| Wayfarer
Midwinters Lake Eustis Sailing Club * February 2-4 , 2007 Friday: race 2.2 pics by person(s) thus far unknown |
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| A bit much main twist for Gale
and François here. If they can't hike the boat down and need to
ease the main, they should add some vang. That would let them point
better! This is why a nice functional vang needs to be a high priority
for any racer. ... |
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| A golden battle: Richard
and Michele round the windward mark just ahead of Dave and Kevin. ... |
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| The Chick'n looking great. ... |
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| As are Dave (l) and Kevin in Murphy's Law. ... |
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| As one can tell from apparent
mast height, the order of the top four down the second run is: Marc,
Joe, Jim, Richard. ... |
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| No spinnaker for Kevin and Dave
but they are still very much in contention as the leaders approach the
start of the final beat. ... |
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| More excitement on the run: four
W's virtually even: nearest to
furthest away: Jeff, Peter, Jim McIntyre, Jim Lingeman ... |
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| And all four of them are chasing
Ted Benedict with Charley Jensen! ... |
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| Have they passed him or has the
camera angle changed? ... |
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| The final beat: Note how Marc
again is taking no chances and has put half of his lead onto each tack
so as to ... ... |
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| ... remain between Joe and the
finish line. ... |
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| Joe and Nick (1115) in turn work
to protect their 2nd place against Jim and Linda (2458). ... |
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| Without a whisker pole to wing
the jib, Fred Hill has to work that little bit harder, as he and Ellen fight it out against Scott and Lori. ... |
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| Marc and Al get the first-place
beep. Note how SHADES has
enough vang to keep the main leech from twisting off excessively even though the main is eased about a foot. ... |
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| No mistakes for veterans, Joe
and Nick, who complete another fine race in 2nd place. ... |
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Wow! What a battle over 3rd at
the finish. By tacking underneath Jim (2458) and Richard (10139)
instead of crossing their transoms near the finish line, Dave Moring
(10245) has left himself the chance to beat one or both of the other
two. Of course, if he can't lay the mark, Dave will lose both boats,
but with no other boats close behind, there's no risk that he'll do any
worse than he would have by taking their transoms a hundred yards
further back.
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| Perfect! Dave just lays the
mark. Although he just got pipped by Jim (3rd), Dave snatches 4th from
Richard. ... |
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| Disappointment for Michele and
Richard - a 5th that was oh so close to being a 3rd! But they will
doubtless be cheered by the fact that they have sailed a much improved race over their first one. ... |
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| Anyway, there's no time to mope
or glory, as the next race is coming right up! ... |
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| An 8th-place finish for Tony and
Andy who ... ... |
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| ... just edge out Jeff and Carl
at ... ... |
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| ... the finish. |