| the
Tim Dowling Memorial Regatta Clark Lake YC * Sept. 23-24, 2006 Saturday racing pics - 1 by Peggy Quiniff and Neil Robb |
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| Race 1: The leading
Interlakes round Eagle Point onto a close spi reach towards mark 3 in
the NE corner of Clark Lake. ... |
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| Steve Aspery and crew ... |
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| Bob and Betsy Bradley pop
the chute on their way to a come-back win in race 1. ... |
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| The closely bunched
Interlake fleet ... for full-size pic, click here - use Back button to return to this page ... |
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| ... heads for mark #3. for full-size pic, click here - use Back button to return to this page ... |
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| Looking towards mark 3 from
the RC boat ... for full-size pic, click here - use Back button to return to this page ... |
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| ... on station at the finish line at mark 6, just west of
the club. for full-size pic, click here - use Back button to return to this page ... |
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| Dan Hockenberry and Uncle
Al cross 2nd in race 1, well back of Dave Nickels and Emelia Oslund. ... |
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| The finish being so near
the club, there was a perfect opportunity for quick, needed trips to
shore. ... |
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| Scott Dowling and son,
Cameron (l) took the Rebel 4th (behind Bruce Nowak and Mark
Ortiz), and then it was ... ... |
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| ... the photographer's son,
Jim Quiniff with Theresa Stoodley. ... |
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| Race 2 brought similar
patchy SW winds and ... ... |
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| ... another start at #3 at the east end of the lake. Tom Marriott and Mike Judd (Interlake 909) come up to
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| ... check out the boat end
of the line, as do ... ... |
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| ... Alan Freeland and Aimee
Barcus. ... |
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| Team Aspery: checking for a
favoured line end by luffing head to wind on the line was not
necessarily the definitive answer here, what with 30° shifts
changing the favoured end every minute or so! ... |
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| Last-second Interlake
preps for Brook Smith and Colleen Hughes as Uncle Al and Dan look on. ... |
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| Jack Coleman and Ann Taylor
in Rastafarian ... |
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Tom Marriott sacrifices
the currently favoured pin end with a port-tack crossing behind Jack
Coleman. I liked this start since it kept you away from the dead spots
nearer the windward shore and if the next shift was - as anticipated -
a port-tack knock, should leave Tom in fine shape. Going over towards
the south shore was a bit of a lottery play: sometimes there are juicy
gusts and fine port lifts to be had there, but the major danger of huge
dead spots also exists. All in all, it's a lot easier on the nerves to
go up the middle of the lake in these south winds.
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| Bryan and Jim Bradley (?)
move in to windward of Ron Gall and Mike Horvath |
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