2007 W's at Rock Hall: Friday pics

the 2007 Rock Hall Weekend
Friday: after the River Race - 1
pics mostly by Uncle Al
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After about 3 hours and 22 minutes of sailing, SHADES (bow and jib visible) limped across the finish line in what ...
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... appeared to be ...
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... the last of the wind.
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One last gasp of northerly air flow propels the Vanguard across the finish line, but after that ...
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... virtually nothing - not to imply that my crew, Marc, is nothing, of course.
In fact, he looks quite chipper for a guy who didn't get home til 5:30 a.m.
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We felt sorry for the many boats who were still trying to reach the river mouth in ...
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... a tide that was going against them, and with virtually no wind.
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Uncle Al in his lucky Lake Eustis shirt
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Some of the Chesapeake 20's again had a ...
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... "mother ship" in attendance, a support boat, if you will.
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Full marks to the Wayfarers who can be seen drifting into their Rock Hall YC landfall (above) an hour and half later. 11 of our 12 W's stuck it out to the bitter end and finished the race. And had enjoyed themselves immensely. Not a complaint to be heard!
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One of our fellow sailors - sadly not a Wayfarer!
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The team from the Vanguard, Geoff Becker and his lovely crew:
A perfectly good dinner gets crushed, sacrificed to the god of photography.
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Two Windmill sailors, Dyer Harris (Rock Hall Regatta Chairman) and Allen Chauvenet (r)
share a moment of thoughtful discussion.
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Frank Pedersen (l) is the lone Rock Hall-based W,
but Bill Harkins (W2526 who sailed his canoe today) is not too far away in Arlington, VA.
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And now a look at the real Frank - without the sunglasses.
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I think this is Colette Bolton who can't have had much fun in the Hobie in today's winds.
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