the Clark Lake YC Fall Regatta
the racing

photos by Principal Race Officer, Tim Dowling as time permitted
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A typically crowded scene from Saturday afternoon's racing as a mixture of Buccaneers, Sunfish, Interlakes, Rebels and Lasers pass the RC boat on their way to the east end of Clark Lake.
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Interlake 1384, Mr. Baumert at the helm, on its way to 3rd in race 1.
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Mr. Barker (1380) and Mr. Marriott (909) follow.
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Tim Marriott (?) is next.
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A quiet little spinnaker breeze for Buccaneer 5088.
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See! Uncle Al can use a whisker pole. Blessed with Neil Robb's beautiful Last One ( Rebel 4162), Uncle Al and Joe Blackmore are on their way to a runaway win in race 1 as they ...
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... gurgle past the club.
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This is what happens when you don't buy a tilt-bed trailer!
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Sunday morning: With an easterly wind, Uncle Al (4162) and John Hudak (4190) have to fight not only each other as they prepare to gybe around mark 5, but also Interlake 609 and the one Mutineer, #3744.
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Clark Lake was a busy place on this Sunday morning!  (for larger version of this photo, click here)
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I believe this scene was near #5 in the final race. Uncle Al (4162) reasonably placed near the inside.
And that's it, folks! We'll work on getting more racing pics next year when I crew for Dan Hockenberry.
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2003 Clark Lake Fall Regatta
results
report
Thursday & Friday pics
Saturday on shore pics
on the water
Sunday on shore pics
awards
more pics from the USWA site

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