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2008 Wayfarer North Americans Mississauga Sailing Club * September 13-14 race 2.2 photos by Iza Hansen and Gord Leachman ... |
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| The sun has come out and the
race 2 countdown has begun: Paul and Mark look seriously ready for
action. E |
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| Note how much more chopped up
the water
gets as we all make our own wakes, even when the lake has small waves
already. One of the reasons we need to be in "first gear" (powered up, footing) when we start. ... |
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| Sue and Steph ... |
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| Killing time before the "gun" ... |
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| Rob and Daniel ... |
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| Alastair and Dave ... |
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| Kit and David ... |
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| Gary and Emily ... |
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| Heider and Tom ... |
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| Ed and Bob ... |
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| A couple of minutes to go! ... |
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| We have a replacement RC boat
today. ... |
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| Uncle Al checks the line angle
by going head to wind. ... |
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| Heider and Tom ... |
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| click here
for full-size image ... |
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| While Jim and Linda (2458)
watch, Colin and Martin (1820) investigate the possibility of a(nother)
port-tack start. ... |
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| The final few seconds! - click here for full-size image ... |
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| The leeward end seems to be the
more popular one. ... |
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| Jim Heffernan (2458) is already
going full blast, so there can't be more than 5 seconds to go. Has Rob (7372) come too close, too soon? Only Rob knows because this is the last of our pin-end pictures. ... |
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