| Wayfarer
Midwinters Lake Eustis Sailing Club * February 2-4 , 2007 on shore - 5 (plus a few shots from race 7) pics mostly by Andy Douma, Lori Beehler & Uncle Al |
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| Our two Ottawa sailors ... ... |
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| ... Lori Beehler and Andy Douma
(photographer) pause for a pose before facing the elements. ... |
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| Oops! Dave Moring "lost" the
trailer during his launch and created ... ... |
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| ... this novel way of hauling it
back out once Murphy's Law
had been floated free. ... |
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| Captain Morgan might indeed have
said: "Arrrgh!" Kevin Rankin cleans up. ... |
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| Bob Getchell brought down the
40-year-old W1913 which he has beautifully restored and is now selling. ... |
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Sunday,
race 7: Andy Douma, crew for the race-leading Butch Minson, got
his camera out (having no spinnaker to fly!). Alas, I think he set the
camera for aperture priority and the camera couldn't handle the
brightness of the day at that setting. Still, this picture shows the
wind and wave conditions more realistically than the earlier pics from
the shore. (l to r) Nick
Seraphinoff got to helm The Maltese
Falcon while Joe De Brincat crewed and is lying a clear 2nd;
Richard and Michele pursue Marc who is 4th and trying to recover from a
big deficit incurred when crew Al managed to wrap the entire main
halyard tail around the flogging jib sheet as SHADES luffed on the start line;
even without a spinnaker, Dave Moring and Kevin Rankin (r) are holding 3rd in this hull
speed weather that makes having a spinnaker up almost superfluous on a
run.
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| Gybe ho! Scott and Lori gybe
near the leeward mark. ... |
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| Nick and Joe ride a lovely puff. ... |
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| Marc (8868, 3854's beloved Mike
Mac chute from the 1992 Worlds in England) fights off a determined
challenge from the Chick'n on
the left and Geoff and Ted astern, while ... ... |
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| ... race leader, Butch Minson,
has no such concerns!! ... |
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| Haul-out:
It took seven years for me to finally see the snakes we
were warned about when we first sailed at LESC in 2000. I was waned
that this is a venomous Cottonmouth but as near as I can tell from the
on-line Florida
Snakes Guide, this is a ... ... |
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... Brown Water Snake which is
harmless. Regardless, this fellow caused a certain stir until one of
the LESC members picked it up (with a shovel) and moved it into the
bulrushes up the shore a ways. In any case, even with the temperature
having shot up into the low 60's F (15C), it seemed pretty lethargic!!
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| As we waited for the awards
ceremony to begin, we ... ... |
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| ... enjoyed the ever warmer
sunshine that was now getting us into the middle 60's. ... |
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| Another advantage of wooden
Wayfarers is that they make great bars. ... |
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| With the increasing warmth, not
a moment of shorts time is to be wasted. ... |
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Gathered at the bar from left
to right: Nick, Marc (in his new cap), Linda, Jeff Baker, Carl
Schroeder, Tony and Jim. Jim looks especially happy, as we all
congratulate him on winning the last race. In fact, it turned out that
the Race Committee saw the finish in a different order: Butch ahead of
Jim and Linda. Either way, a great race for both!!
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| Bellying up to the SHADES bar, Jeff and Carl chat
with Mary and Marc. ... |
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| Duelling
Cameras, starring Lori Beehler ... |
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Mike Murto points out an item
of interest (an alligator) to his wife, Dotty, and to Joe De Brincat (l) - a little rest before he goes
on duty as the awards MC. This seems as good a time as any to trot out
the best Joe De Brincat story of the weekend: Race 4 had just started
on Saturday afternoon. Marc and I were bow to bow with Joe and Nick
about a minute into the race, when suddenly I heard Joe yelling: "Do
you know where I am??!!" It turns out his son was calling him on the
cell phone. The conversation was short-lived. Later, we were still neck
and neck, as Nick and I were trying to out-spinnaker each other. To his
credit, Nick chuckled when I asked if they would order us a pizza.
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| The relaxation continues until
Marc ... ... |
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| ... gets up to check that Al has
properly prepared the boat which will stay here until we come back
through on Friday after our trip to Captiva that had to be postponed
til after the Midwinters due Marc's delayed passport. ... |
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| At last! Nick found a volunteer
(Tony Krauss) and gets to sail his Flying Dutchman! |