the leeward mark and the finish
 Race 6, Sunday: an interesting rounding of the final leeward mark in the making Gale Shoemaker (93) and Joe DeBrincat (1115) seem to have the inside track but what about Bill Fyfe (yellow spi) who will get better apparent wind by pointing higher...
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 aha! it was Bill Fyfe around first, then Gale and then Bob Brown (1385) who must have been off to leeward with Bill. Entitled to buoy room is Joe DeBrincat. And right behind him are Erik and Vicky sitting nicely forward in W1378 to keep the stern from dragging as are Geoff Edwards and George Waller in 9483.
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 a couple of seconds later: note how Bill and Frank (937) have their sails drawing and are moving out while Gale (93) has stopped with no wind in his main. This means both Joe and Bob should keep their speed up and go around Gale to leeward - as should Erik and Geoff!
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a brief Saturday afternoon breeze brought a major veer that has turned this run into a reach
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 and now it's around the leeward mark and on to the finish at a moved mark to give a beat
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SHADES begins a final beat with sails set just right for such light airs
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 Hans and André take the race 1 gun
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Bill Abbott takes race 4 just ahead of Gale
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 Jim McIntyre finishes at the correct end!
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as do Mike Murto, Geoff E. and Bob Brown
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Graham chooses the wrong end and 
gets pipped by Mike Murto at the pin end
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 series 1st: Al and Marc
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series 2nd: Bill Jr and Bill III
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series 3rd: Bill Fyfe & Frank
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 series 4th: Hans and André
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no spi 1st: Gale Shoemaker
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the winning crew shakes hands
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