the
2002 North American Wayfarer Rally
Burton Island State Park, Lake Champlain * July 11-14
photos 5: Friday 12 July
..
And then, Tom and Diane, and most of the rest of us were off around the north end of Woods Island, headed for ...
...
... a lunch stop in North Hero. While Tom reaches back and forth in a nice breeze, Jake awaits his share of the wind.
...
In the chart above, the green track represents the detour made by Al and Lucy, so that they could pick up Frank. The latter was sailing back to Burton with the Peglers who didn't want to overtax their kids with the longer sail to North Hero and back. At the marina, we quickly took a bearing on North Hero from the chart above - we'd have to pass just south of Knight Island and then turn north about 5°, and that should land us right at lunch. With a nice 10 - 15 knots of SW breeze, it would be a close spinnaker reach to Knight Island. And let's face it, Lucy, Frank and I had some catching up to, so the chute was called for.

Ironically, there were no other Wayfarers in the bay at North Hero when we arrived. Later, we discovered that the other group had headed way too far north (see red track above) and ended up in a bay all right, but not one with a store - or lunch!
...
Frank (r) gets a hero's welcome across the street from ...
...
... where we ...
...
... landed - note the lone W at the dock.
...
Above the dock, there was a lovely little enclosed area, where you could enjoyably consume the victuals ...
...
... purchased at the Hero's Welcome across the street. Still no sign of any other W's after half an hour, so we hoisted the sails and started back towards Burton Island.
...
As we were exiting the bay, the first of the other group, Team Wallace (1037) came around ...
...
 ... Hibbard Point. But we had eaten once already, so Frank, Lucy and I decided to keep sailing and head on back to camp (and wine and beer) while the winds were still good!!
...
Tom and Diane round Hibbard Point.
...
André and Monique arrive ...
...
... back at the ...
...
... marina on Burton Island.
...
Back at our camp site, Chef Rachel stirs the tinned beef stew that ...
...
... Uncle Al brought as his dinner.
...
Nothing but elegance when you dine out with Uncle Al who ...
...
... later modelled his evening (anti-bug) wear.
...
Al had to switch sites after Thursday night, and Kit and Frank kindly invited him to share their site not far up the path. Laziness prevailed: Al and Frank emptied Al's tent and carried it - fully erected, so to speak - to its new location in what was ...
...
... becoming a mini-village.
..
2002 Rally
more pics
2002 Rally index
return to Rallies index