the Mississauga Wayfarer/CL Regatta Mississauga SC * Sept. 15-16, 2007 race pics 3.3 by Gord Leachman, Gaetan Benoit & Michael Clayton ... |
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Ron keeps a good lookout as
Geoff rounds onto beat #2. ... |
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Marc and Julie head right. ... |
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As do Rodrick and Rod. ... |
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Time to ease the main, Rodrick! ... |
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Does Frumious Bandersnatch ... ... |
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... look a bit ... ... |
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... low in the water to you? ... |
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The sinking ship: Colin and
Heather have decided to drop out of Race 3. Colin explains: -----
Original Message -----
From:
colin junkin
To:
Al Schonborn
Sent:
Monday, December 10, 2007 8:34 AM
Subject:
MSC Regatta, race 3 DNF
We
started the race and I think we did the up and then the down wind legs
but the boat was feeling very sluggish so I opened the CB trunk port,
only to find water up to the floor so we went in to drain. Once we got
in, I found that we had got a hole in the hull about the diameter of a
pen. A bit of duct tape and we were on our way to try to make it out
for the next race.
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The final-leg run: a
glorious-looking day out on Lake Ontario as (l to r) Mark, Al and Marc
spinnaker along. - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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Mark and Paul continue to lead. ... |
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Al is lying 3rd behind ... ... |
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... Marc (3854). ... |
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On the left, we can see that
Gary has found himself a crew - Rob Wierdsma. Meanwhile ... ... |
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... the Brothers Taylor show ... ... |
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... how it's done. ... |
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Marc and Julie continue to ... ... |
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... hold 2nd place. ... |
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Al and Tom are doing their best
but ... ... |
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... even a couple of gybes will
not ... ... |
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... get them past Marc (3854) or
Mark (7673). ... |
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Close but ... ... |
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... no cigar! ... |
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A relaxed, two-sail run for ... ... |
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... Geoff (l) and Ron who will place 4th. |
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