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Midwinters Lake Eustis Sailing Club * February 2-4 , 2007 Friday: race 3.1 pics by Andy Douma |
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The race 3 countdown has
reached its final few seconds. Al and Marc (2nd from left) have discussed
their race plan: With conditions very much like those in race 2 where
the right side of the beat seemed to pay, they have decided to go with
an RC boat end start, where Al shouldn't have too much trouble bailing
out onto port tack early.
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As Marc (3854) counts down the
final few seconds, Al has waited for Richard to move faster before
sheeting in, just in case Richard will cut the RC boat so close that Al
will get cut off. Mike Murto (2959) is wisely luffing his main to
slow down so that he won't risk getting wedged into the RC boat by Al.
Tony (4105) won't have much wind to work with off this start, but Ted
(991) is moving nicely and seems to have fairly clear air. Ted ended up
going below Dave (far right)
at full speed but has now ...
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| ... ended up right in Joe's dirt
(4th from right). (l to r) Al, Richard, Tony, Dave, Ted, Joe, Scott,
Butch, Jim Lingeman. Al has started right in Richard's backwind, but ... - for full view of this pic, click here ... |
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| ... with (l to r) Gale, Mike, Jim and Jeff
not moving well, Al is well placed to ... ... |
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| ... tack away without fouling
anyone. ... |
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| And we'll have Kevin (l) and Dave to speed test
with. ... |
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| Also tacking towards the right
side are Joe and Nick who now have Butch and Janice in their backwind. ... |
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| Having also tacked to port,
Scott and Lori keep a very watchful eye out for starboard boats. ... |
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| Dave (far left) has tacked back to
starboard and crossed Geoff and Ted. ... |
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| Pacing each other nicely on
starboard tack are Joe (1115) and Richard (10139). ... |
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| Jim and Randy (3991) are
partially in Joe's wind shadow, but still have lots of pressure from
this nice breeze. ... |
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| Near the starboard layline we
have Butch (3951), Tony (4105) and Geoff being captured by our thus anonymous photographer with his ... ... |
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| ... equally unidentified (as
yet) chauffeur. ... |
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| Mike Murto and Chuck McLaughlin
work their way up the beat. The off-center traveller will hurt their
pointing. ... |
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| An exciting moment: Tony bears
away for the starboard tacker (Jim) while Geoff just makes it ... ... |
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| ... across Jim's bow. ... |
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| Jeff and Carl check to see if
they have reached the starboard layline. ... |
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| Not yet - if Dave Moring (10245)
is anything to go by, and he normally is. ... |
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| Keeping Sharky nice and flat, Jim and Randy
near the starboard layline. ... |
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| Having gone middle right, Al
comes in on port and is about to tack on the starboard layline just off
Richard's bow (r). ... |
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| One more short hitch on port for
Mike and Chuck, ... |
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| Lori checks to see if Scott can
tack here. ... |
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| As Scott (555) puts in his last
short tack to the mark on port, the leaders have just begun their run.
Richard (10139) and Geoff (9483) race to see who can get the spinnaker
drawing first, while Kevin already has the jib poled out aboard Murphy's Law. ... |
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| Rounding just ahead of Butch,
Peter Hylen is ... ... |
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| ... in good shape once again. |