Leaders
about
150 metres from the gybe mark: A crucial
turning point in race #1.
Here, Heider is holding the lead just ahead of Keith
Haill and Ryan
Mahaffey
while Uncle Al (red spi) has gone well to leeward of
these three. Keith
ended up timing things right to pull clear ahead
just before the gybe.
At the two-length circle, Keith was clear ahead by
about half a
boatlength,
while Al, Heider and Ryan were bow to bow to bow
with Al on the inside.
With the amazing Wayfarer Man performing one of his
best gybes, Al was
able to gybe and cut inside Keith, take his wind and
roll on to victory
in race 1. In addition to the top 4 above, from left
to right we have:
Roger Shepherd all alone in 5th; fighting over 6th
are: Stefan Larson,
John Goldi and Peter Rahn; after that, it's George
Blanchard, Ivan
Pedersen,
Peter Ayres, Hans Gottschling, Dwight Aplevich,
Randy Park (with Fred
Black,
I believe, spinnaker-less to windward of him), and
John deBoer.
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