The
Mississauga SC Wayfarer/CL Regatta Race 5.1 by Gord Leachman & Alan Hallwood |
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Sunday morning view of Rob and
Sam from the MSC roof-top patio as they ghost out towards what appears
to be a replica of Saturday, weather-wise. But actually, once we got
started, around 10 a.m., the wind came up to a nice 5 knots or so.
Sadly, we have no pictures of the start, which Mark and Paul Taylor
aced and parlayed into a lead they would hold throughout the entire
race. The first race 5 picture we have is a panoramic ...
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... view of the fleet on the run
of a once-around windward-leeward race. As can be
seen from apparent mast height, Marc (2nd
from left) is holding a nice lead while Al (l) is probably 2nd, just
ahead of Kit (3rd from left). for full-size pic, click here - use Back button to return to this page ... |
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(l
to r) Kit, Rob, Geoff (who is sailing with Lou Scaglione today) ... |
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And moving nicely on the far
left are our leaders, Mark and Paul. ... |
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It was a lovely morning ... for full-size pic, click here - use Back button to return to this page ... |
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... but we could have used a
bit more wind! for full-size pic, click here - use Back button to return to this page ... |
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Rob (1050), even with no spi, is
doing a nice job holding off Colin (929) and Rod (3568). ... |
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The crew-less Stuart (7660) is
doing
very well this morning, lying about 5th even without a chute. ... |
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Mark and Paul show how it should
be done! ... |
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Concentration at its finest. ... |
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Colin nurses the SHADES chute through a soft patch. ... |
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It was as though he had been
doing this for years. ... |
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Of course, Colin did make one
rookie mistake: he forgot to bring his sunglasses. As it was he had to
make do with Al's treasured W3854 cap. If you look closely, you can see
the leeward barberhauler partially tightened to keep the leeward spi
sheet from wedging itself between boom and shroud as Colin is flying
the spinnaker "short" again.
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Aboard Ab faB, we see fine form and
concentration that is ... ... |
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... flawless. Note the
mini-bowsprit intended to keep the spinnaker sheet from going under the bow during the spinnaker takedown. ... |
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It's a really close one between
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... Gary and Geoff (9483), but
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... Gary is ... ... |
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... making his move. ... |
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View from the leeward mark: Mark
(r) is clearly ... for full-size pic, click here - use Back button to return to this page ... |
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... ahead but it's hard to call
2nd between Kit (l) and Al. |
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