| the Mississauga Wayfarer/CL Regatta Mississauga SC * Sept. 15-16, 2007 race pics 2.2 by Gord Leachman, Gaetan Benoit & Michael Clayton ... |
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| The battle for first continues:
Al (600) gybes and Mark follows suit to cover. ... |
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| Everything nicely trimmed and
pulling for ... ... |
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| ... Julie and Marc ... |
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| With Al threatening his wind,
Mark has gybed away, leaving Al in his favourite attacking position,
the ... ... |
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| ... left side, which will give
Al starboard or leeward if these boats converge later, and of course, if he can get an overlap, Al will have buoy room. ... |
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| A tense time as ... ... |
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| ... Marc and Julie hope to pass
just to leeward of Rodrick and Rod. ... |
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| Just to play it safe and make
sure he doesn't foul the leeward Marc, Rodrick (3568) luffs up a bit. Meanwhile, Colin and Heather have gybed and are now ... ... |
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| ... ready to hoist the chute. ... |
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| (l
to r) Colin, Marc, Geoff, Rodrick ... |
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| Rodrick (3568) gybes to dig back
in towards the rhumb line, and ... ... |
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| ... Rod adds that last little
touch, the whisker pole. ... |
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| Al still has the inside but
relative apparent mast height shows that Mark still leads. ... |
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| The race remains close. ... |
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| (l
to r) Al, Mark, Marc, Colin, Rodrick, Geoff - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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| The mariner continues to
"marinate", a word which I never see or hear without thinking of a line
that one of my Bronte Junior Grubbies put into the Junior Club's daily
log: "That intrepid marinator, John Friend? capsized in Bronte Creek." ... |
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| From this lovely angle, it seems
that Mark and Paul are all alone in first, but ... ... |
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| ... appearances can be deceiving
in sailing photos. - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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| Almost at the leeward mark, the
Taylors still lead as they get set to douse. |
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