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2004
Midwinters Friday: race 2, part 1 photos by Kim Bergevin and Ellen Hill |
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While the
wind was whistling through the trees as we prepared to
head out for race #2 after lunch, the reality out on
the lake was not bad at all. Only a few overpowering
gusts from time to time. Above, Jim McIntyre (helm)
has teamed up with Ted Benedict, and the two are
having a nice, leisurely run out to the race
area. Not nearly as relaxing as Jimmy sail back
to shore in this pic from 2003 though:
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| Nick Seraphinoff
and Joe Blackmore have decided to roll out the big
artillery by switching to their Mike McNamara sails for the afternoon. Here they are tuning up by going upwind before race 2 which went off just after 1300 hrs. ... |
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| Likewise, a
little tuning for Geoff and Pat. ... |
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| Joe De Brincat
and his crew, Peter Every, have replaced their torn jib
and have everything in textbook form for race 2. ... |
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| The gusts are
still coming through from time to time. ... |
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| A lovely
afternoon as the RC gets set to send us off to the
second race.. ... |
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| About two seconds
to the start "gun". ... |
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| The gun goes and
they're off! It's a line that is nicely square to the
wind. ... |
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| A bit of a
starboard tack lift finds Uncle Al (3854) well
positioned to take advantage. Now the trick will be to go for speed, which ... ... |
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| ... he does. ... |
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| Nick (864) is in
danger of being squeezed out. If he goes up, down or
slow, he will get bad air ... ... |
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| from Al, Hubert
(just visible to leeward and ahead of Nick) or both, as has happened to Joe De Brincat (1115) who has wisely tacked to clear his air. ... |
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| Joe and Peter
looking pretty good although the main is probably more
twisted off than desirable for peak pointing. ... |
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| The rest,
meanwhile, continue on along the shores of downtown
Eustis. Geoff Edwards (9483) looks like he hopes to tack
but has Hank (1395) blocking him. This would be a good
time for Geoff to pinch a lot and make Hank feel the
need to tack. ... |
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No sooner
said than done. But now Geoff is slightly lifted and
he decides to hold starboard tack for a bit longer.
Nick (864) has tacked and Al (3854) is tempted to tack
and cover his closest pursuer but chooses to hold his
lift instead. On the final leg, Al would likely cover
in this situation.
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Going right
has not paid for Joe here. If this
puff holds, Joe will need to supplement his hiking
power with some vang in order to flatten the main
and make W1115 easier to keep flat. Right now, Joe's
main looks picturesque but is far too twisted for
optimal windward work.
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| Uncle Al (3854)
now wishes he had tacked with Nick (864) who has come back to starboard tack and has gotten a nice inside lift. ... |
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| Michele checks
out the lay line as a puff heels the Chick'n. ... |
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Nick and
Joe looking good as they wrestle with a gust. If that
white water off the transom is caused by an angled
rudder, Nick should let Allies luff up a bit
while easing a bit of main. If the gust look like it
will last a minute or more, it'll be worth cranking on
even more vang.
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Coming in from the
left corner on the port layline we have Geoff (9483),
Hubert (3636) and Joe (1115). The latter is in bad
shape since he is getting dirty air from the other two
but has nowhere to usefully go since he's on the
layline already.
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