Pictures From
The 2003
Fern Ridge Spring Messabout
Fern Ridge Lake, near Eugene, Oregon
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When a big thunderstorm hit after lunch, John Lawless's Mercury sloop Tribute tried to sail herself across the lake, dragging the anchor behind. Pat Delsma and John braved the hail and wind to rescue her. John McCallum (white hat) of Applegate Boatworks is building this 24' canoe for the Chinook tribe. John enlisted volunteers to check the canoe's trim...

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and take it for a test paddle. Despite its inexperienced crew... the canoe managed 4.5 knots.

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This is cheating. Trent Hering brought his Weekender to the messabout, but I didn't get a picture of it. So here's one I took a month before on the other side of the lake. Frank Mabrey and his wife take their Whitehall for a row. At the end of the day, Pickle and the Whitehall.


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