| the
2008 Wayfarer Midwinters a selection of Peter and Alex Rahn's trip pictures - 3 click here to see all the Rahn pictures ... |
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| Thursday night sunset ... |
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| vibrant colours, of which you ... ... |
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| ... can never get ... ... |
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| ... enough ... |
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| Tony Krauss (W4105) arrives with
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| ... Mary Abel. ... |
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| Andy Douma sails W555 across the
lake with ... ... |
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| ... Lori Beehler. ... |
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| Port
Tack Too gets dragged up on shore for the evening. ... |
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| Friday, Feb 8th arrives with
warm sunshine as Tony washes the mud off of Trouble. ... |
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| Colin and Heather get their CL
16 ready. ... |
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| Andrew Haill (l) and Andy Douma ... |
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| Geoff and his crew, Greg Murphy (l) ... |
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| Shadow
under power ... |
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| And then what every sailor
hates, dying winds. ... |
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| Shadow
has just beaten out Ted Benedict in the first race which
saw many lead changes. Meanwhile, the fight ... ... |
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| ... goes down to the wire as
Dave Moring glides through to leeward of Jim Heffernan (2458) and ... ... |
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| ... takes 3rd place. ... |
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| Next over the line will be Butch
Minson from Maine, as ... ... |
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| ... the rest of the fleet moves
ever more slowly ... - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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| ... towards the finish
line. - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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| Lots of patience required here,
as everyone hunts that elusive wind. ... |
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| The last breath of wind brings
the fleet to the line ... eventually. - for full-size
pic, click here ... |
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| On the bright side - there was a
free flowing tap of beer waiting for everyone on shore. - for
full-size pic, click here ... |
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| Joe and Nick in W1115 - I think
Nick made some unprintable comments about the wind here. |
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