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The
Wayfarer Midwinters of 2005 … |
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Other
things being
equal (e.g. no sign of better wind to the right),
Uncle Al and Marc
have chosen to defend the left side of the run since
that way, they
will be on starboard if they should converge with
any other running
boats near the gate at the end of the run. ... |
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While Al flies the
spinnaker and steers with his knees, Marc completes
the setting
procedure by freeing the leeward barberhauler and
sheeting the jib in
so that it cannot flop over to windward and disturb
the air flowing to
the spinnaker. |
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Nick (864) and Peter
both also go left- perhaps because that side of the
course seemed to |
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... Gale (4106) and Ed
(6751) on the offset leg. |
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Only a couple of
lengths further back is Jim Lingeman (2136),
followed by ... |
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... Geoff Edwards
(9483). |
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Al
(red spinnaker) will
have to be careful here to keep clear of Richard
Johnson who is leeward
boat. Looks like Peter (93) is using a nice little
puff to try to move
past Nick (864). Sam and C.J. have their sails
nicely trimmed as they
approach the windward mark, but could get there even
faster by moving
forward in the boat by a couple of feet. ... |
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A lovely sight on a
lovely morning! |
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Almost at the windward
mark: Mike Murto (2959) and Joe De Brincat (1115)
are neck and neck. |
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... gets ready to fly
the spinnaker after this brief offset leg. |
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Peter Hylen and Mike
Tigue demonstrate perfect fore and aft weight
placement for these airs
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... amidships and close
together as they round onto the offset leg. |
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Robert (10195) and
Morris (10245) reach the windward mark together. |
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And it's a gybe set for
Brian (l) and Joe ... |
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... as they set off in
pursuit of Sam and C.J. who have their weight more
properly placed here. |
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The
leaders on the
first run: mostly (5 of 7) to the left of the
rhumbline (represented by
a course towards the distant RC boat). Al (red spi)
loosely covers his
two nearest pursuers, Peter (l) and Nick by
staying in the
middle between them, i.e. between them and the next
mark (the gate). ... |
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Robert and Tony (green
hull) gybe to go right as Morris and Andrew do
likewise at the offset
mark. |
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It
was a lovely morning
on which to be able to spot little extra puffs on
the virtually flat
waters of Lake Eustis. Here, it looks like Sam (r)
and Nick and
Al are all sailing in a little streak. Interestingly
low whisker pole
attachment on Sam's boat - looks like it lets the
jib set very nicely. ... |
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John (r), his
son-in-law, and Sandy enjoy a fine Lake Eustis
morning - not much call
for competitor assistance this morning! |
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Dave Hepting nears the
windward mark in good form ... |
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... ready for anything,
even the need to reef!! |
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The beauty of
windward-leeward courses is that they ... |
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allow the fleet to
spread out across the run to try to find extra
puffs, one of which is
coming up just to windward of Morris (r)
now. This nicely
illustrates the dictum: Up in the lulls, down with
the puffs - here,
Morris could luff up a bit until he meets the puff,
and then bear off
to a dead run to stay in his puff as long as
possible, most puffs being
long, narrow streaks, and if he didn't bear away, he
would soon sail
right out the other side of the puff into lesser
breeze. ... |
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Ted and Donna have ... |
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... W2415 moving well
and balanced nicely downwind. |
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A whisker pole to wing
the jib would make life simpler for Donna, though -
and a little more
vang to keep the |
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An exciting race among
Sam (9913), Joe (1115) and Mike - Joe is in a good
spot here ... |
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... to catch a bit of
extra pressure as the breeze funnels between the
other two boats. |
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Sam and C.J. have their
weight nicely concentrated amidships as they ... |
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... chase Patricia and
Mike. |
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Joe and Brian pulls
away from Patricia and Mike whose spinnaker is |
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Robert and Tony are in
perfect balance down the run: the slight windward
heel aligns the centre of effort |
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Nick (864), Al (3854)
and Geoff catch a nice puff as they near the gate at
the end of the run. |
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2005
W
Midwinters |