| Farewell, Frank Pedersen W8705 Pictorial Memories - 4 ....... |
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| In 2010, Rock Hall
not the
only place we saw Frank and Sue. Just before Memorial Day, we were
getting set for our annual Chesapeake Cruise (brief overnight stop at Richard Watterson's place above), having arrived at ... ........ |
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| ... our launch ramp at
Crisfield's Somers Cove after a fun ... ..... |
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convoy through SE Pennsylvania, when ... ..... |
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| ... who should roll into
the parking lot but Frank (above) and Sue who had decided to come all the way from Chestertown to see us off. ........ |
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| Waiting for our crab
dinner: Frank trades tips with Kit Wallace's boat-building brother,
Mark. ........ |
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| In mid-September that year,
Marc Bennett (by now married to Julie and emigrated to Michigan) and I got to visit with Frank and Sue in Brooklin, Maine where Marc was to pick up W4270, a gift from Frank. ........ |
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| We really enjoyed the tour
of this boat-building Mecca that Frank gave us. And we got a live view (above) of the Windsprite, designed and built by Frank and lovingly referred to by Frank as "a Wayfarer on steroids". ........ |
| 2011: the WOOD
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| In May 2011, Frank was
largely responsible bringing the WoodenBoat magazine's wooden
boat regatta back to life and to Rock Hall after a 20-year sleep. Like Frank, WoodenBoat and its editor ... ........ |
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| ... Carl Cramer, are from
Brooklin and had each other's ear. The above was taken on Saturday
afternoon
during the countdown to the end of the world as we knew it, with Carl waiting to be taken away in the "rapture". ........ |
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| Frank's beautiful W8705 was
the first to arrive. Even it was not carried off in the "raspture"!! ........ |
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| Here an old wooden
Lightning is bookended by two wooden Wayfarers which did very well in
our division. ........ |
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| A bit of tuning on the
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| (l to r) Linda and
Jim Heffernan, Uncle Al, Bill Harkins, Richard Watterson, Frank Pedersen ........ |
| our Rock Hall
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| Less than a month later, it
was time for the Down-the-Chester-River Race once again. ........ |
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| Still ahead of an A-Cat (far
right) half-way through the race!!!!! ..... |
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| Frank and Sarah take the
Wayfarer lead. ..... |
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| a thing of beauty!!!! ........ |
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| Sarah and her dad ........ |
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| Sue and Sarah on a misty
afternoon ........ |
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| Light winds on the Saturday ........ |
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| A tow in as the winds died
and a hoist out. ........ |
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| USWA Commodore, Jim
Heffernan ........ |
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| Sunday's winds mostly
deserted us as well :( ........ |
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| One of the last to unrig is
Uncle Al - with Dark and Stormy in hand! ........ |
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| awards ... |
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| See you next year!! |
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