| the 2008 International
Wayfarer Rally * Hermit Island, Maine Friday 15 August - 1 ... |
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| Our final Rally day arrives
warm
and sunny. It'll be a "Do your own thing" day, though most
are planning
to ... ... |
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| ... head up up the east
side of
the New Meadows River to
the Basin (diagonally across from Cundy Harbor) which Alan and Anne had had a look at the first day. ... |
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| Because I will be sailing
aboard Solje
with Gary and Tony (r)
today ... ... |
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| ... SHADES will be left
alone at her
mooring with only ... ... |
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| ... Ton's ... ... |
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| ... NedWA pennant for
company!! ... |
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| Ton (l) and Ralph:
Duelling paddles??? ... |
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| Ton is sailing with Tom
Erickson
aboard Possum today. ... |
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| Jim Heffernan (l) and Bill Harkins ... |
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| Putting the 2006
team back together ... ... |
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| ... Ralph (l) is sailing with
André
aujourd'hui. ... |
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| Solje
departs with Gary, Tony and Uncle Al aboard. Only one
thing could have
been more appropriate: We might have been aboard Tony's boat which is named Trouble!!! ... |
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| Gary Hirsch: Can this be
the
same man who was pretty nervous prior to his first W sail
earlier this
year at Crisfield??? I'm assuming that the white bridle addition is a shock cord that will keep the real bridle off the motor if tension comes off??? ... |
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| My beloved pal, Tony ... |
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| Not much doing at the
Marina
where three W's look ready to be hauled out: (l to r) Tom Graefe,
Kit, Ray ... |
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| Monique captures the
beginnings
of a tow being given to Possum
by MAG. ... |
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| Soon André and Ralph are
passing Solje. ... |
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| Even under tow (up tide??),
life
is good: (l to r) Ton,
Tom E. ... |
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| A last little Friday sail
for
Jim and Linda and ??? ... |
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| Chart copied with the kind permission of Curtis Rindlaub, author of the Maine Coast Guide for Small Boats. |
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| Friday's group sail to The
Basin
and back. Gary, Tony and I have already decided that we will try the challenge of the inside the islands passage - see green line - on the way up. - for full-size image, click here ... |
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| Off Flat Point: the
ubiquitous
Optis ... |
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| Anne Kell gets a nice shot
of
Alan Asselstine off the approaches to Hermit Island. ... |
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| In 2005, Chuck Jordan and I
tried going up between ... ... |
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| ... West Point and Carrying
Place Head. When we reached the island in the middle, the
tide was
still not quite all out but the water was less than six
inches deep up
ahead, so we gave up. This time, on a rising tide, Team
Trouble was
determined to make it through!! Chart copied with the kind permission of Curtis Rindlaub, author of the Maine Coast Guide for Small Boats. ... |
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| West Point - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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| Carrying Place Cove for full-size pic, click here ... |
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| Carrying Place condos??? ... |
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| Looking south, we see Kit
and
Andrew following us. Nice to have company. |
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