the 2007 Canadian
Wayfarer Nationals June 23-24 * Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club Saturday: race 3 photos by Ricky Starr & Boris Kuzmin ... |
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Things look better than
ever
for Mark and Paul (7673) as they are off to easily the
best start as
the winds have suddenly decreased during the final
seconds of the
countdown into the 5- to 8-knot range with an attendant
20° back
that left the pin end very favoured. This has left Al
(3854), Heider
(600) and Kit (1037) and ...
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... Michael (300) in not very good shape.
At this point winds began to rapidly die. ... |
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Al (3854) had to tack to
clear his air
and managed to cross the three boats at right above.
He and Marc then
found that they were indeed the only ones sailing
towards any visible
wind. The boats that had started at the pin end soon
tacked as well.
They looked to be well ahead, but a closer look showed
them to have
virtually no wind. Meanwhile, Marc and Al, followed by
Heider and Tom
(600) went west into progressively stronger breeze. By
the time, they
felt safely into the good breeze and tacked for the
mark, Al and Heider
were well ahead and would not be caught.
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At the first leeward mark, it was SHADES with a ... ... |
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... comfortable edge over Heider (600) in
winds of 5 to 8 knots, winds that remained patchy,
however. - click here for full-size pic ... |
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Almost two legs later, near the finish:
Marc and Al have pulled out all the stops in these
rapidly disappearing
winds, by ... ... |
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... taking the jib down in an effort to
help out the spinnaker. With Heider and Mark tucked away
nicely (r),
our only fear was that the
wind would die completely before we could ...
- click here for
full-size pic ... |
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... finish. ... |
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A happy look from Marc as
we are
about to gurgle across the line in the last of the wind. ... |
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Note how nicely the
spinnaker is
flying without ... ... |
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... the jib up to disturb
its
air. |
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