| the 2008 Warm Water Regatta Race #6 pics - 1 pics by Julia Schonborn ... |
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| Race
6: start-1-2-3-1-3-finish. Winds SW at 5 to 10 knots, gusting
slightly higher. Races 7 and 8 (no photos) were sailed on the same course in similar conditions. ... |
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| Alas, despite the best efforts
of our RC, we ended up with a one-tack beat on our first leg, which
made a good start all-important. - click here for full-size pic ...... |
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| (l
to r) Uncle Al with new crew, Joanne Van Kampen, Roger, Marc,
Kirk, Dwight with Mike overlapped to windward, Leo, ??, ??, ?? - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| A nervous Al checks the
competition which is well astern, but some boats have worked out to
windward and could be getting better wind further off this leeward shore that might well cause much of what wind there is to lift up and over. ... |
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| Uncle Al leads Roger and the
rest of the "parade" to the windward mark where we will tack around
onto our first reaching leg. - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| The first reach: Nothing to
tempt even the most rabid or optimistic spinnaker fan thus far!! click here for full-size pic ... |
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| Joanne concentrates admirably on
keeping our jib perfectly trimmed on the edge of a luff. ... |
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| The flag on shore and Invasion with Roger and Rae reflect
the difference between theory and reality. The flag fairly screams spinnaker. Not so, replies Invasion. ... |
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| And SHADES, now sailing closehauled
again, would agree. ... |
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| Marc and Julie try to pinch past
Mike and Lilly. ... |
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| Will we lay the gybe mark?
Indeed, will we even need to gybe??? ... |
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