Down the Chester River Race
& RHYC One Design Regatta, Rock Hall YC, June 16-18, 2006 Friday pics - 2 (mostly) by Uncle Al |
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Shall we sail the
Laser or the Hobie? ... |
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George Kuney and Susan Bloomgarden set up
their Hobie 20. ... |
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Two Chesapeake 20s sit
ready, as are two Windmills (sails up on shore) as race
time (11 a.m.) draws near. ... |
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The excitement mounts. ... |
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A very old Windmill
competed this year. ... |
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Despite their
eagerness to do well in this race, Al and Marc took
pictures for the first few minutes after the start. click here to see full-sized pic; click Back button to return to this page ... |
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In the early going, we
were doing nicely with much of the fleet behind us. click here to see full-sized pic; click Back button to return to this page ... |
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Shortly after this
picture was taken, we hit a big dead spot and plummeted
to second-last place. No pics after that, until ... ... |
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... we had finished
the race, grabbed a beer, etc. Then we captured poor
Nicholas Place and his lovely crew who ... ... |
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... were one of many
boats to hit a huge dead spot near the finish. ... |
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The Chesapeake 20
Fleet is prettily moored. ... |
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A surprise as Tony
Krauss and Mary Abel came from way back to finish 2nd
among the 7 Wayfarers ahead of ... ... |
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... John and Dolores
de Boer. ... |
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Tony and Mary were to
... ... |
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... do very well in
the racing this weekend! ... |
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A fine 3rd among
Wayfarers for John and Dolores in their first River
Race. ... |
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Bill Harkins and
Charlie Zapf ... ... |
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... roll in. ... |
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The Wayfarer beach ... |
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a last pic by Uncle Al
before his date with the Dark and Stormies ... |
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But even from the Rock
Hall YC's fine deck, and with my Dark and Stormy
clutched in one hand, I could still capture the drying
procedure of the de Boer spinnaker. ... |
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clean-up |
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