| the 2007 Tim Dowling
Memorial Regatta Clark Lake YC * September 22-23 Saturday racing pics by Mike Smith - 5 ... |
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| While his crew, Bill Kindt,
bows
to the wind goods, Clark Lake's Fritz Marin moves into
serious racing
mode. ... |
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| As the Interlake start
nears ... ... |
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| ... Steve
Savage and Jamie Jones are ready to pick up another first
in what
turned out to be a perfect racing day for them. ... |
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| Matt
Heywood ... |
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| John Washburn gets his turn
at
the helm between races while Phil Faulkner rests up. ... |
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| Dan and Scott (r) are ready for
action. ... |
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| Races 2 and 3 had the same
course (5-1-2-3-4-finish) as race 1 in continuing lovely
westerly
winds. Here ... ... |
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| ... Don and Ben Wilson (l) pursue Kevin
Bracy with CeCe Smith (1248) and Craig
Spear with Joe Schardt (161) as ... ... |
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| ... the Interlakes pass
Eagle
Point on the way back from the west end of the lake. ... |
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| As they pass the RC
boat
and head towards #3, Brooke and Colleen continue to hold
off Tim
Marriott and David Branson. ... |
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| The Sunfish fleet is a
lovely
sight near the end of their run. - for full-size
pic, click here ... |
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| Still no takers for the
rescue
boat's services as Bob Bradley cruises on by in complete
control. ... |
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| Bryan and Jim(?) Bradley
... ... |
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| ... cruise on by. ... |
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| A nice puff for Tom
Marriott and Mike Judd, but it's too little, too late as
they fell to
8th in both race 2 and race 3 and effectively killed their
hopes of
hitting the "medal podium". With their other finishes of
3-3-2, they
ended up only 3 points out of series 3rd. ... |
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| Meanwhile the spectators on
the
front lawn of the club and ... ... |
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| ... elsewhere get a fine
view of
the action. ... |
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| Beautifully done, lads!
She's up
at last! Er, just one more little thing. It's about the
pole ... ... |
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| Rebels at close quarters
again
down the run -
for full-size pic, click here ... |
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| Woody nose to nose with
Phil? ... |
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| A lovely beating breeze for Tom Marriott (909) and John Fenton Sunfish 79880) as the afternoon wears down. |