the 2008 North Bay Wayfarer Weekend
Don Rumble/Nats: race 3.2
photos by Julia Schonborn
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The 2nd reach was as close as the first had been broad, making it a ...
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... very close spinnaker reach as the wind started to pick up again: (l to r) Dave H, John, Andrew
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Mark and Paul continue to extend their lead, while Al and Michele (red spi) have moved much closer to 4th than they once were.
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The second beat: Looking relaxed as befits their big lead are Mark and Paul (r).
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The Hansmans remain 2nd and ...
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... Granny looks happier now that it's stopped raining.
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Al has parlayed Michele's fine spinnaker work into a 3rd at the leeward mark and is now off to the (so far) blessed left side.
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As are John (7351), Andrew (3140) and Ross (8) while Frank and Kim (648) complete a quiet reach towards the leeward mark.
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The Taylors did it right: They put themselves between pursuit and the next mark.
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Meanwhile, Uncle Al loves his position as he passes the start/finish area: He's in his favourite spot - to leeward and ahead of Dave (282) and John (7351) on the lifted tack with a knock to be reasonably expected as the next oscillation in wind direction. This is, of course, playing the odds, and here the unusual happened: the long shot came in. But more of this later.
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Note how close Andrew and Lori were to the RC/photography boat as they passed it. In other words, they were pretty much on the rhumb line when at this time, the 45°+ lift came for starboard tack that converted the rest of the beat into a close reach for them. Those of us who had gone left were now screwed, and the further left/ahead one was the worse the effect of this shift, one that would prove to last out the rest of the race.
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Ross and John now have the lift and are nearly laying the mark.
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As are Alastair and Andrew who who were ...
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... virtually right on the rhumb line when the shift hit.
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They have the windward edge over Andrew and Lori (3140) but that will be useless to Alastair
if Andrew continues to lay the mark without having to tack.
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A few boats were so far left that they still hadn't had the shift reach them by this time: (l to r) Dave, Sue, Dwight
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Al Nichols (7380) and Rob Wierdsma are still in the "old" wind.
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Robin and Andy have the "new" wind.
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Meanwhile, Dave (4782), Dwight (4606) and Sue remain way over on the left side and in the "old" wind.
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So far the new wind seems to have not come far past the rhumb line.
Certainly, none of these boats here have the wind yet that is blessing Andrew and Alastair.
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