the 2007 Rock Hall Weekend
Friday: before the River Race

pics mostly by Uncle Al
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After a warm and cozy night, not to mention a delicious breakfast at Lee and Karin Cowperthwait's home, The Castle, Marc and I arrived at around 0900 at the CRYCC. It was just past high tide and a spring tide at that.
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God, how I love to re-live the fun of our regattas by doing these picture captions half a year later!! In all my 50+ years of sailing, I had never seen anything like this: notice John de Boer standing on the dock in the distance ...
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... , uncovering ...
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... W7351!!
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It has to be a different feeling stepping up into your Wayfarer off a dock, and with an ...
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... audience, too! (l to r) Marc, Dotty, Dave Hepting (Mike Murto's crew), Mike, and Dolores de Boer who looks happy to be where she is, well provided with her essential morning coffee.
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Nick Seraphinoff and daughter, Julie, had arrived too late to rig up the night before.
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A striking view of our parking lot as ...
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... the sailors make their way across it. I have to tell you that I was seriously tempted to launch right here what with the boat needing only 6 inches of water to float. But the tide was going out fairly fast and I ended up taking a pass, fearing we might end up stranded in mid-parking lot, a prospect too embarrassing to contemplate!
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You don't suppose that this is how ...
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... Jesus managed to walk on water??!!
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It will pay to stock up on sustenance sources for ...
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... this potentially lengthy race.
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We rigged up our boats while the waters receded.
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Lori and Jason have pulled in with Green Side Up, as has Andy (r). Mary (l) arrives with the look that indicates she didn't drink her fair share last night. Windmiller, Allen (blue sweatshirt), meanwhile, wonders if his ace crew will ever arrive!!
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It's a gray morning though nowhere near as uncomfortably cold as the night before.
Not much wind as yet, and the overcast, cool day bodes ill for the development of any "sea breeze".
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Aha! Allen's crew has arrived!!
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Linda Heffernan immortalizes the submarine docks.
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Registration duly gets underway, and our ...
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... Ottawa teams check in (r).
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Just in case the sun does come out!!
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Some of us look better registering than others.
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Colette Bolton will be crewing on the Hobie 20 for her dad, Chris.
In the background, John de Boer, has returned safely from his adventure on the submerged dock.
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