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Typical "wind clouds" as a cold
front moves in the day before the start of the racing.
Even in the very sheltered outer harbour,
the strength of the gusts is evident.
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The day before had been a mellow
summer's day.
Here Neil and Maggie Shawcross follow
an Opti out of the harbour.
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Joel and Jesper Bøgh prepare
to put W2006 through her paces.
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Bill Fyfe and Brian McCleery of
Ottawa (W6739) and the Boulton brothers from Oakville (3587)
prepare to head out for a bit of acclimatization.
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Putting the SHADES 3854 sails
on Recovery (W7900) borrowed from Graeme Hinton of Aldeburgh and
brought to Denmark on the (car) ferry via Esbjerg by George Blanchard and
Graham Dodd, Uncle Al and Tom Wharton sail off for an afternoon of fine-tuning.
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A Danish Snipe joins the parade.
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Dave Connor of Windsor launches
his borrowed boat as ...
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WP08: ... Søren and Inge
Jensen sail off in 7902.
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Darlene Collins steps ashore after
a fun afternoon of practice in 20C and 10 to 15-knot winds.
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But by the next morning, temperatures
have plummeted to under 10C...
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... and winds were already gusting
to well over 20 knots
as Ottawa's Keith Kennedy and Jim Murphy
contemplated some pratice.
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Of course, this was perfect sailing
weather...
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... for the strong, young teams
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... such as the Robson brothers,
Ian and Bruce, in W8550.
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Following Himbeergeist out into
the fray were the very talented young team of Chris Sallis and Philip Manning
in W8727. The latter placed 3-8-2 before an OCS in race 4 and the need
for an early start home brought a DNS in race 5 which knocked them out
of top 5 contention.
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No worries about the wind dying
and missing supper...
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... for the brothers Robson on this
day!
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Note the twist in the main even
with lots of vang holding the boom down!
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Not too many takers on this day
as the Robsons lead
Henrik Koch (1967) and Chris Sallis
(8727) back to the bar.
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Lars Blond and Søren Haldager
borrowed W8134 and finished
an amazing 8th in the their first Wayfarer
experience.
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Colin Taylor and Kevan Gibb prepare
to tack...
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... into the narrow harbour entrance.
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