| the Rock Hall
One-Design Summer Regatta & Chester River Race Uncle Al's on-shore pics - 1 ... |
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| The Thursday night
welcoming party at Frank and Sue Pedersen's in Chestertown: Tony Krauss
(l) and Marc Bennett - the latter admiring a fancy spec
sheet on the Windsprite, designed by ... ... |
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| ... Frank Pedersen himself. ... |
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| a pensive Tony ... |
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| Sue Pedersen ... |
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| Karin Cowperthwait who -
along with husband, Lee - once more fed and housed Al (and Marc) better
than any hotel could have hoped to do. ... |
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Friday morning: one of our
neighbours in the Chester River Yacht and Country Club boat park as we
rigged for the River Race, was a Windmill sailor, Allen Chauvenet, up a
week early for
the following week's Windmill Nationals. His Windmill was a very lovely
wooden
one - see photos below.
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| Sue and Marc supervise as
Frank tries to recall what goes where on his Wayfarer. ... |
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| the Windmill one more time ... |
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| Preparations continue. ... |
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| A couple of Highlanders get
set to hit the water. ... |
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| The Chester River ... |
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| The little lawn at the
other end of the parking lot was the staging area for the high
performance boats, including the A Cats who would dominate this race. ... |
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| Again this year, there was
no entry fee. ... |
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| Looking north towards
Chestertown as one member of our very diverse fleet checks out the
already very healthy gusts. ... |
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| Frank's Wayfarer is ready
for the old heave-ho - if someone can get the hoist to work!! ... |
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| Friday at the Rock Hall YC
after a somewhat gruelling River Race. The club's lovely new pool has
just been unveiled!! ... |
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| Frank and Sue enjoy the
delicious munchies that were provided as part of the (non-existent)
entry fee!! ... |
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| Each savouring their Dark
and Stormies, Tony (l) and Uncle Al rehash the River Race. ... |
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| Marc Bennett relaxes after
a tough, long race. ... |
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| Who could ask for a better
location than this for our ... ... |
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| ... Saturday morning
Competitors' Briefing??!! |