| the 2011
Wayfarer Midwinters pre-Regatta pics - 6 by Mary Krauss ... |
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| Jim and Linda encounter
LESC's Mike Murto and crew, Andy Douma (W2959). ... |
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| (l to r) Pat Baldwin, Mike Murto, our
defending champion, Peter Rahn ... |
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| Spinnakers: the Rahns (286)
vs. the Johnsons ... |
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| Richard Watterson and Diane
ghost out to join the fun. ... |
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| (l to r) Richard Watterson, Mike Murto,
Peter Rahn, Jim Heffernan, Richard Johnson ... |
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for larger image ... |
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| While Jim Best undoes some
of the travelling ties, his wife, Cynthia, has gotten
right to the heart of the matter: the keg has been tapped and the beer is cold and free ... ... |
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| ... and delicious, juding
by Tony's face. ... |
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| The beauty about it being a
practice day is that there is no rush and Al stops
frequently to sip his beer and savour the warm weather. ... |
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| Butch and Janice Minson (l) arrive from
Maine and will sail his sister, Ellen Hill's blue Wayfarer
that is based at the LESC. ... |
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| To save Tony the hassle of
trying to see out the back of his fully loaded truck to
back the boat and trailer in, Al has a better idea: ... |
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| launch by hand with wheel
blocks ... ... |
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| ... positioned to stop the
tires at the water's edge. With the Pamco tilt-bed
trailer, this ... ... |
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| ... works like a dream. ... |
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| Almost set to cast off.
Oops! Forgot the ... ... |
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| ... rudder. This
illustrates why Uncle Al (almost) always attaches the
rudder (but never the tiller!) before hoisting the main. ... |
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| Done and off at last. It
occurs to me that Mary got a great shot of the SHADES interior here
that, used at full
size will come in handy when I am trying to illustrate answers to questions about my rigging. Will put this on my desktop where I hope I won't forget it!! |
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