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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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