Having rounded onto the final beat with a fair cushion, Al will now hold port until Geoff (r) sails about half his distance to the mark when Al rounded. At that point, Al will tack, and then tack again as Geoff rounds. In theory, that should put Al directly between Geoff and the finish line (provided the beat is more or less "square"). Richard still has the inside track on Joe, and of course, there are still Dave and Jim to be considered, off to the left somewhere? Unfortunately, our photographer did not capture any of what promised to be an exciting battle for position and rounding at the leeward mark.