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2006 Wayfarer Midwinters East Lake Eustis SC, Eustis, FL * Feb. 3-5 Sunday: Race 1.1 photos by Dave Moring |
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| Seconds before the
start ,,, |
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| And they are ... ,,, |
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| ... off!! ,,, |
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| Ted Benedict (991) has
a great start, but reefed as he is, he'll be fighting an
uphill battle! ,,, |
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| Mike Murto tries to
squeeze past the leeward-end mark boat without contact. ,,, |
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| Mike Tighe and Jim
Lingeman (2136) are well placed after a fine
windward-end start but seem to be knocked a bit. Butch Minson (3951) and Peter Hylen (2198) have bailed out onto port tack. ,,, |
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Joe and Brian De
Brincat (1115) are pointing high but need to do
something about the large backwind bubble in their
main. Marc Bennett and Michele Parish (3854) are
footing off for speed and Gale and Gary Shoemaker
(4106) may have to foot off as well, if they want to
keep Marc from taking their wind!
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| A classic battle of
... ,,, |
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| ... two very well
trimmed boats!! ,,, |
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| The knife edge between
backwind and blanketing. ,,, |
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| If one boat slows down
even a little, it will be doomed (for the moment)! ,,, |
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| The passing of the Chickin
(10139, Richard Johnson with Uncle Al) seems to have affected Gale (4106) more than Marc who is about to take Gale's wind. ,,, |
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| Mike Murto (2959)
bears away for the starboard boats, only to ... ,,, |
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| ... Marc (3854) tack
inadvertently right about dead on ... ,,, |
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| ... Mike's wind. Note
how quickly Marc and Michele get SHADES up to
speed after the tack! ,,, |
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| Actually, by footing
off, Mike (2959) has managed to stay out of Marc's
(3854) wind shadow, but Mike will now have to point
higher or he'll lose touch with Marc completely. Our
"rookies", Lou and Ben Karably choose an unfortunate
place in which to ... ,,, |
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| ... tack. They will
have two boats sitting right dead on their wind when
they look up after their tack! ,,, |
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| Make that three
boats!! Race leader, Joe De Brincat (1115) has tacked
right on Marc's wind. This leaves Marc with a tough row to hoe: if he wishes to hold port tack, Marc must immediately foot off, but not so much as to fall into Mike's backwind! ,,, |
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| With Mike helping by
pointing rather low, Marc is managing to ... ,,, |
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| ... keep ... ,,, |
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| ... his wind clear! ,,, |
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| Perhaps seeing better
breeze off to the left, Marc tacks away. Note how the
sheets are eased and will ... ,,, |
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| ... come in slowly as the boat regains
maximum speed. Absolutely flawless, slightly under-sheeted post-tack jib trim by Michele. ,,, |
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| On the first run,
Richard (10139) and Marc fight for second place behind
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| ... Joe and Brian De
Brincat. |
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