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2007 North American Rally Wednesday 24 July - 2 photos: Dave/Carol Hansman, Julia/Al Schonborn, Bill Harkins, Alan Asselstine ... |
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| Alan (7346) and Dave
start what
we expect to be a close-hauled, port-tack fetch to
Franklin Island. ... |
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| Tony and Mary with rocks ... |
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| Ditto Lori and Andrew ... |
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| a more panoramic view
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click here
for full-size pic ... |
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| (l
to r) Tony, Dave and Alan on the far side of a
ledge that no
one will try to cross. ... |
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| Hugging the shore of
Pleasant
Island? at the mouth of the Sound are ... ... |
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| ... Bill and Margie. I
believe
those are the Pancakes in the background here - a sight
that came just
in time for Julia, who needed a bathroom break, and who remembered that the Pancakes have such a facility. ... |
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| So, SHADES made a
(fairly) quick detour
to the Pancakes while the fleet, led by ... ... |
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| ... Dave Hansman, sailed
away. ... |
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| At extreme zoom from a
relieved SHADES, we
can see Franklin Island
emerging from the haze, the latter being another ominous sign of less wind today? ... |
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| One more extreme zoom
shot from SHADES
before the spinnaker goes up. ... |
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| Meanwhile, other
photographers
recorded the fleet's arrival at Franklin Island. There
were some rocky
shortcuts to be had, provided you were cautious and kept
a good
look-out like Mary Abel is doing. ... |
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| Blue
Mist with ... ... |
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| ... Joan at the helm
while Dick
sets the whisker pole. ... |
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| Tony and Mary ... |
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| Rocks and ... ... |
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| ... yet more rocks! ... |
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| With SHADES (red spi)
looming ... ... |
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| ... ever
larger on the aft horizon, Lori and Andrew take no
chances, popping
their chute as well. ... |
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| And they did look lovely
as seen
from SHADES. ... |
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| Watching out for rocks
... ... |
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| ... our gang luffs up
into
Regatta Bay on Franklin Island. - click here
for full-size pic ... |
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| The thought of a nice
spinnaker
reach appeals to Julia, who has handed the tiller off to
Al. Regatta
Bay dead ahead. ... |
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| Dave and Carol (l) are the first
to make their
landfall - with Tony (4105) and Bill right behind. ... |
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| And right there as well
are (l to r) Joan,
Andrew, Alan and
Tom. ... |
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| Aboard SHADES, we held the
chute across
sandy bottom to within 50 feet of the lovely beach. We were hoping that someone would capture our neat arrival in pixels, but that was not to be. - click here for full-size pic |