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No hangovers aboard this boat!!
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The rest of the fleet exits the TBYC
harbour
across jewelled waters.
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With the Postponement flag flying
lazily, our
RC of
(l to r) Lucy Camacho, Joanne Kumpf
and
Judd Lather...
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do a final pre-sequence check.
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The Thwings in good form!
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Nick Seraphinoff (l) and
Jennifer Princing...
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... organize a bit of pre-race tuning
with
the photographer and his crew, Frank Goulay.
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The speed test begins. Jennifer
checks the
slot.
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Maybe that upper main leech tickler
is flying
too well? On fairly flat water, once the speed is up, the main can be
oversheeted
to increase the pointing. Of course, you need to be sensitive to any
speed
loss, and at its first sign, ease the mainsheet a bit to get up to
speed
once again.
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As Jennifer takes the helm, Nick (l)
and
Frank (aboard the photography boat, W3854) decide that the spreader
angle
needs to be adjusted. "Can't do that on the water unfortunately," moans
Nick. "Not so!" replies Frank. This is a job for ...
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... Wayfarer Man!!!
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No sooner said than done!
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What a team!
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Matt Princing (l) and John
McCree are
suitably impressed.
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True to Murphy's Law, the RC chose
this moment
to start our 5-minute start sequence.
But, as always, Frank kept his cool, finished
putting
the pins back in, etc. - all with over a minute to spare before our
start!
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