| Wayfarer
Midwinters Lake Eustis Sailing Club * February 2-4 , 2007 Friday: race 1.4 pics by Andy Douma |
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| Happy with a pretty
impressive comeback, Uncle Al and Marc get set to tack
near the finish line. ... |
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Note Al's right hand
behind his back as the roll tack
routine nears completion. He will now reach back and
grab the tiller with his left hand that still controls
the mainsheet. That done, the right hand grabs the
mainsheet, and then he and Marc are ready to ...
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| ... tack once more to cross
the finish line in first place. ... |
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| A solid 2nd for Joe and
Nick. ... |
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| An exciting finish as Peter
Hylen and Dave Hepting complete an excellent race in 3rd
place, edging out Jim and Linda Heffernan. ... |
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| Close behind, getting a
fine 5th in their first Wayfarer race are Dave Moring and
Kevin Rankin (10245). Just ... ... |
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| ... seconds behind are
Butch and Janice Minson (3951) who will edge out Geoff
Edwards and Ted Gadd. ... |
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| Unlike the rest of us who
can now head ashore for lunch, the RC must wait until ... ... |
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| ... the proverbial "last
dog is hung". ... |
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| Tony Krauss with Mary Abel
heads for the smell of the draft beer after placing 8th, ahead of Richard Johnson and Jeff Baker who rounded out the top ten.. ... |
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| Jim Lingeman and Randy
Boekema followed in 11th place. ... |
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| Geoff makes sure that we
really are supposed to head in for lunch now. ... |
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| Ted Gadd, stoic Englishman
(l) ... |
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| Clubhouse two points off
the port bow!! ... |
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| Ted has decided that a
little spinnaker practice won't come amiss. ... |
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| No dawdling for Marc and Al
when there's a keg of beer at the end of the rainbow. ... |
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| It's nice to have an RC
boat that you can moor by just gunning it up the beach!! ... |
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| Get ready for ... ... |
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| ... the lunch crowd,
Dotty!! |