| the 2009 Midwinters
& U.S. Nationals Saturday: Race 4.4 & post-race photos mostly by Randall Moring and Andrew Haill ... |
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| After the beep, it's the
high
fives for ... ... |
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| ... skipper and crew. ... |
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| The final beat has begun
for
this ... ... |
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| ... impressive fleet of MC
Scows. ... |
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| Nearest to Uncle Al's
camera are
the MC leaders, Any Fox (windward)
and
honorary Wayfarer, Dave Moring. - for full-sized pic, click here ... |
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| In W555, we have ... - for full-sized pic, click here ... |
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| ... Andy Douma with Paul
Pineault who are pointing far better after the morning's
tweak session,
and are ... ... |
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| ... on their way to a much
improved 9th. Here they are about to cross Ted and Mary
(991). Meanwhile, Andy Fox (r) is maintaining his lead over Dave Moring (2188) in the MC's. ... |
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| Here we see the four of
them a
minute or so later. - for full-sized pic, click here ... |
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| Dave Moring (2188) has won
his
past two MC regattas (which, I believe, earned him his
buzz cut on
Friday??) but here, Andy Fox has him safely tucked away as he sails towards victory in Race 1 of the MCs' George Washington Regatta. ... |
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| Just in case I some day get
to
borrow an MC and race with these guys, I could do worse
than to study
Andy's and ... ... |
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| ... Dave's form, I guess.
To
leeward of Dave, we have Richard Watterson and Mark Nye, who are cruising towards their only last-place finish of the series. ... |
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| Andy (12188) wisely makes
sure
he doesn't pinch up into Ted's dirt here. ... |
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| As Butch Minson run back
towards
the start area, Andy makes one last tack and will cross
the line in MC
first. ... |
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| As Eric Hood (2478) and Lee
Sayler (2201) head towards 8th and 14th place
respectively, Peter Rahn (286) does his best to stay out of the way of the MC's - which seem to be everywhere!!! ... |
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| Frank and Andrew (r) await the day's
second race in
a pleasant little westerly breeze. ... |
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| Frank assumes the lounge
position. ... |
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| Nick (l) and Al enjoy
their post-race
Grolsch. ... |
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Peter (l) and Alex cruise
on by as Uncle
Al and Nick heave to. Which is when we first began to
suspect the
worst: Three times inside of two minutes, SHADES gybed out of
the hove to
position - something virtually unheard of. The jib was
still backed all
right, but the main was getting a totally different
wind!! Weird - and
a bad omen! As we feared, the wind went squirrelly for a
few minutes,
and then died. Nothing left to do but drift towards
shore and await
developments, such as the promised delicious burgers and
sausages BBQ
at the club.
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| After the racing had been
cancelled for the day, and after a the tasty BBQ, Mark Nye, went out for a little run in his? little sailing canoe? made by Hobie. |
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