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2008 Wayfarer North Americans Mississauga Sailing Club * September 13-14 race 4.2 photos by Iza Hansen and Gord Leachman ... |
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| The gun is about to go. - click here for full-size image ... |
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The first run: Al and Dave have
the lead, but Dave shows his spinnaker inexperience by drastically
oversheeting here. The spi should be constantly eased to the point of a
luff curl. If the pole is not too far aft (which here, it is not, this
being a run!), that gets the spi foot well clear of the forestay and
lets the foot point straight at the water instead of in towards the
boat (see next picture).
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| In this shot from the 2007
Pumpkin, Dave himself (3854) shows how the result should look!! ... |
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| Frank (648) and Alastair fight
it out for 2nd place. ... |
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| Heider (l) is also right in that mix. ... |
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| Both these spinnakers could also
be set better!! Note how the foot is in each case, angles in towards
the jib. ... |
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| How Julia saw the start of our
run from shore. - click here for full-size image ... |
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| Our course unfortunately ended
up in the path of a large fleet of big boats finishing a distance race
at the Port Credit YC next door. ... |
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| The wind is definitely picking
up!! ... |
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| Al, who could stand to let his
pole forward a bit to keep the chute foot off the jib, continues to
lead near the leeward mark. ... |
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| There! A perfectly set chute!
Mark and Paul. ... |
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| Two more nicely trimmed
spinnakers as Kit (1037) and Jim battle. ... |
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| Emily and Gary get set to enjoy
a nice downwind ride. ... |
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