| The Mississauga SC Wayfarer/CL Regatta Race 2.2 by Gord Leachman & Alan Hallwood |
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| Barely enough wind to fill
the chutes as the fleet nears the start/finish area about 2/3 down the
run. ... |
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| Again, the spinnakers need
slight windward heel so that they don't need to fight gravity more than
necessary to fill. ... |
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| Al (3854) and Mark (2nd from right) maintain ... ... |
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| ... their lead. ... |
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| Colin nurses the SHADES spinnaker nicely as ... ... |
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| ... Mark brings a slight
puff from astern. Colin (l)
could let his spi fly better by sailing flat or with some windward
heel, as ... ... |
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| ... illustrated above by
Mark and Paul. ... |
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| Colin and Al in light-air
mode. ... |
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| If Geoff (9483) lowered the
outboard end of his pole like the other two spi boats above, his spi
would look less lopsided. ... |
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| Still, Geoff is holding
onto 3rd ahead of Kit (1037) who has Ab
faB trimmed just right. ... |
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| Uncle Al seems to be moving
the best, even though ... ... |
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| ... the Taylors have more
wind. ... |
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| Geoff (r), George and Jansubar. ... |
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| Geoff is sailing nice and
flat but needs to hold his boom out. ... |
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| Aaah! That's better. ... |
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| Colin (929) has spinnakered
past Rob. ... |
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| Some windward heel might
well persuade this spinnaker to fly!! ... |
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| The leaders mosey on down
towards the leeward mark. Note that the "four sisters" (Hydro
smokestacks) are gone. ... |
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| Close racing among the
CL's: (l to r) Gary, Rob and
Colin, as they pass the start area on ... ... |
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| ... their way to the bottom
mark. |
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