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The Wayfarer
Midwinters of 2005 |
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Another starboard lift for Al
and Marc as they near the windward mark ... |
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... and the offset mark for a
second time, before Al ... |
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... heels the boat to
windward with a flourish to help SHADES bear
away. |
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Nick has moved into a solid
second place as he and Joe ... |
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... start the brief offset
leg in ... |
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... a nice puff and perfect
from. |
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As Marc adds the spinnaker
pole to the proceedings, Al continues to steer with
his knees while encouraging ... |
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... the spinnaker to fill. |
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Al will move forward to the
thwart as soon as possible since knee-steering |
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Nick has the tiller between
his knees as he gets set to hoist the spinnaker, and
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... Peter does likewise. Note
how far aft this puts the helm and how the transom
drags. |
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Barely
past the offset mark, Frank and Peter already
co-ordinate on a "chucker", a windward spi hoist
that has the crew throw the loosely bundled
spinnaker up and forward while the helm hoists -
very quickly if he doesn't want a spinnaker-sized
sea anchor. You can see why co-ordination is crucial
here. ... |
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Success! |
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Frank adds the pole, et
voilà!! |
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| The spinnaker
leaders have stretched their advantage quite a bit,
but among the Non-Spinnakers, it remains very close. Here, Gale (4106) gets that starboard lift near the mark and takes ... |
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... the Non-Spinnaker lead
(4th place overall) back from Eddie (6751). |
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Jim Lingeman tacks for the
mark, a very respectable 3rd among the white-sail
group. |
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Flat water: perfect
conditions for "shooting" the mark, as Geoff Edwards
and Pat Reardon may ... |
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... have done here. |
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Joe and Brian follow ... |
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... in hot pursuit.
Meanwhile, Jim has started his second run. |
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The view from SHADES
half-way down the run: Peter (93) appears to be
making serious inroads on Nick (pink spi) as ... |
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... he and Frank are
getting fresher puffs from the north shore. |
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The puff finally reaches Nick
and Joe who ... |
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...
correctly bear away to remain in the puff longer
than they would by luffing up and sailing across the
long, narrow streak of wind. Sam (red hull) seems to
be luffing Joe (spinnaker at right) which may be fun
but will probably lose him distance on the rest of
the fleet. ... |
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One last shot before Marc
gets antsy about Al standing too far aft with the
camera, |
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Robert Hart (10195) has
closed the gap between him and Peter Hylen quite
nicely on this beat. |
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Bob and Peter near the
windward mark in good form, ahead of ... |
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... Ted and Donna. |
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2005
W
Midwinters |