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At least they had the decency not to just barge right in! Well done! .. |
| In Wayfarers, Uncle Al got off to a
good start from the start line more or less off the
club. In the prevailing shift, the line was hard to
cross on starboard and you could virtually lay the
windward mark (#5, see chart below) on port. ..  Al
tacked
to port right at the gun and crossed the fleet. He
looked good out in the middle until the wind died and
came up near the south shore first where Joe
DeBrincat, Bob Emans and Hubert Dauch moved into the
lead. In the end, Joe rounded first and tacked onto
the long starboard beat towards #1. Al decided to hold
on to clear his air and was blessed with extra wind
and a starboard lift while Joe and Hubert who had
tacked right behind him near the Eagle's Nest on Eagle
Point. Lots of shifts as we approached #1 in winds
that were now gusting to 8 - 10 knots, and Al showed
his Clark Lake experience as he rounded #1 with the
lead over the other four ho were pretty well bunched
together.
A pair of pinching Rebels kept Al in
check on the long port tack beat towards #2 where he
finally rounded onto a run past Eagle Point to #3 about
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on the run towards Eagle Point with an Interlake (left), Hubert (3636) and a Rebel in pursuit. .. |
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has gybed early to cut close to the Point. .. |
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... actually Joe wasn't gaining as much as it appears. Al was zooming in with his 80-210 lens. .. |
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All four
leading Interlakes have passed Uncle Al and are
going to cut close to Eagle Point. Nice lighting on
the sails but of course, by the time Al had handed
the tiller to John and extracted the camera from its
bag, the best effects were gone - even with Al
rushing the shot without properly focussing.
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Joe (1115) could get his spi to set better by heeling to windward a bit! .. |
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Hubert Dauch (3636) and Bob Emans (2389) who are both sailing nice and flat to help the spi fly. .. |
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| At the finish, it was Uncle Al covering Joe DeBrincat loosely to preserve his first, while a late spurt by Hubert Dauch gained him the nod in 3rd over Bob Emans. A relaxed Mike Anspach took his time and let his crew learn as 4271 cruised home to a 5th. And speaking of taking their time, the RC went ashore for some of the free beer and did not start race 2 until over an hour later! This was our only complaint in an otherwise perfect regatta. |