The
Mississauga SC Wayfarer/CL Regatta Race 6.2 by Gord Leachman & Alan Hallwood |
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Gary and John start their hoist
procedure, while ... ... |
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... Stuart wrestles with the
challenge of trying to get his jib winged. Down to leeward, Al is not exactly off to a flying start on this run, either. ... |
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Sam and Rob ... ... |
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... make a belated appearance on
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... coming along on the port lay
line. ... |
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Good trim, so something else
must be wrong. ... |
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An exciting tack around the mark
for Colin and Heather as they ... ... |
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... begin their run. ... |
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A lovely set but Colin has just
noticed that bit of backwind in the main. Anyway, they have better wind
than ... ... |
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... those of us about to pass
the closed start line: (l to r) Rod,
Al, Gary, Stuart ... |
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Body language aboard the ... ... |
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... Wierdsmobile says it all. ... |
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Al (l) has, as usual, sailed low, and
will ... for full-size pic, click here - use Back button to return to this page ... |
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... despite a backwinded main
(tsk! tsk!) regain contact with the three leaders who have really
bunched up. ... |
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Al (l) keeps a close eye on the
proceedings just in front of him: Mark (7673) has taken the lead and in
this instance is wise to hold the spinnaker as long as he can in order
to make sure he kills of any overlap aspirations Kit (2nd from right) might have. ... |
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Geoff (9483) wisely douses early
as it will do him no good at the rounding to be any further forward of
Kit than this. ... |
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An early douse, too, for Al and
Colin who want to be ready take advantage of any manoeuvering possibilities that may present themselves. ... |
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(l
to r) Stuart, Rod, Gary ... |
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Al has managed to get inside
Geoff who approached the mark very wide. But, eek, what's this? Goddammit, the sheet's under the bow. Colin quickly retrieves and Al ... ... |
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... fends off the boom to let
Colin back into the cockpit, and at the same time shows a whole new
dimension to the word
"blanket" to poor Geoff (r).
Kit, meanwhile, who had almost managed to break through to leeward of
Mark in the previous picture, has fallen just short and is now getting
seriously "gassed".
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Despite a rather mangled
rounding, Al (3854) has left Geoff sitting at the mark and has caught up on Kit who has taken boat speed to an inexplicably new low in the last half-minute or so. ... |
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A lovely puff speeds (l to r) Stuart, Gary and Rod
towards the leeward mark. ... |
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Tense faces as a crowded
rounding looms. ... |
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The hard work begins. |
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