| the
Clark Lake Fall Regatta Clark Lake YC * Sept. 24-25, 2005 Race 2 pics by Dan Hockenberry |
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| For race 2, Neil gave
us 4-3-5-4-5-4: the Clark Lake
version of an Olympic triangle
(triangle-sausage-windward). ... |
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| As the Interlakes get
set
to start after a quick RC pee break, the winds have lost
some zip and
some rain looks possible. ... |
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Team 4180 have
again
decided on an RC boat end start at all costs, but eek,
Weakley has
snuck in to
windward of them and, as things stand now, John is
blocking Al from
tacking!
But the real story of this start was Jeff and Bittany
Hoover's bold and
successful port tack start in 416! A few seconds later
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... all we can
see is
their wake as all these Rebels now have a starboard
knock. Note the
difference in leech shape between Al on the far left
who has been
footing a bit for speed and John who is oversheeting
just to windward
and astern. Here Al is torn between a desire to tack
to the somewhat
favoured port tack in order to chase Jeff before he's
completely gone,
and sound, conservative strategy which says "stay with
the favourites",
Dave Nickels (4th from left) and Jim (3rd from left).
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| The top three
Interlakes
have rounded onto ... ... |
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| ... the reach towards #3. ... |
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| Spinnakers up! Note
that
race 1 winner, Jamie Jones (1267) is having a much
tougher time in this
one! ... |
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| As Brian Main (4160)
aims
for the recommended port layline approach to the
treacherous #4, Mike
Sharkey and friends meet "The Spinnaker"!!! Looks like a
puzzled Mike
is ready to harpoon the Clark Lake whale??? ... |
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Poor Mike! No
sooner is
the spinny up and flying at last than they have to
gybe to keep clear
of Dave (green insignia) and John Hudak beside Dave
who had right of
way as leeward boats before the 1236 gybe. On the far
right, savvy
Clark Lake veteran, Larry Schmida comes rolling in on
the port layline.
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Meanwhile, Al
and Marc
(4180) have begun their first reach. With no spinnaker
to keep him
occupied, Marc has nothing better to do than to warn
Al about the
converging Woody who will be leeward boat. Which is
why Uncle Al has
just started to bear away here.
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| Jim and Theresa round
in
2nd place, while ... ... |
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| ... Larry and Patti
(4191)
roll in on the port layline to round 3rd. Dave Nickels
(4176) will
follow in 4th. ... |
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| Rebels near #4: (l
to
r) Jeff, Brian, Woody, John Hudak, John Weakley
and Larry??? ... |
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Al is pretty
much alone
as
he and Marc near the end of the second beat, with only
Larry and Patti
within 300 yards. Larry and Al were evidently the only
ones in the
Rebel fleet not to hit a big dead spot on the second
reach that left
the rest of the fleet over half a leg behind!
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| Note Al's wake which
shows
he approached #4 from offshore (on port tack) giving the
#4 trees the
respect they deserve! ... |
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What with their
big
lead,
this is a run on which Marc and Al
can go where they like: up in the lulls, down with
puffs - all the
while avoiding shores since the wind is still angling
off the south
shore at 20 to 30° most of the time, which makes being
too close to
shore an unacceptable risk for a first-place boat.
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| Quick! Does Mike
Sharkey
(1236) have to give room to Larry (4191) at a windward
mark? Yes, if
the overlap was established outside the two-length zone!
It's only when
the boats approach a windward mark on opposite tacks
that rule 18 does
not apply! ... |
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| A crowded moment at
the
finish line as a
Sunfish and two Interlakes cross at almost the same
time. ... |
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| Note mark 3 in the
background as Al and Marc (sleeping) roll into #4 on the
port layline
yet again to ... ... |
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| ... win race 2. Donald
Fritz has just finished a shorter course in his Sunfish. ... |
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| Time for a beer break
-
well earned - before we see if there will be enough life
left in our
wind to sail race 3. ... |
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| Larry and Patti
Schmida
complete a very well sailed race in second place! Dave
Nickels and Jim
Quiniff will place 3-4 while Woody Woodruff and Dorothy Rose will complete the top five. |
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