| the 2007 Rock Hall Weekend Saturday: on the water - 4 pics mostly by Uncle Al ... |
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| John and Dolores de Boer are all
set to race. ... |
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| Meanwhile, on Course B ...
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| ... things are getting underway,
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| Action heating up on our own
course as David Nees (227) demonstrates the art of A Cat self-rescue. (Al's note: Is this the same David Nees, son of Louis Nees, whom I know from McGregor Bay??) ... |
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| The Hobies are just about to
start. - click here
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| And they're off! ... |
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| Paul McVey checks the line for
skipper Mike while we wait for the 5-0-5's to go off, a wait that ... ... |
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| ... Uncle Al's zoom lens the
opportunity to ... - click here
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| ... check ... - click here
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| ... out ... - click here
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| ... the ... ... |
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| ... exciting action on ...
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| ... the other course. - click here
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| John and Dolores admire one of
the Bay's watermen for whom Saturday is ... ... |
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| ... just another day ... ... |
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| ... at the office! ... |
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| The Chesapeake 20's get set to
go, now that the 5-0-5's (r)
have ... ... |
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| ... just started. ... |
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| Seconds to go before the 20's
start. ... |
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| The gun goes and ... ... |
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| ... they're off! - click here
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| And a lovely sight they are,
too, especially once ... ... |
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| ... they tack and are backlit!! ... |
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| Alex Schlegel (202) tacks to
leeward of Clay Taylor. ... |
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| Later: While we Wayfarers awaited the start of our second race, we got a nice view of the 20's approaching the leeward mark at the end of their run, a leeward mark which was wisely set about 100 yards upwind of the start line. - click here for full-size pic |