the 2007 North Bay Wayfarer Weekend
Tues 3 July: Trout Lake Poker Race - 3  
photos by Julia & Al Schonborn; Dave & Carol Hansman
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With the traveller still off to leeward to kill any hope of good pointing, W3125 ...
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... sets off on port tack into Delaney Bay.
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Still awaiting their "go" are Andy (555) and Tony (USA4105), but Rusty Scupper ...
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... with Fred and Pat (at the helm) is now off.
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The "abandoned" guys team ...
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... Tony and Jason, are next.
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The top three from the Cruise Race are the last to go off - in reverse order, of course.
So, John and Dolores (3rd in Cruise) are still waiting patiently, as are ...
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... Dave and Carol.
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Puddle Duck with John Simmonds and Mike Jeffery are off but are a bit slow to get their board down, much to ...
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... the dismay of Sue Pilling and Nicole Neph, who were eagerly following in Mystic.
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It was a bit of a mess but ...
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... Sue takes it with good grace, as always.
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John's keelboat pose, sitting way aft in comfort, next to the tiller, makes Puddle Duck drag her ass, as well as ...
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... making it hard to steer at times.
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Eeek! Talk about ass dragging!!!
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Tsk, tsk! Even Tony could stand to sit further forward. And he should know better!!
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One more glance at the chart of our first leg
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The view from shore as three of us still await our "go".    - click here for full-size pic
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At last! Dave and ...
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... John are off.
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Slow going for Walter and Tim so far!!
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The view from SHADES just after Julia and Al got off the beach.   - click here for full-size pic
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The two Johns - de Boer (7351) and Simmonds (3099) - approach the starboard layline and get ready to ...
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... tack and lay Ken, so to speak.
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Looks like Andrew and Michele are first around, but will have trouble finding wind since ...
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... Ken (in red canoe), at waypoint #1, has parked himself nicely in the lee of the land.
Sue and Nicole are now around and may just find a small breeze on which to escape the wind shadow cast by the land.
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Not one to make things too easy, Ken insists that ...
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... we round his canoe to port!!

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