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Wayfarer North Americans Tawas Bay YC * Sept. 10-11, 2005 Saturday photos: Races 2 to 4 by Emily Seraphinoff |
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| Race 2, beat 1: Don Thwing
comes from as left corner towards the Tawas lighthouse, as does ... ... |
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| ... Mike Anspach - both
boats looking well trimmed. ... |
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| On the first run, it's
Uncle
Al (3854) clinging to a narrow lead over Frank (648) and Nick. Doug (l)
has gone high early and will now start to pay - going much slower
as
he has to run down to the leeward mark. ... |
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| A slight windward heel for
Uncle Al does two things: it eliminates weather helm and keeps
parts of his sails just that little bit further out of that nasty
Frank's (r) big wind shadow!! ... |
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| Ditto for Frank (648)
against Nick (864) whose boat numbers are no delight for my slightly
dyslexic crew who hopes to become a member of DAM (Mothers Against
Dyslexia). ... |
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| Doug Ryan and ... ... |
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| ... Don Thwing bring a nice
breeze in from the right. ... |
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| Joe DeBrincat and Bob Frick
(1115) have The Maltese Falcon looking great, while Mike
Anspach and Paul McVey have decided on the more relaxed two-sail run
this time around. ... |
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| Hard to believe that the
spinnaker Al Fick and Dave Merchan are flying is anywhere near the max.
size permitted?? ... |
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| Uncle Al and Marc are in
perfect upwind trim as they finish race 2 first, just ahead of ... ... |
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| ... Frank and Joe. ... |
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| Another close 3rd for Nick
and Julie. ... |
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| 6th place for ... ... |
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| ... The Maltese Falcon. ... |
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| Race 3 saw a course change
as the wind backed about 40 degrees to blow somewhat off shore. In the
concomitant oscillating shifts, Marc and Al were at their best and led
throughout this race. ... |
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| Frank and Joe got another
come-back second ahead of ... ... |
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| ... Nick and Julie. ... |
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| Mike and Paul (4271) get
the most from their venerable old 1980's Richard Storer "cheese wedge"
spinnaker as they hold a nice lead over Joe and Bob. ... |
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| A close battle over 3rd
place with Doug and Chris holding the inside track here over Nick and
Julie who will later come back to snatch 3rd from Doug. ... |
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| Two ancient spinnakers
battle it out. Mike and Paul (4271) will not buckle under pressure from
Don and Mark, and will hold onto a fine 5th, their best finish of the
series. ... |
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| Hard to believe that a boat
being sailed this well by the veterans, Joe and Bob, could finish as
low as 7th. ... |
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| The day's 4th and final
race got underway about 1500 hrs. Again, Al and Marc (l)
sailed a nearly flawless beat, and their lead going onto the run was
too much for even KGB's
(648) fine downwind speed to make up. ... |
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| Again, it's a fight over
3rd between Nick (l) and Doug. ... |
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| Textbook downwind form for
Don Thwing and Mark Olgaard. ... |
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| Hanging in there nicely are
Joe (1115), Mike (4271) and Al Fick (3488). ... |
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| The fleet has closed up
quite a bit on the second beat, but Al (red spi) will hold his shrunken
lead to the finish. |
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