warm-up Thursday

the 2006 Wayfarer Midwinters East
Lake Eustis SC, Tavares, FL * Feb. 3-5
warm-up Thursday
photos by Marc Bennett and Uncle Al

By Thursday afternoon, clouds were moving in as a cold front approached from the north.
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Still, the winds were nice as Butch Minson and his sister, Ellen Hill, went out for a bit of practice with ...
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... Marc Bennett and Michele Parish in SHADES (r).
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Butch and Ellen in fine upwind form
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No spinnaker just yet, though!
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Mark and Michele looking after my "baby".
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After a bit of spinnaker practice, Marc and Michele ...
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... look satisfied as they ...
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... return in flashy but perfect form to ...
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... the dock. Of course, docking will get tougher once the dock becomes crowded!
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A sign of a less-than-perfect weekend to come for Hans Gottschling and his new crew, Sebastian Pfannkuche, who seems to be checking for snakes and alligators! Er, lads, the lake is that way!!!
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Richard Johnson (r) and Uncle Al return from a successful practice run.
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And let us not forget ...
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... Uncle Al's apple juice box!
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The Chickin is ready to roost ashore.
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Excited but a bit nervous, Nick Seraphinoff, is about to ...
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... to take his maiden sail in his FD. Having signed up the experienced performance sailor, Brian De Brincat (l) as a crew, Nick Seraphinoff is all set!
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But first ...
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... let's find out why the main will only go half way up the mast! This calls for ...
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... the dry...
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... dock!
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There! That's better!!
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The wind is dying a bit but there's just nicely enough to try the spinnaker.
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Brian and Nick return, determined to rectify the fact that the mast bends too easily.

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