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Wayfarer Ontarios July 19-20, 2008 * Lac Deschênes Sailing Club race #2 pics - 3 photos by Stuart Pursey, Marc Lamadeleine and Julia Schonborn .. |
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| The second reach continues:
Frank, Al and Marc lie 1-2-3. - click here for full-size image ... |
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| A fine-looking reach-to-reach
gybe for Steph and Sue ... |
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| Wide and close, as they used to
tell us at Junior Club!! Here, Paul is approaching close and will thus
end up ... ... |
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| ... coming out wide. Any boat
close astern could gybe into that space, take Paul's wind, and be gone!! ... |
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| Mike and Bill (398) make their
move on Robin and Marjorie, but it's too late, since the ... ... |
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| ... gybe mark is at hand. ... |
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Talk about eager! Bill has
crawled under the boom to be ready for post-gybe action. When Frank was
my crew and this eager, he used to unclip the pole just before our gybe
but remain to windward while he did that. I wouldn't want to risk what
Bill is doing here in any kind of a stiff or gusty breeze - a capsize
or injury could result!
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| Again, in any kind of a breeze,
it is far easier to wrestle the pole back onto the mast if you keep it
pointing as far forward as possible. The "balls" system makes this kind of thing a lot easier. - click here for full-size image ... |
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| All in all, Mike and Bill (398)
might have been better off to round and go low and try to pass Robin to
leeward: easier spinnaker work that way (less chance of the spi pushing you backwards as above) plus you avoid the spectre of a luffing match. - click here for full-size image ... |
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| The second beat: Leader, Frank
has tacked almost immediately after rounding, while (l to r) Al, Marc and Lori seem
happy with port tack. - click here for full-size image ... |
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| Frank (red hull) has just wisely
tacked back to stay in touch with his closest competition. - click here for full-size image ... |
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| The second reach has turned
pretty close-winded for the later boats. Even the intrepid Sue and
Steph (l) have doused their
chute. - click here for full-size image ... |
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| Marc (864) has timed his tack
into this beautiful starboard-lifted slant perfectly, and may well have
caught Frank (648), especially if the latter ends up getting the wind direction Marc has right now, a slant that would seriously knock Frank on port. - click here for full-size image ... |
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| Half-way up the beat (note
start/finish area at RC boat) - click here for full-size image ... |
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| Appearances may deceive here,
but Frank (r) appears to have
lost several boats by going left. Other boats (l to r) Al, Lori, Dave, Marc, Sue - click here for full-size image |
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