upwind form from the Midwinters
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Hubert and Brian looking desperately for wind
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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.
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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!
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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.
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a fine start for Hans who has Joe just where he wants him...
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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?
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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
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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 worry 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!
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Geoff and George in perfect light air form!
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approaching the windward mark - but not too fast!
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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.
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a wider view of the same situation

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!

not much later: Al and Bill just visible under Erik and Vicky Beauchamps' boom

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

a few seconds later

not much after that - note Bill Fyfe going high right after rounding to try for clearer air

a couple of minutes later - note the excessively tight leech on W1378 (third from left)
probably due to some vang since the mainsheet appears to be nicely eased 
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