| the
2004
Wayfarer
North Americans Saturday pics: race 1, part 1 photos by Jennifer Princing |
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| An excellent
start for
Nick (864) with Geoff (9483) to windward and astern. Off
to leeward,
Mark (7673) and Al (3854) are fighting it out. Al and
his crew, Frank,
have decided to go left, which usually pays with the
wind from this
direction. ... |
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Mike
and Sean (4271)
tack away for clear air, as do John and Dolores de
Boer (7351). Bad
news for Geoff (9483) who has fallen down on Brian
(9235) who is moving
and pointing very well. Unless the expected port-tack
lift comes
through, Al (far left) will be in trouble.
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| As Brian (9235)
continues to move well on starboard, Geoff (9483)
finally tacks away. But has he left it too late? John and Dolores (7351) are moving well, and ... ... |
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| ... will get
through
to leeward. ... |
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| A lovely action
shot
of John and Dolores with Tawas Point in the background,
and ... ... |
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| ... Geoff (l)
in
pursuit. ... |
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| Nick near the
port
tack layline ... |
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| Look at the great
hiking being done by Dave Hansman on 9483 as he and
Geoff power through
John and Dolores. ... |
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| It's a very close
race
as ... ... |
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| ... (l to r)
Brian,
Al and Roger ... ... |
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| ... approach the
windward mark near the port layline. ... |
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| Mark and Paul
Taylor
play catch-up. ... |
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| Mike Anspach
(4271)
has done well over on the right side, ending up even
with Geoff (9483) - looks like Mike could use more vang, though. ... |
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| Al (l) has
decided
to tack for the starboard Nick (behind Bob Frick in
3975),
perhaps unwisely, since Al is now trapped on starboard
until Nick
chooses to tack for the mark. Brian (9235) remains in
the lead and will
have the freedom to tack at will. ... |
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| Coming out of the
left
corner and looking good are ... ... |
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| ... Paul and
Lorrie
McVey ... ... |
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| ... although a
touch
more vang might help. ... |
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| Brian and Scott
(9235)
lead the way onto the first run, closely pursued by Geoff and Dave (9483) and Nick and Joe (864) as well as by ... ... |
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| ... Uncle Al and
Frank
(3854). Also still very much in contention are John and Dolores (7351), Roger and Joanne (7700) and Mark and Paul (7673). ... |
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| Al (3854) goes
high to
take Brian's (9235) only to discover that he'll never
get through
Nick's (864) lee, so ... ... |
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| ... he tries an
early
gybe which gives the additional benefit of putting Al on
starboard when and if these boats meet again near the leeward mark. ... |
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Note
how Brian and
Scott (9235) have let off a bit of vang to give
themselves a bit more
margin for error, i.e. the boom won't hit the water as
easily, should
the boat start to rock a bit. Nick and Joe also look
good, but are
sailing higher than they really need to - no doubt
much to Brian's
delight/relief. Nick could, after all, sail lower and
disturb 9235's
wind!!
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