| the 2008 Warm Water Regatta Race #6 pics - 2 pics by Julia Schonborn ... |
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| Mike and Lilly ... |
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| Marc and Julie: pictures of
patience (albeit grim patience!) ... |
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| Now Al and Joanne will find out
whether or not they ... ... |
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| ... will need to gybe. ... |
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| Apparent wind now down to not a
heck of a lot! ... |
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| In retrospect, I should have
gybed here: defend the left and all that. Roger (7700) turns more slowly and keeps his speed up a little longer. ... |
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| Frustration for Al (3854) but
not for Mike (CAN90) who reaches the mark in a nice puff, and wisely ... ... |
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| ...decides to gybe, having seen
what not gybing seems to have done for/to Al and Rog. ... |
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| As Marc (864) arrives on the
scene, the three leaders finally begin to escape from the shadow of the
windward shore. ... |
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| Kirk and Virginia ... |
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| Brian and Crystal ... |
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| Al and Ken ... |
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| The first spinnakers are being
set. Roger gets a better apparent wind by luffing up but the extra
distance he's sailing may end up being a high price to pay, especially since he's out on the non-buoy-room side in such a close fleet!! ... |
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| Aboard SHADES (red spi), Joanne gets
on-the-job spinnaker training in the toughest of conditions. Marc and Julie, meanwhile, have their pink and blue marauder nicely set and drawing already. ... |
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| Mike and Lilly (l) roll the dice and go far left. - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| And here we have Dwight (4606)
and Leo bringing up the rear. ... |
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| No sooner do Al and Joanne (l) have the spinny more or less
up and flying, than Marc and Julie begin a gybe that ... ... |
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| ... looks to be a good idea.
Stay tuned for our next installment! Find out if nasty Uncle Al will really take advantage of innocent, inexperienced young Joanne by making her gybe. |
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