Down the Chester River Race
& RHYC One Design Regatta,
Rock Hall YC, June 16-18, 2006
Friday pics - 1
(mostly) by Uncle Al

The morning of the River Race: Bill Harkins (r) prepares his Wayfarer, as Craig Rule does the same for his Highlander.
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No shortage of cute crews here
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A Comet is prepared.
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Jim and Linda Heffernan add museum piece sails to W2458. The boat - a composite Mark I with glass hull and wooden deck - still looks in great shape though.
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Sarah adds the spinnaker to the Pedersen machine.
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Aboard SHADES, Marc (r) makes absolutely sure everything is set up right, With the Wayfarer reputation on the line, we really wanted to do well in the River Race - so much so that we even used our best spinnaker, one that had only been used once, in the 2004 Worlds.
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Three of seven River Race W's launched and ready.
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The fast, light guys were mostly at the other end where they were easily launched without automotive assistance.
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Nicholas Place gets his 5-0-5 all set.
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The Chester River Yacht & Country Club was the ...
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... registration and departure point.
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Tony Krauss signs the waiver and ...
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... pays the whopping $5.00 entry fee!
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We were each given a red ribbon to tie to our rigging so that the finish boat would recognize us as official entries.
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PRO, Dyer Harris, explains the rules to ...
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... an attentive lot of ...
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... competitors.
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A few nervous looks??
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a serious-looking John de Boer and his ...
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... lovely wife/crew, Dolores
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do I detect a wandering mind? one of the Comet people
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a pair of Hobie 20 sailors pay close attention
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Bill Harkins (l) and Charlie Zapf of W2526 listen closely ...
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... as does Julie Price.
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Mary Seraphinoff fine tunes her shopping list.
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