the Wayfarer North Americans
Tawas Bay YC * Sept. 10-11, 2005
Saturday photos: Race 1
by Emily Seraphinoff and Marc Bennett

Emily "captures" her husband, Will, in a pensive moment.
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Joe DeBrincat
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Frank Goulay fine-tunes KGB as ...
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... crew, Joe Blackmore, admires Frank's technique.
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Team 4271: Mike Anspach (l) and Paul McVey with Joe DeBrincat (r).
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Nick Seraphinoff gives daughter, Julie, a Saturday pre-race spinnaker refresher course.
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Don Thwing and Mark Olgaard check out the line prior to race 1.
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Nick and Julie check their upwind settings before the first race.
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Joe Blackmore has the helm while Frank Goulay makes sure everything is shipshape aboard KGB.
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Joe DeBrincat (l) and Doug Ryan enjoy a close battle up the initial race 1 beat with the lovely Tawas Point in the background.
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When you beat towards the Point, you should - according to the local experts - play the left side, i.e. hold starboard towards the yacht club. Uncle Al (3854), Don Thwing (2960) and Al Fick have done this on the first beat.
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It's a quick, efficient spi hoist from Marc (red spi) as Uncle Al rounds onto the first run just ahead of Nick Seraphinoff (l). Frank Goulay is about to round 3rd, just ahead of Don Thwing and Doug Ryan. Meanwhile, on the far right, Joe DeBrincat is just crossing Al Fick.
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It's a lovely-looking and closely-bunched fleet as Uncle Al (l) has gybed back to starboard in search of more (wind) pressure.
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The action remains close.
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Uncle Al and ...
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... Nick (864) and Frank are seen playing the right side of the run here as they near the RC boat which was stationed about 1/3 of the way up the leg from the leeward mark. This side of the course had seemed to provide better wind up the beat, and was thus worth a try on the run.
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Mark Olgaard in 2960 is milking every possible ounce of speed from their ancient W6090 (John de Boer) spinnaker, and so far, he and Don are managing to hold off Joe DeBrincat and Bob Frick with their brand new Quantums.
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Mike Anspach and Paul McVey (4271) appear to be fishing with their spinnaker, no doubt to the delight of Al Fick (3488) and Doug Ryan (3664)!!
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Lovely boats in a lovely spot!!
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Looks like a real haul for fisherman Mike as Doug and Chris (l in 3664) run away in a nice little puff.
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Don and Mark looking good
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Mike and Paul have finally retrieved their spinny and are now looking fine as they pursue Al and Dave in 3488 where helm Al is sitting way too far aft and is dragging his stern.
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Uncle Al makes the tiller switch behind his back to complete yet another roll tack as he and Marc will defend the left once more against ...
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... Nick ...
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... Frank (648) and Doug (3664). Doug and Chris are sitting way forward and lifting their transom out of the water, something which works well in the really light stuff but probably won't help here where the boats are nearing hull speed!
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Uncle Al and Marc tack across the finish line to win race 1.
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That old 1994 mainsail still looks good in its 12th year of hard and frequent use!!!
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Frank and Joe roll tack across the line to complete a nice comeback in 2nd place, just ahead of ...
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... Nick and Julie.  Doug and Chris (l) will end up in 4th place.
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Nick and Julie get their finish beep from daughter/sister, Emily.
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