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| John Weakley (l)
supervises registration as Uncle Al is his first customer and Mary Abel
waits patiently in line. .. |
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| Gord Leachman lurks above on
the Mississauga SC's rooftop patio. .. |
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| More registration on Saturday
morning .. |
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| (l to r) Richard
Johnson, Peter Rahn and Uncle Al. .. |
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| Adding a touch of class to a
parking lot that usually sees only motor boats .. |
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| Nick and Marc prepare to launch. .. |
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| The docks are already packed
with W's as George Blanchard checks out Heider's and Tom's fast-looking Wayfarer. .. |
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| The Mississauga SC docks ... .. |
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| ... beautified ... .. |
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| ... by Wayfarers. .. |
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| Tom Wharton carefully packs the
W6 spinnaker while John Weakley looks for beer in the aft tank. .. |
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| Pre-race upwind tuning being
done ... .. |
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| ... as the fleet heads out into a
fragile S wind. .. |
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| David Platt and Peter Seet .. |
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| A few ripples on the water - a
positive sign! .. |
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| The ripples have yet to reach
George and Mike ... .. |
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| ... and Richard and Jim. .. |
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| While Fred Black and Ted
Lacelle tune for light air upwind in 7379, 3854 remains hove to as Uncle Al and Frank ... .. |
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| ... relax. Actually, they're
doubtless faking it and burning up with nerves inside as race #1 approaches!! ... |
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| Doug Netherton with
Françoise Brossard (1366) and David and Peter (7218) do boat speed checks. .. |
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| Hans Gottschling gives Zoltan
Takacz a turn at the helm. .. |
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| Not much wind yet as Hans (938)
and Richard try going upwind. .. |
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| Doug and Françoise wait
patiently. .. |
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| Aha! Richard and Jim have
reached the strengthening lake breeze ... .. |
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| ... but not so Fred (r)
and Ted. .. |
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| Nothing like hoisting a
spinnaker to make the wind go away! |