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Venice Women’s Sailing Squadron“The Bitter Ends”
2023-2024 Inter-club " Gold "
Getting Ready for a Fun Day!
 Registration center |  Luffing Lassies Jennifer and Rosemary |
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 Lisa Ehrhart of Luffing Lassies |  Windlasses Joy Sheets and Chris Kelly |
 Susan St John |  Dinghy dame Lynn Randel |
 Bitter Ends competitors |  Welcome to sailing friends before the races |
 Bitter Ends buddies! |  Bitter Ends competitors Sandy and Jill |
 Luffing Lasses gets tire inflated by Ed Hasse |  Luffing Lasses Jennifer with veteran LL Ursula |
 Bitter Ends anchors Penny, Karen and Beth |  BE anchors Lynn and Dianne |
 Race Pro BE Ann Carrol |  Luffing Lasses waving the gold flags |
 Going for Gold |
Out on the race course
 Launching FWSA pres Joy Sheets in lead, BE Sandy and BE Pam |  Launch Sandy Vaughn |
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 Launch Pam Miller |  Launch cutting it close Snappy! |
 Launching safety boat |  Launch team helping visitors and our own |
 Launch Marge Whiteman |  Launch Yvonne Watson |
 Launch Tina and Ed Hasse on the safety boat |  RC boat pro Ann Carroll |
 Pre-race 1 |  Race 1 line up |
 Race 1 2nd group |  Jill and Snappy, note Jill flat, Sandy not |
 RC boat Ann, Miriam, Jennifer, Kim |  Capsize 348 WL Chris Kelly |
 Race 1 winners racing final order 22, 64, 45 |  Dingy Dame Lynne Randall |
 Race 1 rounding windward mark dd Lynne Randall |  Race 1 Susan St John, Pam Miller, Marge Whiteman and Snappy! |
 Racing Hard! |  Racing symmetrical |
 Rounding mark Luffing Lasses 22 Lisa Ehrhart hiking out |  |
 Bunching at the mark |  BE Marge heading up, Wind Lasses Chris heading from jibe mark |
 Keep sunfish flat |  Heading for jibe mark |
 Group heading down wind |  Close finish LL Lisa and WL Chris |
 |  Winner LL Lisa Ehrhart. Well done! |
 Rookies BE Yvonne Watson and LL Jennifer Walker |  Near the start, wide field |
 Race 3 Winners WL 340 Chris LL 43 Susan LL 64 Lisa |  Race 3 LL Susan St John pulls out |
 BE Yvonne, BE Jill, BE Marge |  Race 3 Note far distance 1, 2, 3 winners |
 Race 3 2nd, 3rd, 4th. LL Susan, LL Lisa, BE Jill |  Port and starboard, BE Sandy DD Lynne |
 Capsize LL Jennifer Walker. Winds kept flipping it |  Returning to shore 2 capsizes LL Jennifer and BE Marge |
 Teamwork retrieving boats |
After racing, lunch, fancy dress and prizes!
 Race pro Ann Carroll next to Pam Millers 50 cupcakes display! |  Bitter Ends Mary and Captain Janet. |
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 Luffing Lassies Lisa, Bitter Ends Beth, BE Pam and LL Rosemary |  Lunch with a sailing center piece |
 Tina and Cathy enjoying lunch |  Gold theme hats all ago! |
 Recognize Nancy from Bitter Ends? |  More Gold! |
 More hats! |  Golden Girls, Bitter Ends style! |
 3rd Gold fancy dress winner Pam Miller BE |  2nd Gold fancy Dress winner Rosemary from the Luffing Lasses |
 LL's Lisa, Rosemary and Dingy Dames Lynne Randal |  Gold Fancy Dress Winners! BE Golden Girls!! |
 All Gold Winners! |  Racing winners LL Lisa Ehrhart 1st LL Susan StJohn 2nd BE Jill Joos 3rd |
 Race winners including rookie winner BE Yvonne |  Race winners rookie 1st BE Yvonne Watson 2nd WL Jennifer Walker |
 BE Jill Joos raffles her bag prize. LL Ursula wins! |
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