| Wayfarer
Midwinters Lake Eustis Sailing Club * February 2-4 , 2007 Friday: race 1.3 pics by Andy Douma |
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| Not too many takers for the
left side of the beat here: (l to r) Richard, Lori, Gale, Jim,
Ellen, Ted ... |
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| Lori has wisely tacked to
clear her air while Jim (1904), Jeff (3917) and Ellen hold
port tack. ... |
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| Jim (l) and Geoff head
over to the left while Richard continues on port tack. ... |
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| I think that's Bob Williams
(l) but I don't
know who's with him here. ... |
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| Jim heads left - his jib
should come in a bit so that main and jib are in parallel
trim. I do believe that's race leaders Joe and Nick on the left heading over to see if they remain ahead of Al. ... |
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| Mike and Chuck are in fine
trim as they, too, head left. ... |
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| Their jib now properly
trimmed, Jim and Gary (1904) pinch out from under Mike and
Chuck. ... |
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| Fine form form for Richard
and Michele who have decided to gamble by leaving the
fleet and going extreme right. ... |
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| As do Gale and François
whose main or vang could use more tension. ... |
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| The start of the second
run: It a close race among Al, Jim (2458) and Joe (1115).
The wind is beginning to swing back clockwise towards its
earlier direction, and Al and Joe have gybed accordingly
to sail a broad port reach straight down the rhumb line. ... |
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| As Al and Marc settle in
after their gybe, Jim (1904) and Ellen come in towards the
windward mark on port. ... |
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Al has been getting
excessive helm and is therefore standing in the boat so
that he can more easily move his weight to windward to
counteract the noticeable weather helm he's been
feeling. After the race, Al discovered that his rudder
blade had angled itself aft about 5° - once he pushed it
back down to vertical, the excess helm was gone -
amazing how much difference such a small thing can make!
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| While Nick concentrates on
his spinnaker, Joe keeps an eye on his surroundings, most
notably Jim Heffernan who went left early and is now coming back towards the rhumb line. ... |
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| Uncle Al leans over a bit
to visually confirm that he's on the straight line towards
the leeward mark. ... |
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| Note how Jim Heffernan is
flying the chute while steering with his knees as Linda completes a gybe by resetting the pole on its new side. ... |
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| Dave Hepting fine-tunes a
winged jib while Peter Hylen continues to give the race leaders all they can handle, even with only two sails flying. ... |
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| The starboard-tack lay line
finds Ellen (6751) chasing ... ... |
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| ... Jeff (3917), Jim (1904)
and Mike (2959) as Lori approaches on port tack. ... |
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At the upcoming leeward
mark (far left)
one of the RC's mark boat is about to inform us that the
windward mark has been moved a second time, to the
right, in order to keep the final beat truly upwind.
Uncle Al maintains a modest lead over Joe (1115) and Jim
(2458).
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| Jim Lingeman and Randy
Boekema (3991) have snuck past Mike (2959) and Jeff, and
now ... ... |
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| ... Jim and Gary appear
ready to do likewise. ... |
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| Uncle Al and Marc chomp
along towards a first-place finish, making sure they remain between 2nd-place Joe and the finish line at all times. |