| Farewell, Frank Pedersen W8705 Pictorial Memories - 2 ........ |
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| 2006: Thursday
night party time chez Frank and Sue. Our biggest Wayfarer contingent
yet to Rock Hall. ........ |
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| Friday's River Race arrived
sunny and warm as usual. Sadly we have no River Race action shots as yet, but we should because 2006 was the year Wayfarers ... ........ |
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| ... won the River Race on
corrected time. ........ |
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| Five of our six W's hauled
up out of the reach of the small tidal action. Frank always used the
hoist for his baby. ........ |
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| By now, Friday night at Waterman's
has become a Wayfarer tradition. ........ |
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| Don't we look well fed!! (l
to r) Julie Seraphinoff, Dolores and John de Boer, Marc Bennett,
Sarah and Frank Pedersen ........ |
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| Frank and Sarah fly along
in the One-Design Regatta. ........ |
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| Note the pitchers of Dark
and Stormies in front of Tony and Al. They, the pitchers, alas, are
no longer with us :( ........ |
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| Frank and Rock
Hall-of-Famer, Chuck Parry, discuss the day's racing. ........ |
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| Contentment would describe
it nicely!! (l to r) Frank, John, Dolores ........ |
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| 2007 saw Rock Hall
YC host our US Nationals for the first time. With over a dozen W's
expected to attend, the Thursday night party was moved to the club. (l
to r) Michiganders Peter Every and Bob Frick, Floridians Mike and
Dotty Murto and Jim Lingeman. But that's not all that was different: ........ |
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| Romance was in the air:
Marc and Julie As we toddled off to bed on Thursday night, not one of us expected ... ........ |
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| ... this!!! A
spring tide was covering the boat parking lot and the docks of the
Chestertown Yacht & Country Club: ........ |
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| I was tempted to try and
launch right here to demonstrate that a W can float in three inches of
water. ........ |
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| A lot of Jesusses out there
that morning - walking on water! ........ |
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Jim Lingeman lined up
this young, literal-minded lad as his crew du jour. The youngster asked
how long the race would be. Jim estimated three hours. Three hours
later, they were still drifting down the Chester River, when the boy's
father came by in a safety boat. The promised three hours being up, Jim
was left alone to finish the race, when his crew asked to hitch a ride
on the motor boat. Good thing Jim sails solo a fair bit at the Lake
Eustis SC in Florida.
........A bit of poetic licence coming up: It was fairly common each year for us to see the late, legendary Chuck Parry standing up to his waist in water off our beach as we reached the yacht club on the Friday after the River Race. What a lovely sight it was to see Chuck coaching the juniors. These three pics are actually from 2008 but I wanted to put them near where I had a nice photo of Chuck ... |
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| ... and his wife, Linda,
for whom the pavillion behind the clubhouse is named. ........ |
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| I do believe this was the
year Bill Harkins (r) brought his sailing canoe to the River
Race. ........ |
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| Frank and Sarah shared U.S.
Nationals Most Improved honours with Ottawa's Lori Beehler and
Jason
Hassard. ........ |
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| Awards in the Chuck and
Linda Parry Pavillion: What a fine group we
were!!! - click here
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