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 ...
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... things are getting underway,
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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
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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
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... check ... - click here
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... out ... - click here
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... the ... ... |
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... exciting action on ...
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... the other course. - click here
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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
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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 |