Saturday on shore - 2
photos by
Sharon Nowak, Sandra Smith, Janice Ryder, Uncle Al, John Hopson, Gary Hirsch
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With the first race not starting 'til 1 p.m., there is lots of time to arrive on Saturday morning and still not have to ...
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... rush the boat set-up procedure.
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Al Vorel (l) and Dave Nickels discuss Rebel rigging.
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Craig Spear and Joe Schardt with their venerable Interlake 161
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After having his 10th knee operation last month, the new reduced Dan Hockenberry (white shirt) is already off crutches and using a cane. But Dan will be unable to sail any more this year, and so is letting Uncle Al and Larry sail his "baby". Here Dan chats with Pat Vorel (77) who will be crewing for her granddaughter, Mary (r), a team that placed a close 2nd to Dave Nickels in this year's Rebel Nationals.
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IT'S NOT EASY BEIN' GREEN is nearly set for the hoist.
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Mary Vorel helps her mom, Karel, set up the mast of the parents' Rebel.
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Solje meets ...
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... Clark Lake.
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Note how shallow the launch area is.
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At our Rally, Gary ...
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... used a motor (for Maine's tidal waters)
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Young Robin Austerberry shows off his tattoo.
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Our PRO, Bruce Nowak, is a lovable optimist: here he has just told me that he hopes to get four races in today,
which is why the start sequence for each Class has been reduced from 5 to 3 minutes.
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Shannon samples one of the refreshing drinks (non-alcoholic before supper) that were available free.
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Brunch was served around 1130 hrs. with the competitors' briefing scheduled for noon. Here we can see multi-tasking at its finest: eating lunch and reading the SI's (Sailing Instructions) as demonstrated by Brook Smith and ...
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... his crew ...
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... Sheri Hartlep.
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A pastoral scene on this lovely warm day with temperatures in the mid-70's Fahrenheit.
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Looking serious as the racing draws near is the veteran Clark Lake Rebel team of Brian Main (l) and Mike Wolf
- concentration that paid off in a fine 5th in the tough Rebel fleet!
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The Vorel table: (l to r) Pat, Karel, Al and Mary
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Some of our new W's: (l to r) Gary and Stephanie with Robert Mosher. The latter came last year to just have a look at other W's but this year, Robert will sail as crew on the CL. Thanks to Gary and Robert for contributing pictures to this effort.
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Clark Lake's Brian Johnson will again be teaming up with Joe DeBrincat in this event.
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At noon, the Skippers' Meeting is duly started with a welcome from CLYC Vice-Commodore, Mike Britz, who then ...
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... hands it over to Regatta Chair, Mike ...
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... Smith.

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