| the 2008 International
Wayfarer Rally * Hermit Island, Maine Tuesday 12 August - 2 ... |
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| Mid-afternoon: Things have
lightened up quite a bit so that Tony (l) and I have
decided to take SHADES
out for a run. ... |
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| A closer look shows the
night's rain water, the level of which is near the upper
chine on the port side. I can't say I've ever had that much rain water in the boat before. ... |
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| Tony's and Al's Tuesday
afternoon sail out to ... ... |
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| ... Bald Head and back,
going inside Gooseberry Island on the return trip. Chart copied with the kind permission of Curtis Rindlaub, author of the Maine Coast Guide for Small Boats. ... |
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| View of the Hirsch (l) and Uncle Al camp
sites from The Branch. ... |
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| More Wayfarer village along
Branch ... |
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| Looking north along The
Branch, Yardarm Yankee
and our docks at left - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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| Anne Kell's view of Cape
Small Harbor from the north ... |
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| Tony Krauss: It was a
relaxing sail. Fortunately for ... ... |
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| ... Uncle Al, Tony had
brought beer. ... |
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| Later: The Nelsons, Lisa,
David, Josh and ... ... |
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| ... Krystal put in a brief
appearance for a day or two while staying at another
near-by campground. ... |
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| Krystal greets her friend
from past Rallies, Bill Harkins, who ... ... |
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| ... is dealing with last
night's rain water. ... |
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| Lori ... and Andrew Haill
have arrived with ... ... |
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| ... their beloved Wayfarer. ... |
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| Gary and Ralph, the
"firkling" fellows, are at it once more. ... |
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| When I got back from
sailing, I discovered water in my tent. It turned out that
I had placed my tent right over the local watershed (above left) which
continued to flow for the next two days. Luckily, it was
no big deal to move the tent to drier quarters and sponge
it dry. ... |
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| It had not been and still
was not a good drying day! |
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