the Mississauga Wayfarer/CL Regatta Mississauga SC * Sept. 15-16, 2007 race pics 1.3 by Gord Leachman, Gaetan Benoit & Michael Clayton ... |
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Moving very nicely off the line
are (l to r) Marc, Gary, Alan
and Colin. ... |
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Al leads the way out into the
lake: (l to r) Al, Gary,
Mark, Alan, Marc. The windward mark is just off Marc's bow. - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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Moments later - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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The end of the first beat as
seen from the windward-mark boat: Four boats (l to r: Marc, Colin, Mark, Rodrick) come in from the left along the port lay line. The zoom lens makes it appear that Marc ... ... |
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... will get there first, ahead
of Colin and ... ... |
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... Mark and Rodrick. But wait!
Al came in from the lake a bit below the lay line, tacked to starboard,
and ... ... |
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... rounded first onto ... ... |
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... the short offset leg. ... |
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Marc and Julie follow in 2nd
place, while ... ... |
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... Tom and Al rush to see if
they can spinnaker for part of this brief jaunt to the offset mark. ... |
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Marc and Julie set everything
for their short reach, as ... ... |
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... Mark and Paul zip around the
mark in hot pursuit of Marc. ... |
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Looks like Geoff and Ron will
round 4th, while ... ... |
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... Al and Tom have indeed
managed to get their chute flying before reaching the offset mark. If
Al only knew which rope to pull for the vang, he'd tighten it until the
boom stops angling up, but that will have to wait until we've rounded
since this is no time for me to go rummaging!!
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Marc could likely add a bit of
vang, too. ... |
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Near the windward mark, Geoff
crosses Colin who ... ... |
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... tacks and will round 5th
ahead of ... ... |
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... Rodrick (3568) and Gary
(2679). Meanwhile, Geoff and Ron ... ... |
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... head ... ... |
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... for the offset. ... |
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(l
to r) Rodrick, Gary and ... ... |
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... Colin ... |
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The two Rods mosey on over to
the offset mark. ... |
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No big rush for Al (l) to gybe at the offset mark. After bearing away to a starboard run, they have now flown the spi through their gybe, and are still ... ... |
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... in plenty of time to defend
their left side down this run. Marc and Julie (r) who are sailing together for
the first time, will have a tough time matching the smooth routine of
the seasoned team of Mark and Paul, the reigning Canadian champs! |
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