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2006 Wayfarer Midwinters East Lake Eustis SC, Eustis, FL * Feb. 3-5 Sunday: Race 1.2 photos by Dave Moring |
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| It's still a ... ... |
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| ... close fight among
the three leaders. ... |
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| Richard and Al (10139)
gybe away from ... ... |
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| ... Marc to clear
their air. ... |
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| Separated by a pair of
Flying Scots, Butch (l) and Gale set off down
the first run. ... |
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| White sail fleet: Eddy
Kraft (555) is chased by ... ... |
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| ... Jim and Linda Heffernan (r) making
their second Wayfarer debut- in a composite - after an absence of 25 years. Welcome back, Jim and Linda!! ... |
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| Peter and Peter Hylen
display flawless downwind two-sail form as Mike Murto
and Arlen Bensen hoist their spinnaker. Coming in from the right are Mo Metcalf with Kevin Rankin, making their approach to the offset mark. ... |
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| Lou and Ben sailing
their new W nicely upright - just as recommended! ... |
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| Our leaders, Joe and
Brian do a crisp last-second spinnaker douse, followed
by ... ... |
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| ... a textbook
rounding of ... ... |
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| ... the right-hand
gate mark. Marc and Michele will be entitled to room
from the Scot but will have to ... ... |
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| ... go some to catch
Joe. ... |
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| By going left on the
run, Richard and Al (dousing the spi) have lost
considerable distance. ... |
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| The early douse was a
safety play from a crew not familiar with the system,
but ... ... |
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| ... now it seems to be
taking the Chickin forever to reach the
left-hand gate, which they will round with a view to ... ... |
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| ... going right on the
second beat. Not a good move on this day as Team Chickin would discover oh so slowly as the day wore on. ... |
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| The Wayfarer leaders (3rd
from
left) wisely dig in towards the rhumb line, as
Gale (4106), a Scot and Butch ... ... |
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| ... prepare for a
challenging rounding of the ... ... |
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| ... right-hand mark. ... |
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| Wily veteran that he
is, Gale (4106) cuts inside at the mark and leaves
himself the option of trying to pinch out over Butch (3951) or tacking away. Butch and Gale both head left while ... ... |
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| ... tactician Al leads
Richard ever further into the unfavoured side. |
| In the end, it was Joe
and Brian DeBrincat who led from there to the finish of
our 2.5 lap race. Marc and Michele took an comfortable
2nd, while Richard and Al barely held 3rd ahead of Butch
(with Ellen) and Gale (with Gary). Tops among the
two-sail boats were Jim and Linda Heffernan who started
their come-back with a fine 6th in this, their first W
race in 25 years! Well done, guys!! |
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