| upwind form from the Midwinters |
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| Hubert and
Brian looking desperately for win |
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| Bob and
Peter - a bit tight on the leeches? |
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| Bill and
Frank heeling to reduce wetted surface |
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| Joe and Jeff (hidden) do the same to good effect |
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| Bob Brown will find this a good day to be crewless |
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| Jim McIntyre tries out some "new" sails on Sunday |
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| Uncle Al and
Marc (3854) work hard to stay out of Peter Hylen's
(2198) backwind just after a start in Friday's best winds of the weekend. Nice mast bend on both boats. - larger image |
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| Peter seems
to be just that little bit closer to the dirty air from
the group in front which is allowing Al to sneak through
in clear air. Note Bill Fyfe (937) already starting to pull away on his way to a runaway victory. Bill was very fast in these conditions! - larger image |
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| a common
sight Saturday and Sunday: Al (3854) covering Bill
Abbott (9235) up the final beat by staying between Bill and the finish line. As many as 25 tacks counted by the RC on one beat. - larger image |
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| a fine start
for Hans who has Joe and Geoff just where he wants them
... - larger image |
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| ...and Joe
in turn has Al in his dirt while poor Gale (93) is about
to get it from Joe and Al |
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| Frank
"Wayfarer Man" Goulay fixes something while Bill pulls
away from Hans (938) whose main leech looks tight for
the conditions? - larger image |
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| a sight Bill
Abbott must have been a bit sick of by the end of the
series: Bill in his typical position, a length or two
behind SHADES - larger image |
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| Geoff
Edwards and Bob Frick move well ... |
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| ... as do
Erik Beauchamp and Mike Murto. |
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| No worries
about rule 18.3 and tacking here as Hans and André round
with a nice lead. |
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| A fine day
for a one-tack beat, says Al - and poor Bill Abbott with
no place else to go! - larger image |
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| Geoff and
George in perfect light air form! |
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| approaching
the windward mark - but not too fast! - larger image |
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| also in good
light air form: Uncle Al and Marc |
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| Race 5: the
leaders approach the first windward mark (off 937's bow)
- left to right: Al, Bill A., Bill F. and Gale - only the relative lengths of the masts shows that Uncle Al is probably in pretty good shape on Bill Abbott and so on. - larger image |
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| a wider view
of the same situation - larger image |
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| the usual:
Uncle Al rounds just ahead of Bill Abbott - note the
quick spi set by Marc - of course at the speed we were going, this could have been quite a while after we rounded! - larger image |
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| not much
later: Al and Bill just visible under Erik and Vicky
Beauchamp's boom - larger image |
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| and a bit
later still: the fleet is not very spread out as you can
see! Erik and Vicky could/should be sitting further forward to keep the W1378 stern out of the water - larger image |
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| a few
seconds later - larger image |
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| not much
after that - note Bill Fyfe going high right after
rounding to try for clearer air - larger image |
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probably due to some vang since the mainsheet appears to be nicely eased - larger image |