the 2005 CanAm CL16 Regatta
Hilton Beach, August 6-7
Race 2, part 2
photos by Jake Cormier (commentary by Uncle Al)
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The second reach: Jesse Dann with Andrew Marsters pursues Charles McLaughlin with Bill Hibbard.
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Conrad once again
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the second reach: an overview
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The wind shifts aft on the second reach and Jesse quickly wings the jib and begins to make inroads on Charles McLaughlin who, I believe, was helming for Bill Hibbard.
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(l to r) Stu Cond, Alfred Gawthrop, Steven Vail in a nice puff on the second reach
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Near the leeward mark: the leaders are already heading upwind again as the main body of the fleet prepares for ...
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... some hot action around the leeward mark. To the right, we can see Colin Junkin and Heather Wood in second place, being loosely covered by Uncle Al. This would be Colin's best race of the series as he and Heather took a fine 5th.
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Stu Cond (1301), Steven Vail (1140) and Alfred Gawthrop (2767) round in a bunch, closely followed by ...
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... Peter Foster (1979) and Eric Kirby (2469). Looking at Eric's luffing mainsail reminds me that my crew, Marc, regularly gets the jib mostly in as we round onto a beat, then quickly reaches in to trim my mainsheet hand over hand before handing it back to me. This only takes him about two seconds and lets me concentrate on my steering instead of laboriously trying to use my one free hand to get the main in, or taking the chance of letting the tiller go while I use both my hands.
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A beat, a run and a beat later, it's Marc and Al all alone at the finish after they have done a fine job of shift playing and gust management.
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The spectators are still enjoying the action while ...
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... Al slips overboard for a refreshing dip in the cool, clean waters of the St. Joseph Channel on this increasingly hot afternoon.
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It's a fine 2nd for Steve and Andrew Macklin, while another light-weight team ...
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... John Kupers with daughter, Laura, scoops up third place.
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Yet another light crew feels the effects of the gusty day as Kipp and Ann cross 4th ahead of ...
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... Colin Junkin with Heather Wood (929) and Jim Hill with Alice (1236), who in turn will be followed across the line by Becky Sylvester and Andrew Bignell in 7th.
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Richard Warren (2762) will emerge from this group to edge out Peter Foster (1979, 2nd from left) for 8th place ...
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... while Stu Cond (1901, far right) will take 10th place.
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For Charles McLaughlin (1186) it will be a 12th, his best race of the series.
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Mac Thomas (1142) edges Alfred Gawthrop for 13th.
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Eric Kirby (2469) beats out 1140, Steven Vail, despite having his traveller down to leeward of the centreline which kills your pointing and should only be used in true survival conditions, i.e. massive waves and howling winds.

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