the 2007 North American Rally
Tuesday 24 July - 3
photos: Dave/Carol Hansman, Julia/Al Schonborn, Bill Harkins, Alan Asselstine, Andy Douma
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Trouble ...
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... chomps right along, while ...
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... Lori and Andrew exercise the abs as well.
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Lori goes below?? to the galley??
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Tom and Nel slip along the side of Davy Island, followed by ...
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... Blue Mist.
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Windshaker with the proverbial "bone in her teeth".
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Once more, those who reached the nice hiking breeze first, heave to and ...
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... wait for the rest to catch up at the entrance to the Sound.   - click here for full-size pic
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Team Njord illustrates the very essence of heaving to: the ability to relax.
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David and Andy, meanwhile, are not going to ...
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... waste a minute of this fine breeze!!
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Not many gardening chores at this cottage!!!
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Bill Harkins ...
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... arrives with ...   - click here for full-size pic
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... Margie and Krystal. But they no sooner heave to than ...
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... everyone else gets underway again!!
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So, they're quickly off once more. And the wait has not been wasted, because now they are perfectly placed to go astern of ...
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... Alan and Mary Asselstine, coming across on ...
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... starboard.
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Now, we'll head more or less south in the general direction of Jones Island, to scout for a suitable landfall.
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But that will be a beat, and most of us start off on ...   - click here for full-size pic
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... port tack, in the general direction of ...   - click here for full-size pic
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... yesterday's destination, The Pancakes.   - click here for full-size pic