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A (so far) beautiful Sunday morning.
George
Blanchard rests his arthritic knuckles as Mike Codd takes the helm.
Note the comfortable pre-race position as
Mike
leans against the aft bulkhead. However, as this photo dramatically
shows,
sitting this far aft makes the stern drag and kills speed while one is
racing!!
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The south and southwest are clouding
over as
Brian Jeffs and Scott Bamford in 9235...
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... tune up for upwind work.
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Roger and Carl Shepherd check the
start line...
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... as the RC completes its
preparations.
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A race time gets closer, Brian and
Scott (spi),
and George and Mike (wing on wing) get their boats into perfect balance.
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Perfect downwind form...
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... Scott and Brian.
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Alex (l) and Peter Rahn in
silhouette.
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A pair of Abbott Mk 3's: Brian and
Scott (9235)
and Grant and Scott Town (9239)
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One good reason to do a pre-race
spinnaker
check - Don and Don Thwing in W560
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That's better!
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A beautiful moment as Don Jr. stands
to help
in the takedown. Note however, that steering with the tiller between
your
knees necessitates standing well aft and makes the stern drag.
Therefore
time spent in this position needs to be kept to a minimum.
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