The Mississauga SC Wayfarer/CL Regatta
Race 7.1
by Gord Leachman & Alan Hallwood

Once around the windward/leeward with offset for our 7th and final race.
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Colin (929) and Gary (2679) check out the line in what is now a perfect 8 knots of breeze.
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Colin (929) and Al (3854) lurk near the pin end of a nicely square line, and a few seconds later ...
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... are off to nice, clear air starts.
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Rob (1050) and Kit challenge each other, as do ...
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... Geoff (9483) and Stuart who is having to luff a bit to keep his boat flat because he's still sailing solo.
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Mark (7673), winner of races 5 and 6 is already ...
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... well placed in his try for three in a row, as ...
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... he (2nd from left) is beautifully positioned between Al (r) and the windward mark.
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Going down to the offset mark, Mark and Paul, are all set to pop their chute, as they hope to extend their lead over ...
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... Uncle Al who is just now rounding the windward mark, with ...
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... Kit not far behind.
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Near the windward mark, we can see that Colin (929) leads the other two CL's: Gary (2679) and Rob.
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Starting the run ...
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... the CL's remain in close competition, but at a respectful(?) distance from ...
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... the Wayfarers!
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A bit earlier: On the far left we can see Al gybing towards what he sees as a better breeze on the left. Things did not look good there for a while, prompting Mark to stay out on the right where he was. Of course, to be really safe, Mark could have "spent" some of his respectable lead (note his considerably shorter apparent mast height than anyone else's!). That way he could have made 99.9% sure that Al wouldn't get a breeze of his own. Which certainly did not seem likely at this point, but ...
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