| After checking out both sides of the course and finding puffs on both sides with oscillating winds everywhere, Anders Pjetursson and I decided to start at the boat end so that we would have the freedom to tack if the wind should swing to favour port tack on the first beat of the trapezoid course shown below that was to be used for all races. |
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Notice how Anders Friis (222) has started in mid-line... .. |
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from Steen Madsen's black-hulled beauty with the raspberry-coloured deck. .. |
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Not much
clear air left for Ole Højlund (5135) who just
squeezes in at the pin end (note the pin flag
donated by Mike Mac!). Per Christoffersen (4633) has
tacked away to clear his air and is keeping an
admirable if optimistic eye out for right-of-way
boats. Paul Knowlson (9116) has found a nice
starboard tack lift (rummer?) and may yet be trouble
for 4633.
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In the
puffy small-lake conditions, it is essential to
react quickly to puffs and keep the boat flat.
Gasten skulle hænge and the helm should sit out more
and have his knee against the thwart (middle seat) -
note the bow is out of the water and boat heeling.
The sails however, look very nice.
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Looks
like rain on the water up ahead and Joel Bøgh has a
knock (skraller?). Anders and I tacked on our first
knock a minute or so off the line and looked very
good for a while. But we should have followed the
example of Joel who knows the lake very well and
held on to go far left!
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Perfect
form for Mogens Just who has tacked into a puff
which has brought a permanent port tack rummer and
has given all the boats that went well left more
wind and a 20º rummer, and moved them far
ahead of Uncle Al who was still playing small
oscillations up the right side! Rats!!!
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Leading
the pack around the windward and the wing mark onto
the run were Søren and Lise Jonasen (4123) who had
gone far left from the leeward (pin) end of the line
and gotten the biggest benefit from the new wind.
Above, they have a nice lane of clear air while
second-place Anders Friis (222) has the double task
of trying to reduce Søren's lead and keeping Joel
Bøgh, Søren Jensen and Steen Madsen from taking his
wind! Not an easy task...
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... as
you can see! But it's a beautiful sight! I'm sure
Furesøen has never looked better!! Uncle Al (9355)
has ridden Anders Pjetursson's fine spi work back
into top ten contention after rounding about 20th at
the topmærke. If he and Stephan Nandrup-Bus (red
spi) should meet, Uncle Al will be safely on
starboard tack.
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while
Anders and Sune Sigsgaard (222) have their boat
positioned to catch a bit of wind between Søren
Jensen (10212) and Steen Madsen (pink spi). Uncle Al
(9355) has tried to sail down with the puffs with
mixed success and has just been blanketed by Stephan
(red spi). Several boats may have "room at the mark"
on Al unless he gets lucky!
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Uncle Al (9355) here as Mogens (4645) and Stephan (4898) may slow each other down while Al has a nice clear air lane! .. |
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Will the father (Poul Ammentorp in 239) catch the son (Steen Ammentorp in 9733)??? .. |
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Anders
rounds 2nd - lots of boats entitled to room on
Anders - if they can get there to take it!
Looks like a real mess and slow rounding coming up
for Søren Jensen (10212), Joel Bøgh (8278) and Steen
Madsen (pink spi) all of whom are in the fight for
3rd place at this point while Elisabeth Geday (6301)
is nicely placed to take advantage should these
three get tangled up at the mark! Even Uncle Al was
looking a bit better here but again went right when
he should have gone left! Meanwhile, Anders Friis
and Sune Sigsgaard were free to attack the leaders.
Both went left, and Anders managed to slip past
Søren just before the windward mark.
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Søren and
Lise gave it everything they had but Anders and Sune
are very hard to catch once in the lead. Note the
absolutely perfect form displayed by Anders and Sune
as they drive 222 Wassail up the short
broad reach from the leeward wing mark to the finish
line! All alone in 2nd will be Søren and Lise! Well
done, both crews!!
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Some of
the other leaders as they near the leeward wing mark
and prepare for the short reach to the finish line:
Out of the group above, (left to right) Joel would
end up 4th, Elisabeth 11th, Mogens 6th, Bo
Christensen in 2042 13th, Uncle Al 7th, Poul 10th
and Flemming Nielsen in 5797 15th. All fine finishes
in a 36-boat fleet!!
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8th place
went to Per Larsen with Steen Ammentorp who edged out
Stephan Nandrup-Bus with David Magnussen, and Poul and
Irene Ammentorp. As mentioned, Elisabeth Geday and
Ulla Riber took 11th as they beat out Jacob Knudsen
with Peter Kirkegaard and Bo Christensen with Thomas
Anderson. The Abbott Mark III piloted by Steen
Schubert and Keld Forchhammer had problems finding the
right side to go to like Uncle Al and placed 14th
while Flemming Nielsen and Henrik Frengler rounded out
the top 15.
Best races: Making their first race their best of the series were
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