| the 2011
Wayfarer Midwinters Friday: race 2 pics - 3 by Jim Orth ... |
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| About to round 4th are the
Minsons. ... |
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It's very close between
Jim L and Ted as they approach the windward mark. Uncle
Al and Tony (2nd from
r) meanwhile, are pulling away while Richard S
and Jim H (2nd and
3rd from l) have apparently (and justifiably)
given up on Uncle Al and are now fighting over 2nd
place. -
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| I guess you could say Butch
(blue hull) is a leg ahead of Ted (991) and not be
actually lying!! ... |
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| Neither Ted nor Jim L
(3991) will have a spinnaker with which to chase Butch. ... |
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| Still hanging in there is
Mike Murto (2959). ... |
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| Next to the mark is Jim
McIntyre who has ... ... |
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| ... Richard W breathing
down his neck. ... |
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| Eeeek! It always pays to
keep your head out of the boat and an eye on the big
picture: Butch is sailing in excellent form but look where he is heading in relation to the next mark (far right). ... |
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| The spi-less Jimmy Mac and
Richard W (10423) set off in pursuit of Mike Murto. ... |
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| Izak (3492) and Jim B close
in on ... ... |
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| ... the windward mark. ... |
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Jim needs to let his
crew concentrate on/do the spi work. It works very well
for the helm to stand and steer with his knees while
hoisting the chute. Sometimes, slower is faster (slow
down and win, said Stuart Walker!!) With Izak so close
astern, I would have not bothered with the spinnaker
until we were past the offset mark where I would have
gybed in order to
...(a) defend the left (buoy room, starboard when we meet guys coming from the right side of the run) (b) set up a windward hoist (easier on the sail cloth, hourglasses are more easily seen/fixed than behind the main, spi is easy for helm to fly (once spi halyard is cleated) while crew adds the pole to the mix |
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| Instead, Izak is off on the
straight line course to the leeward mark (well done,
Izak!!) while 911 wastes more distance sailing across the course than even the greatest spi hoist ever, can hope to recoup in a non-high-performance boat like a Wayfarer. ... |
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| Pat gets set to round. ... |
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| After all that, the Bests (l) have now sailed
into a dead spot. This is indeed the last we see of 911 on
this day as the retired due, I believe, to ridiculous amounts of water leaking into the boat. |
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