the 2007 Rebel Nationals
Awosting YS, Greenwood Lake, NJ - July 14-19
Monday: postponement & party - 1
photos (mostly) by Uncle Al, Neil Robb and Nick Tanis
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The Senior Nationals' ...
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... competitors' briefing.
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Robert Krahulik and Steve Craver get out for a bit of tuning before race #1 just in case we do get some wind.
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Frank Traeger and David Davies check out the very light breeze before a virtual calm descends during lunch hour.
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Lee Nowak makes a gesture of protest after we discovered that the best of the porta-potties had been usurped by non-males. The previous day, it had been open to all, but someone must have left the lid up?
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Making sure we have the course set-up straight - (l to r) Neil Robb, Peggy Quiniff, Al Vorel, Mark Quiniff
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Do you suppose she's calling her bookie? A hundred bucks on Dave Nickels to win?
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a festive decorative touch on the wires leading to the Boat House
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Dave Nickels suggested this shot for an "Identify the ankle" contest.
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Jim Miller ponders his first-race strategy with the help of his trade-mark cigar. But it's all to no avail, since the RC wisely cancelled Sunday's races 1 and 2 not too much later.
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Pre-race discussion continues on the upper deck where the breeze is cooler than on the water below.
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Mindy Faulkner
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Late in the afternoon, Neil, Nick and I left the gorgeous Awosting regatta headquarters and went back to ...
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... our rooms at the Breezy to freshen up in time for tonight's dinner being hosted by the Selicks, Bill and Barbara.
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As we headed back to Awosting, my chauffeur, Neil, kindly stopped the "limo" so that I could get this shot of the sun-lit Boat House across Greenwood Lake, complete with a timely loon in the foreground.
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A mix-up in communications: Neil (r) and Uncle Al were given the impression that we would meet at the Boat House,
as was Ron Reading in Grampa's Toy - but no one else was there.
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Nick did however take this opportunity to capture the lake's eastern shore in ...
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... the lovely glow of the setting sun. It all ended well in any case. We duly tracked down the Selick summer home,
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CeCe with outgoing NRCA Commodore, Nick Tanis, who insisted on re-doing this pose several times until I got it right!!
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It then took Nick several tries before he got the hang of the Wayfarer Class camera, but ...
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... I suffered through it bravely!!
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The shores of Greenwood Lake: what a fine place for our dinner party!!
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221: Dan Murphy
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the fashion kings of Clark Lake: Neil (l) and Dan
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And a lovely evening it was!!
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It may not be easy being green, as Dave Nickels' boat name reminds us, but I myself have found it to be no easier sneaking up on Dave (sitting beside Dan) and get him in an unguarded moment. Here, I finally captured that winning smile that we see so often, yet hardly ever get a picture of.
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Catie is another one it's hard to catch unawares.

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