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Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club * August 19-20  Saturday: Race 1.1 photos by Gord Nikaido, Rob Williams & Boris Kuzmin |
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| Directions for the mark layers
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| PRO, George Blanchard ... |
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| At age 92 ... ... |
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| ... George displays twice the
energy that most of the rest of us can muster. ... |
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| Mike Codd and Kirk Iredale (CAN
90) were among numerous boats who got out early to get acclimatized to
the choppy conditions and relatively light winds. ... |
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| Very nice-looking home-made
sails for Heider and crew, Tom ... |
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Race 1 start: With winds more or
less from the ENE, the George Blanchard shift was very likely to be in
effect - a wind bend and strength variation that requires a long
starboard tack to the port
lay line more or less where you can tack into better breeze and a
port-tack lift about 99% of the time.
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| Sailing W3613 (a.k.a. 60) for
this year's NA's were Canadian National Team Coach, Tom Wharton and his
brother-in-law, Stephan Larson. Here, they are off to the start, having ... ... |
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... left themselves the option
to foot or pinch, unlike the other top starters - Fred Black (7379),
Mark Taylor (7673) and Nick Seraphinoff (864) - who have to be living
in fear of getting "gassed" by the boat to leeward and ahead. Note the
increased breeze.
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After a less-than-aggressive
start that did not make crew Marc, do cartwheels of joy, regatta
favourite, Al (3854) is now pinned by Graham Armstrong (861) and is
trying to nurse his boat through the backwind of the four boats off his
bow as best he can. The only cheering news for team SHADES (3854) is that co-favourite,
Heider (600) is in not much better shape a bit further up the line.
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| It was an even less aggressive
start for Ted Lacelle (3133) who will nonetheless be ... ... |
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| ... in better shape than Nick
(864) who (again!) was over early and is returning to ... ... |
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| ... re-start. ... |
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| Our mark layers (Brian McLennan
seated, other young man unidentified) remain ready, if
needed. ... |
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| Near the windward mark, Mark and Paul Taylor
(7673) have "ridden" the George Blanchard shift and great speed into
the early lead while Heider (600) has patiently worked his way back
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| In these relatively light winds and choppy
waters, it is a real challenge to find the right mix of speed and
pointing, and the fleet is already well spread out. for full-size pic,
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| Heider (600) goes for the risky mark approach -
on port tack within ... ... |
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| ... two lengths of the mark where he will have
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| ... few rights after his tack to starboard (and
before, of course, as well!) But in this case, Heider's approach cannot
be faulted since he has seen that ... ... |
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| ... Mark and Paul will be ahead of him in first,
and that ... |