| 2004
AEC
Wayfarer Worlds the Practice Race - 1 photos by Bob Thayer and Ralph Roberts |
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| Heider Funck prepares
to leave the Mississauga SC dock for the practice race ... ... |
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| ... as do Rachael Rhodes and Toby Mace in W8848 Meg B. ... |
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| They're off in a nice,
little ... ... |
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| ... on-shore breeze. ... |
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| A lovely, smooth tack
and ... ... |
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| ... it's off onto Lake
Ontario. Note how Rachael even works hard and hikes when ... ... |
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| ... there's nothing at
stake yet. ... |
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| Marc Bennett (l)
and Uncle Al have not put on their PFD's as permanently required by the
SI's - a fact that Mr. Weakley will make them loudly aware of when they reach the race area. ... |
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| Blissfully ignorant of
their horrendous gaffe, they follow Toby and Rachael as Marc continues to clean up the rigging mess Al has left behind. ... |
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| A fairly smooth tack
for the fans on shore. ... |
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| Søren Jensen
and Jesper Friis head out in the beautiful W825 kindly loaned to them
by Ed Tait. I bet Weakley didn't yell at them for no life jackets!!! ... |
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| Charlotte, North
Carolina's own Richard Johnson and wife, Michele, pilot Free Range
Chicken ... ... |
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| ... an Abbott Mark III
whose back tank no longer leaks ... ... |
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| ... out onto the wilds
of Lake Ontario. ... |
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| The Mississauga SC's
Taylor brothers, Paul (l) and Mark. ... |
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| Mike O'Malley and
Justin Denny leave the MSC inlet behind ... ... |
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| ... Peter and Jonathan
Ayres. ... |
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| Heider Funck and Tom
Wharton (l) who tied with Uncle Al for the most recent North American championship are off and looking good. ... |
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| It looks like it will
be a lovely day for the Practice race. ... |
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| Doug Honey and Becky
Robson (6280) check out the upwind possibilities, as do Toby and
Rachael (8848) and ... ... |
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| ... Dave (l)
and Charles Hansman in Banshee. ... |
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| Seconds before the
start: it seems most of the top boats want the leeward end - for larger
version, click here ... |
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| John de Boer (l) on a suicide run: unless he's not over the line because he's gotten himself a line sight, he will have to go around the end because the I-flag is up - for larger version, click here |