the 2007 Rock Hall Weekend
Saturday: on the water - 4

pics mostly by Uncle Al
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John and Dolores de Boer are all set to race.
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Meanwhile, on Course B ...   - click here for full-size pic
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... things are getting underway, too.   - click here for full-size pic
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Action heating up on our own course as David Nees (227) demonstrates the art of A Cat self-rescue.
(Al's note: Is this the same David Nees, son of Louis Nees, whom I know from McGregor Bay??)
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The Hobies are just about to start.   - click here for full-size pic
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And they're off!
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Paul McVey checks the line for skipper Mike while we wait for the 5-0-5's to go off, a wait that ...
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... Uncle Al's zoom lens the opportunity to ...   - click here for full-size pic
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... check ...   - click here for full-size pic
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... out ...   - click here for full-size pic
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... the ...
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... exciting action on ...   - click here for full-size pic
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... the other course.   - click here for full-size pic
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John and Dolores admire one of the Bay's watermen for whom Saturday is ...
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... just another day ...
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... at the office!
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The Chesapeake 20's get set to go, now that the 5-0-5's (r) have ...
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... just started.
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Seconds to go before the 20's start.
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The gun goes and ...
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... they're off!   - click here for full-size pic
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And a lovely sight they are, too, especially once ...
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... they tack and are backlit!!
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Alex Schlegel (202) tacks to leeward of Clay Taylor.
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Later: While we Wayfarers awaited the start of our second race, we got a nice view of the 20's approaching the leeward mark at the end of their run, a leeward mark which was wisely set about 100 yards upwind of the start line.  - click here for full-size pic
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