the Mississauga Wayfarer/CL Regatta Mississauga SC * Sept. 15-16, 2007 race pics 1.6 by Gord Leachman, Gaetan Benoit & Michael Clayton ... |
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Colin waits for Heather to stow
the pole while keeping an anxious eye on Geoff just inches ahead. If
Colin intends to tack, the wise choice, this would be a good time to
pinch which will slow him down a bit and gain windward distance. ... |
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Not quite as good a choice is
bearing away, which of course ... ... |
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... loses windward distance,
i.e. if Colin had pinched for these few seconds, he would come out of
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... this tack with a boatlength
or two less to be sailed. ... |
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The Lone Sailor rides again.
Gary's crew-less situation provides one the few times where sheeting in
early for the leeward mark rounding is probably advisable, since there
is no feasible way to make a perfect rounding without the helping hands
of a crew. ... |
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As it is, Gary makes a laudable
rounding, just ahead of Alan. ... |
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A quick tack and Gary is off to
the left, out into the lake. Especially as a solo sailor, Gary needs
more vang tension here: with his the top of his main twisted off as it
is here, he won't be able to point very well. To be sure, he can't hold
the boat flat in these conditions and letting the top of the main twist
off depowers the main. But more vang tension will accomplish the same
goal while letting him point (much) better, even with the boom eased
out further than it is here!!
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Following Gary out to the left
are Alan and Jillian who look very nicely trimmed, as do ... ... |
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... Colin and Heather who are
digging back in towards the rhumb line after their early tack to the
left. ... |
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What a team! ... |
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The last leg to the finish: The
top three are still close with Al (600) leading the way while sticking
to the rhumb line. Meanwhile, Mark (7673) is in a very close race with
Marc (3854) who looks to be just slightly astern of Mark. The latter
must be careful here, since he is on port tack, while 3854 is on
starboard, and "overtaking boat, keep clear!" only applies between
boats on the same tack!!
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As Tom and Al add a splash of
colour to the Toronto skyline, Colin and Heather - having passed Geoff
and Ron (9483) - get set to round onto the offset leg. ... |
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Coming in at good speed from the
left are Rodrick and Rod. ... |
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The single-handed Gary wants to
be a bit quicker than this to spill wind and stay flat!! ... |
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Alan and Jillian approach the
mark while Colin and Heather (l)
are about to hoist the chute. ... |
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Note how Al (600) and Mark
(7673) are sailing the shortest course here by sailing directly at the
finish line camera, while 3rd-place Marc is angling off towards his
right, presumably in hopes of getting a streak of (even) better breeze. ... |
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Tom Wharton, ace spinnaker man,
is a study in total concentration! ... |
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Marc (middle) is continuing to gain
separation from Mark (r). The
latter is thus leaving the door open for Marc to get lucky. A more
conservative, safer approach to defending his 2nd would be to position
himself more or less directly between Marc and the finish line - while
staying away from Marc's wind shadow, of course!! - more or less what
...
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... Al (600) is doing here to
defend against 2nd-place Mark and ... ... |
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... 3rd-place Marc (l). ... |
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Marc and Julie (l) complete a flawless gybe back
to port, and now it's a "foot race" to the finish between Mark (r) and Marc. ... |
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Al and Tom have everything ... ... |
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... trimmed just right, as they
are about to ... ... |
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... take the first race. ... |
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Marc, meanwhile, come charging
through the door ... ... |
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... left open by Mark and
snatches 2nd place, just ahead of ... ... |
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... Mark. ... |
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Taking a fine 4th were Colin and
Heather. |
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