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2002 North American Wayfarer Rally
Burton Island State Park, Lake Champlain * July 11-14
photos 1: Thursday 11 July
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Our 2002 Rally venue was Burton Island State Park, at the north end of Lake Champlain near the town of St. Albans.
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We launched at ...
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... a nicely maintained ramp in the mini-harbour used by the small ferry that shuttled back and forth from here to Burton Island, a ferry that was appreciated by a number of us who had excess baggage (such as small children!) and/or a fear of Thursday's winds gusting to over 20 knots once you got around the point and sailed towards the state park by heading off to the right.
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Rally leader, Dick Harrington, loads up Blue Mist.
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Tom Erickson from Gardner, Massachusetts, hooks up Possum's jib furling gear, as ...
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... his wife, Diane, supervises.
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Jake Maarse has arrived from Coburg, Ontario with Aalsmeer.
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All in all, we added a nice touch to that little parking lot.
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Montreal's Mary Waterhouse greets Shirley Pegler and her kids, Stephanie and Drew,
who have made the long trip from Fredericton, New Brunswick.
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Tom and Diane (275) are about to hit the true wind as they get out onto scenic St. Albans Bay.
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I do hope Tom is ready for a sudden gybe when the real wind kicks in - any second now!!!
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Commodore Harrington has launched. And it's a beautifully sheltered spot for it, too!
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Uncle Al's SHADES gets literally loaded to the gunwales before launching, with gear for three people: Frank Goulay, Lucy Camacho and Al. One storage problem was solved when Frank volunteered to sail across to Burton Island with Kevin Pegler whose wife and young kids had opted for the ferry as a safer way of crossing. That left Lucy and me to sail our boat across - a beat all the way!! I still recall that we limited our tacks as much as possible what with there being virtually no room for our legs to actually hit the floor boards. Still, it was a fun sail on a lovely hot afternoon and we ...   
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... navigated over to Burton without any problems, despite ...
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... the pretty healthy winds. Here, from the stable platform of the marina dock, we could enjoy watching ...
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... Keith Brewer and Alan Waterhouse wending their way across with a nicely reefed mainsail
that Keith kept suitably eased to keep the boat flat until ...
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... they reached the sheltered waters of the Burton Island SP's marina.
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Mary Waterhouse welcomes the intrepid mariners. Having taken the ferry, Mary is dry!
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Ivan and Suzanne Pedersen of Pickering, just east of Toronto, brought Akvavit across under full sail,
and they, too, were very ready to ...
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... rag their sails as required.
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Soon, Ivan and Suzanne were romping at full speed into the marina.
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