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