| Wayfarer
Midwinters Lake Eustis Sailing Club * February 2-4 , 2007 Friday: race 1.4 pics by Andy Douma |
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| Happy with a pretty impressive
comeback, Uncle Al and Marc get set to ... ... |
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... tack near the finish line.
Note Al's right hand behind his back as the roll tack nears completion.
He will now reach back and grab the tiller with his left hand that
still controls the mainsheet. That done, the right hand grabs the
mainsheet, and then he and Marc are ready to ...
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| ... tack once more to cross the
finish line in first place. ... |
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| A solid 2nd for Joe and Nick. ... |
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| An exciting finish as Peter
Hylen and Dave Hepting complete an excellent race in 3rd place, edging out Jim and Linda Heffernan. ... |
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| Close behind, getting a fine 5th
in their first Wayfarer race are Dave Moring and Kevin Rankin (10245).
Just ... ... |
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| ... seconds behind are Butch and
Janice Minson (3951) who will edge out Geoff Edwards and Ted Gadd. ... |
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| Unlike the rest of us who can
now head ashore for lunch, the RC must wait until ... ... |
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| ... the "last dog is hung". ... |
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| Tony Krauss with Mary Abel heads
for the smell of the draft beer after placing 8th, ahead of Richard
Johnson and Jeff Baker who rounded out the top ten.. ... |
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| Jim Lingeman and Randy Boekema
followed in 11th place. ... |
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| Geoff makes sure that we really
are supposed to head in for lunch now. ... |
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| Ted Gadd, stoic Englishman (l) ... |
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| Yacht club off the port bow!! ... |
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| Ted has decided that a little
spinnaker practice won't come amiss. ... |
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| No dawdling for Marc and Al when
there's a keg of beer at the end of the rainbow. ... |
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| It's nice to have an RC boat
that you can moor by just gunning it up the beach!! ... |
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| Get ready for ... ... |
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| ... the lunch crowd, Dotty!! |