the
2005 CanAm CL16 Regatta Hilton Beach, August 6-7 photos by Marc Bennett (commentary by Uncle Al) ... |
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Uncle Al unveils the fine
CL emblem that disguises his #1 Wayfarer mainsail. ... |
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New surroundings for
Team
3854 as Uncle Al attempts to get comfy in the CL on the light-air
Saturday morning out on the lovely St. Joseph Channel. With no little
storage bags hanging down from the aft
edge
of the thwart to keep his smokes dry, Al
has let Marc try the Red Green-approved
method: duct tape the pack to the aft lower edge. This system held up
for almost half of the first beat. Note also, the nice, thin (5 mm.
softbraid) easy-running mainsheet with the low rise cleat that we
brought with us from our Wayfarer - see http://www.wayfarerinternational.com/mainsheet.html
for more info.
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Marc Bennett models one
of
the Doc Ford-related shirts "Weirdness only seems weird if you fight
it" that we acquired on our Midwinters pilgrimage to Sanibel Island,
home of Randy Wayne White's
fictitious hero, Doc Ford - a series we
heartily recommend to all thriller readers who enjoy interesting
characters plus action plus Florida. Here, Marc has reacted to
discovering that our continuous jib sheet from W3854 will be too short
to accommodate a whisker pole by using our 5-mm painter as the
starboard sheet and our other sheet for the port side and has tied them
together with a pretty fancy knot to make the sheets continuous.
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Jesse Dann and Andrew
Marsters look nicely trimmed for the morning's light air work upwind. ... |
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Mac and Nick (l)
Thomas return to shore after three tough races. ... |
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More safe returns ... |
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Ready for Sunday's sailing ... |
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A much appreciated safety
boat returns to shore under the watchful eyes of Mac and a friend. |
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