the 2008 Rock Hall Weekend
Wednesday & Thursday 18-19 June
pics mostly by Uncle Al
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19 Highland Road, Oakville, ON: Two Wayfarers - one a lawn ornament - add class to Uncle Al's neighbourhood. The lawn ornament is Julie Seraphinoff's Pub Crawl which she and Marc Bennett will pick up shortly as they pass through Oakville on their way to Rock Hall after a night of illicit togetherness elsewhere.  Distraught at such goings-on, Julie's father ...
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... Nick hides his face in shame behind the birch tree. Nick has volunteered not only to be Al's crew on SHADES but also to ...
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... to tow W3854 to Rock Hall, using Nick's own ...
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... lights board (as seen above somewhere on Maryland's Eastern Shore during a gas/beer stop on Thursday morning after an uneventful trip - if you don't count the sexy- but irked-sounding female voice on Nick's navigational software that disagreed with the directions Al had printed out from his computer. Never will we forget those oh-so-patient and oft repeated words: "Do a legal U-turn ...". She sounded patient but we could tell that no one would get laid tonight!!!)
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Chestertown, early Thursday afternoon: After crossing the bridge, we nipped into the Marina for lunch.
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We were in luck. Chestertown's own Continental Navy frigate ...
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... the Sultana was at home. We then dropped SHADES off, as usual,
at the Chester River Yacht & Country Club, poised for the River Race the next day.
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Soon after that, we joined the Thursday evening party at the lovely Rock Hall YC.
(l to r at the near table) Linda Parry, Sue Wright, Frank Pedersen, Jim Heffernan
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Frank's daughter, Sarah, brought her daughter along this year, for Julie (r) and the rest of us to meet and admire.
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Jim Heffernan is going to be sailing with his son, Mark. Both display nostalgia mugs from the 1980 Wayfarer Worlds held in Tawas.
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Uncle Al relaxes with our Rock hall hostess, Karin Cowperthwait.
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At last! Richard Johnson and Michele have made it to Rock Hall from Charlotte, NC.
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