| the 2008 International Wayfarer Rally * Hermit Island, Maine Tuesday 12 August - 2 ... |
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| Mid-afternoon: Things have
lightened up quite a bit so that Tony (l)
and I have decided to take SHADES
out for a run. ... |
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| A closer look shows the night's
rain water, the level of which is near the upper chine on the port side. I can't say I've ever had that much rain water in the boat before. ... |
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| Tony's and Al's Tuesday
afternoon sail out to ... ... |
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| ... Bald Head and back, going
inside Gooseberry Island on the return trip. Chart copied with the kind permission of Curtis Rindlaub, author of the Maine Coast Guide for Small Boats. ... |
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| View of the Hirsch (l) and Uncle Al camp sites from
The Branch. ... |
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| More Wayfarer village along
Branch ... |
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| Looking north along The Branch, Yardarm Yankee and our docks at
left - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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| Anne Kell's view of Cape Small
Harbor
from the north ... |
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| Tony Krauss: It was a relaxing
sail. Fortunately for ... ... |
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| ... Uncle Al, Tony had brought
beer. ... |
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| Later: The Nelsons, Lisa, David,
Josh and ... ... |
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| ... Krystal put in a brief
appearance for a day or two while staying at another near-by campground. ... |
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| Krystal greets her friend from
past Rallies, Bill Harkins, who ... ... |
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| ... is dealing with last night's
rain water. ... |
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| Lori ... and Andrew Haill
have arrived with ... ... |
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| ... their beloved Wayfarer. ... |
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| Gary and Ralph, the "firkling"
fellows, are at it once more. ... |
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| When I got back from sailing, I
discovered water in my tent. It turned out that I had placed my tent
right over the local watershed (above
left) which continued to flow for the next two days. Luckily,
it was no big deal to move the tent to drier quarters and sponge it dry. ... |
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| It had not been and still was
not a good drying day! |
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