| The Mississauga SC Wayfarer/CL Regatta Race 2.4 by Gord Leachman & Alan Hallwood |
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| As Mark and Paul (7673) set
a classic example of great light-air trim, Al and Colin (3854) will do
their nice, slow, wide and ... ... |
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... close
rounding. Marc would, at this time, reach in and crank the mainsheet in
for me as quickly or as slowly as it needed doing. But I figured Colin
had enough on his plate already, and didn't want to overload the lad.
Team Taylor, too, is nicely lined up for a wide and ...
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| ... close rounding. .. |
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| Geoff and George continue
to hold 3rd over Kit and David. .. |
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| The close CL battle rages
on as Gary (2679) defends against ... .. |
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| ... Colin (929) and Rob (1050). .. |
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An
unnecessarily late and thus risky douse for Gary and John: By dousing
half a minute earlier, they might have lost up to 5 feet of distance.
They'll lose at least that much with the rushed douse and rounding
here, and of course, a ton more, should they hit an unexpected snag in
the procedure!
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| As Colin and Al near the
finish, the winds are ... .. |
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| ... most definitely ... .. |
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| ... dying! Here Al luffs up
(tacks, actually, in this case) to get across the line just those
couple of inches sooner. .. |
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| Having finished (first), Al
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| ... thanks the RC while
Colin gets set to tuck into the vegan lunch that the MSC volunteers
kindly delivered on the water. .. |
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| Al tests to see if SHADES will remain hove to in these
ever lighter airs. .. |
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| Commodore, Mark Taylor,
ghosts across in 2nd place. .. |
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| Geoff and George ghost
across 3rd as the wind has virtually died. No thanks to the oblivious
motor boaters! .. |
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| Kit will drift across in
4th place but for others, the time limit rule that specified a DNF for
those not finishing within 30 minutes of the first-place boat, is
becoming a real concern. In the event, Gary (2679) made it in time to
take 5th, while ... .. |
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| ... Colin (929) will just
barely squeeze into 6th before the time limit expires. Note John
Hemingway keeping a close watch on the time aboard the RC boat. |
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