| the 2007 North Bay Wayfarer Weekend Mon 2 July: Don Rumble Memorial Series Race 5.1 photos by Julia Schonborn ... |
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| It's barely 1 p.m. and the
finale is about to get underway - a windward-leeward. - click here
for full-size pic ... |
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| A pair of happy campers: Dolores
and John de Boer ... |
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| Although they can't do any worse
than a tie for first, Marc and Al will lose the tie-breaker if Dwight
and Pat win this race. - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| So Marc has decided he should
crew in this race rather than get his turn at the helm. ... |
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| The breeze is still a good
healthy one as Al (l) and
Dave H. check out the line. ... |
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| Ready to let it all hang out are
Al and Marc. ... |
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| Breanne and her dad, Ross ... |
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| Looks like Jason will get to
helm Green Side Up in this
one. ... |
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| It is indeed a glorious day to
be sailing! ... |
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| Al and Marc (3854) have aced the
start at the slightly favoured windward end. In more wind than most of
can hold down, Dave and Kim (4782) have a pretty nice start as well,
since Al's backwind won't hurt them excessively. ... |
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A starboard lift is bad news for
Dwight (5th from right), especially
if Al can force himself not to pinch and sail lower but faster to
"shift-proof" his lead over Dwight. If Al stays to windward and astern,
the next knock will take away all or much of his lead, but if he can
end up to windward (less) and ahead, even a knock won't do much for
Dwight. - click here
for full-size pic
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| A poor start for John who now
tacks away onto a knocked port tack to clear his air: (l to r) John, Geoff, Tony, Fred, Michael ... |
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| Ah, and a well-trimmed bunch we
are, too! - click here
for full-size pic ... |
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| Jason (3140) and Andy (555) have
tacked to clear their air - and especially wise move since starboard
has been knocked. - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| A more panoramic ... - click here
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| ... view - click here
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| Looking lovely on port are ... ... |
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| ... Jason and Lori. ... |
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| A fine mood as the two Daves
(Hansman [282] and Richardson) battle it out upwind. ... |
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| And now the fleet bears down on
the RC boat ... - click
here
for full-size pic ... |
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... with Uncle Al (red spi) and
Dwight (4606) battling it out for the lead. Keep an eye on John de Boer
(blue and green spi) who has had a sub-par first beat but will now
begin to thread his way through the fleet in an amazing come-back that
will take him and Dolores all the way back to 3rd place by the finish!!
- click here
for full-size pic
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| While eager to sail the shortest
course along the rhumb line, Al will ... ... |
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| ... vigorously defend the left
side (windward here) against Dwight as necessary. - click here
for full-size pic ... |
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| Hull speed weather. In this
wind, pretty much everyone will easily do hull speed downwind even
without a spinnaker, as Dave and Carol Hansman demonstrate, hanging
right in there with Al and Dwight as they pass the RC boat. |
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