big rush on this
perfect day. - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| In front of Blue Mist are (l to r) Alan,
Andrew and Tom. ... |
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| Aboard SHADES (far right) ...
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| ... Julia takes up the
gauntlet thrown down by ... ... |
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| ... Dave and ... ... |
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| ... Carol. ... |
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| The rocks, marked only as
"+" on the chart are far more interesting than ... ... |
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| ... that would ... ... |
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| ... suggest.
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| Back past the defunct
beacon - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| Njord spinnaker reaches along the far
side of this "rock" from SHADES. ... |
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| You'll never guess who
took this shot. Converging with SHADES off
Kilcoursie Bay on a closehauled course is another
Wayfarer. ... |
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| What a very pleasant
surprise: Jens and Sharon Biskaborn of London's Fanshawe
YC ... ... |
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| ... were sailing their
Wayfarer which they had again brought on their annual
Killbear vacation at Kilcoursie. The rest of the ... ... |
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| ... family were out ... ... |
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| ... on a cruiser with ... ... |
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| ... Rick and Sue Goldt
(formerly W7660). Like Al, Sue had the camera out and
ready. ... |
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| This is what we looked
like. A well balanced boat: Note the absence of helm
with no one holding the tiller. ... |
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| A quick chat, and we were
on our separate ways - not to meet again til the Pumpkin
Regatta at the end of September! ... |
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| The "lake" breeze was ...
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| ... holding up pretty ...
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| ... nicely!
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| Deer Fly on Profile
Square: an experiment in the zoom capabilities of the
CWA's Lumix digital camera made by Panasonic. This
little fellow, known for his prodigious biting prowess,
was resting on our venerable old 1994 ... ... |
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| ... Raudaschl mainsail
not too far above Julia's head. ... |
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| I think that this marker
that Tony and Mary are just passing is on Cousin Island,
not far from our Lighthouse Point destination. Killbear
Park is also a favourite place for the Mirror dinghies,
one of which can be seen off Trouble's bow. ... |
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| Ships that ... ... |
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| ... pass in the night?
Hardly!! With Lighthouse Point just off our bow, we have
gybed to ... ... |
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| ... follow Tony and Mary,
as well as ... ... |
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| ... Carol and ... ... |
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| ... Dave into our beach -
paced by one canoe!! Now there will be a rush to shower and get clean for the much anticipated Wayfarer Black Tie event. |