the 2008 Rock
Hall
Weekend Friday 20 June - 3 pics mostly by Uncle Al ... |
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Not much wind about half an
hour
before our scheduled 11 AM start - and what there is,
seems to be
coming up the river from the right. ... |
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There are actually no fewer
than
three ... - click here for full-size pic ... |
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... Log Canoes entered in
today's race. ... |
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Tony has a gander
downriver, in
which direction about one knot of tidal current is now
flowing as well,
a matter that makes ... ... |
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... paddling the 100 yards
upriver to the start line a bit of a chore - particularly
in something
like this ... ... |
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... Chesapeake 20! Note how
far
downriver Tony has already drifted. ... |
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Looks like John and his
numerous
crew have #19 set to travel. ... |
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Between tide and wind,
Uncle
Al's attempt at a short paddle upriver from the ramp to a
dock space
resulted in this unintended and ... ... |
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... very much unappreciated
side-drift into the home of this pair of fledgling
ospreys. If I had been looking to illustrate the words and baleful and malevolent, their look would have served. ... |
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I do believe that red
flag was
one end of our start line. No more start pics after
this, since a brief
camera fiddle near the line gave the tide a chance to
push us into a
position from which we could no longer lay the line, and
the camera was
quickly cursed and forgotten. By the time we had tacked
back up-current
through a mass of starboard boats, we ended up starting
a good two
minutes late!!
...
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Just over half way to the
mouth
of the Chester River: The usual head winds have filled in
to the extent
that Nick and I can usually both sit on the windward deck. No other boats are close to us - behind or ... - click here for full-size pic ... |
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... in front. So it
seemed to
be a good time to haul the camera back out. It must have
been perfect
Chesapeake 20 weather as their leaders were pulling away
from us at a
good clip, unlike all the previous years, when we had
given them a
pretty good race. We speculated that with their tall
masts, the 20s
were perhaps reaching an area of stronger, steadier
upper wind that we
never got. - click here
for full-size pic
...
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We did give Bill West and
his
team in #88 a good run for a while though. ... |
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For Nick and me, the good
news
is that we know that there are no Wayfarers ahead of us, and a number of boats in this shot have to give us time - depressing - for them! - click here for full-size pic ... |
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I believe that's Jim and
Mark
Heffernan (far right)
running
a good 2nd among the W's. And two Chessies (dark hulls) plus a Log Canoe that we're ahead of! - click here for full-size pic ... |
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We may or may not have
treated
ourselves to a beer round about this time. I can't quite
recall. I
could ask Nick, I suppose, but ... - click here for full-size pic ... |
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... he's busy steering
while I
take pictures. ... |
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After the Race, pics taken
from
shore - at this time I know I'm having a beer - to be
chased with a few Dark
'n Stormies!! Richard Watterson heads for the beach with his first race under his belt, one that he very much enjoyed, he says. ... |
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Textbook stuff here: Mary
gets
the main halyard uncleated and clear while Richard luffs
head to wind. ... |
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As Richard removes the
rudder,
Tony and Mary could be modeling for Grant Wood's American Gothic.![]() Of course, Mary's lovely smile ruins the effect, and you'd have to pretend Tony's beer is a pitch fork, but the look on Tony's face is right. ... |
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Port
Tack too comes rolling in with ... ... |
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... Andy Douma (waving) and
Mark
Banyai. It's a lovely soft, sand bottom here, but it's
still good to
get the rudder up before it hits. |
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