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The 2004
Canadian Wayfarer Nationals |
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| The first run:
Roger and Joanne have Invasion trucking
nicely, but ... ... |
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| ... they have
lots of catching up to do! ... |
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| (l to r) Doug,
John
de Boer, Paul, Kit, Nick, Mark and Hans ... |
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| Again, the
racing down the run is close ... ... |
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| ... and exciting. ... |
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| (l to r)
Hans, Mark, Mike (CAN 90) and Peter Kozak fight over
3rd place. ... |
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| Kirk and Mike
... ... |
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| ... have RED TOP in top form
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but have a long way to
go to catch the leaders, Heider and Tom. ... |
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| Paul and Alan
Laderoute pursue Peter Kozak and Annelies Groen plus
... ... |
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| ... a few
others: (l to r) Mark (7673), Hans (938) and
Uncle Al (3854). ... |
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| If Al and Marc
(under Hans' 938 boom) can hold 2nd behind Heider (off
Hans' bow) and stay ahead of the 4th-place Brothers T
(7673), they will clinch the 2004 Canadians with a
race to spare. ... |
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| Pedro and Hans:
looking relaxed and looking good! ... |
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| Is that Mark's
boom (l) challenging ... ... |
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| ... Peter and
Annelies??? ... |
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The fleet
looks lovely as they approach the gate. Marc and Al
continue to enjoy the spinnaker which Mike Mac donated to SHADES in
1992. Complete with sewed-on numbers, this was
Mike's back-up in 1992 at Hayling Island where he
and Simon Townsend won the Worlds. So long as Marc
and Al can manage to hold off Mark and Paul Taylor
(not visible above), they won't mind playing second
fiddle to ...
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| ... Heider and
Tom who have rounded the left-hand gate mark in great
style and with a good lead ... ... |
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| ... over Al and
Marc. ... |
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| Another lovely
shot as Peter Kozak (300), Mark Taylor (7673) and Hans
Gottschling (938) prepare to take their battle over 3rd place through the gate. ... |
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| And the bunch
are close, too: (l to r) Dwight, Kit, Nick,
Doug ... |
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Here, the
Taylors have rounded 3rd inside of Peter who might
have done better to do a wide and close rounding,
with the more gradual turn allowing him to get that
main in better, and to end up in a spot where he has
some hope of pinching out over the boat ahead.
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As SHADES
(r) puts in a quick tack to port to stay
between the competition and the next mark, Hans
struggles with his main. On SHADES, Marc
gets quickly tired of such slow trimming. What he does is
quickly trim and cleat the jib to a close-reach
position, the. hauls the main in rapidly
hand-over-hand, gives it back to Al who has been
free to concentrate on his steering during those two
seconds. Then both main and jib get their
fine-tuning for close-hauled sailing without horrid
scenes like in the two photos above.
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| A quick kiss
for the crew from Mike for spinnaker work well done,
and RED TOP is ready for the second beat.
Meanwhile the Armstrongs (l) enjoy a fast
reach towards the gate. |
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2004
Canadian Wayfarer Nationals |