| the 2007 North Bay
Wayfarer Weekend Sat 30 June: W National Cruise Race - 1 photos by Julia and Al Schonborn ... |
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| 1030 hrs, about 30 minutes
before our scheduled start: An early glance at our
starting area
reveals about 5 knots of NW breeze and a suspiciously
dead-looking area
near the shore that will be one end of our start
line. - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| Before the rush to the
start
line, Lori proudly shows off her new Lac Deschênes SC
burgee
masthead fly that ... ... |
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| ... her dad, John, made
specially for her. ... |
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| The fleet gets set ... ... |
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| ... to leave the docks. ... |
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| Henry and Bernie with what
appear to be museum-piece sails: Tom Taylor sails (who
went out of
business in the late 70's?) ... |
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| Aboard SHADES, Marc will
helm today with
Uncle Al being the crew. ... |
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| Fred Black (l) and Rob Sevigny
get to know
each other. ... |
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| The first batch of
"weather"
passed safely to the south of us as ... ... |
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| ... race time neared. ... |
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| For now, we were looking at
a ... ... |
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| ... lovely sailing day! ... |
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| Marc (3854) and Henry
(3125)
cruise back and forth in the harbour mouth as they ... - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| ... await the countdown. ... |
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| Sporting their Wayfarer
watch
caps against a still unseasonably cool day, Team Banshee
... ... |
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| casts off. ... |
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| The defending champs in Eclairelle. ... |
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| Henry checks out the wind
conditions. ... |
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| Dave and Kim set out in
W4782
with ... ... |
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| ... her old sails not
looking at
all bad. |
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