| the 2007 North Bay Wayfarer Weekend Tues 3 July: Trout Lake Poker Race - 7 photos by Julia & Al Schonborn; Carol & Dave Hansman ... |
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| ... went upstairs. - click here
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| Julia (r) catches up on all the latest
with Don Rumble's two daughters, Anne McNutt (l) and Gillian Danby. ... |
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| Chef Fred at work ... |
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| Gillian's granddaughter, Cheyne
Reid, and her
boyfriend, Jared Ross, visiting from Nova Scotia. ... |
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| Fred and Anne Black tuck into
lunch, but first Fred has to prepare his two poker hands to be
submitted to ... ... |
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| ... records keeper, Mitchell. ... |
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| Mike Jeffery proudly displays
one of the W3099 poker hands. ... |
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| Complex calculations are in good
hands here: Dave and Mitchell ... |
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| Anne Black reflects on a fine
lunch. ... |
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| A lovely, woodsy setting: (l to r) Henry Van Brussel, Mike
Jeffery, John Simmonds, Fred Black ... |
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| Michele gets refreshed after a
long time out on the water. ... |
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| Carol Hansman with her ... ... |
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| ... granddaughter, Kennedy ... |
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| The Committee (Mitchell and
Dave) has made its calculations and is ready to present awards for the 2007 Trout Lake Poker Race: ... |
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| Tied in 2nd place were (l to r) Andy Douma with Joan, and
Tony Krauss with Jason Hassard. ... |
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| And the winners of the 2007
Poker Race were Dave and Carol Hansman with support team, Mitchell
Martyn. ... |
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| Is this still Pat Onions aboard Rusty Scupper???? ... |
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| With a long trip back to Bob
Brown's hangar facing us, lunch had to be cut all too short and we were soon preparing to depart. ... |
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| Our thanks to Jennifer (Fred's
daughter) Bywater and her husband, Brent for the loan of the float
boat, which enabled Fred McNutt to offer a tow back
that found numerous takers. Helping to "man" the "raft" were: (l to r) Michele, Gillian, Jared, Fred, Julie Reid (Gillian's daughter), Cheyne ... |
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| Julie and her daughter, Cheyne,
share a
quiet moment before joining in the rather hectic task of getting ... ... |
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| ... the tow sorted out.
Meanwhile ... ... |
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| ... Julia (who rarely gets to
sail these days) and Al (3854) have decided to sail back in what
appears to be a nice breeze. ... |
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| The tow actually got underway
with admirable efficiency, leaving ... - click here
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| ... Anne behind to clean up the
mess!! ... |
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| It turned out to be a great
sailing breeze for the trip back (see
chart above), a nice SW breeze that let us sit out but didn't make us hike too hard, and enabled us to ... ... |
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| ... keep pace with the tow for
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| ... quite ... - click here
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| ... some time ... - click here
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| ... while getting some nice
close-ups: Pat (l) and Fred ... |
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| (l
to r) John, Dolores, Sue ... |
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| Tony and Mary re-united. It was
here that Tony, only a few feet away from where we were sailing
alongside remarked: "That sailing stuff looks like such hard work!" ... |
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| Fred McNutt checks that all is
well with his charges. |
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