| the Mississauga Wayfarer/CL Regatta Mississauga SC * Sept. 15-16, 2007 race pics 4.2 by Gord Leachman, Gaetan Benoit & Michael Clayton ... |
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| Rodrick (3568) and Al are off up
the first beat at long last! ... |
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| Mark and Paul continue to lead,
but ... ... |
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| ... Gary and Rob are giving them
a good battle. ... |
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| In these conditions, trying to
foot through to leeward is a good viable alternative if you can't outpoint the other guy and don't think it's strategically wise to tack away. ... |
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| Leading by a healthy margin as
they begin the first run are ... ... |
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| ... the Taylors. ... |
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| Al and ... ... |
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| ... Tom recovered well from
their start line debacle, and now sit in ... ... |
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| ... 2nd place. But Al (l) is all too aware that this
could be the last race of the series, and that if ... ... |
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| ... Mark and Al place 1-2 in
this race, Mark will win the tie-breaker, having beaten Al in the last
race. ... |
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| Happily zipping along in 3rd
place are Marc and Julie. ... |
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| Stuart Walker once said Spend your lead! Mark and Paul have
done a bit of that here, wisely ... ... |
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| ... having doused their chute
good and early in order to drastically reduce the chances of a screw-up
as they ... ... |
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| ... round onto ... ... |
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| ... beat #2. ... |
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| A textbook douse and round for
W600: While Tom stows the pole, Al keeps the chute flying. Then a quick
douse and ... ... |
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| ... mini-clean-up by Tom while
Al reaches ... ... |
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| ... down to lower the board
fully. Right at the mark, Al will ... ... |
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| ... give the mainsheet to Tom,
once the latter has sheeted and cleated the jib at least halfway in.
Tom will then give the sheet two or three rapid hand-over-hand
yanks to whip the main in as Al turns the 90° or so onto his
closehauled course. Tom then ... ... |
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| ... hands the mainsheet back to
Al, fine tunes the jibsheet, and they're ... ... |
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| ... off in pursuit of Messrs.
Taylor. ... |
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| As Marc and Julie round, Julie
demonstrates exactly how the jibsheet should come in during the
rounding: Since sheeting in too soon is more damaging to speed than sheeting in too late, the jib should remain slightly ... ... |
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| ... undertrimmed until the boat
has steadied away on her ... ... |
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| ... new closehauled course. |
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