| 2005
North Bay Wayfarer Weekend Saturday: National Cruise Race - 1 photos by Gillian Danby, Andrew Haill, Julia & Al Schonborn |
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The winds were
perfect
for
sailing the full (blue, above) course on this
day - the red
course
being held in reserve for too much or too little wind.
Our shore-based
start line would be across the mouth of the North Bay
YC's little cove
between the NBYC dock on Burford Point and a "mark" on
the far shore.
The trick would be to get a windward end start (on
starboard) and then
judge how soon you could tack and clear Burford Point,
because after
that you could lay mark 1 on a closehauled course. If
you didn't join
that parade early, you'd be stuck there until the beat
from #1 to #6.
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| All systems are go for
Ross
and Brett Jamieson on this lovely, lovely morning!! ... |
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W2178 is a
lovely sight
here, but the rudder isn't liking the heel on the boat
at this speed.
Even this relatively small angle of heel causes
significant weather
helm when you're going as fast as Ross is here. Note
the tiller angle
Ross is having to use to keep W2178 going straight.
This strains not
only the rudder but also the helmsman.
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| A view of our start
line. ... |
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Aboard 3854,
Marc
Bennett
has the helm today while Uncle Al will crew - not much
of a break for
the competition since Marc's won-lost record in the Most
Improved
standings is even better than Al's. Andrew and Julie
(9657) make final
preparations which will, one hopes, include bringing
in the fenders. On
the right, Fred and Michael are running the line on
port.
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| Henry Van Brussel and
Bernie Tempelmans Plat (and their stainless steel
centreboard!!) try
the line on starboard. ... |
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| The 5-minute countdown
has
begun - just under five minutes to the start. Marc
(3854) gives the
line a visual once over. Sue Pilling and Stephan
Romaniuk (4677) make
their entrance and will meet the Jamiesons coming the
other way. ... |
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| Aboard Toodle-oo
(1366), Doug Netherton and Françoise Brossard are happy:
this is
Doug's kind of breeze! To leeward of Doug, Geoff Edwards
and Matt Close
kill time before the start. ... |
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| Doug and Françoise
try closehauled on starboard
while Bernie (l)
and Henry ... ... |
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| ... reach down the line on port. ... |
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| Slowly, the 5-minute
countdown grinds on. ... |
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| With just over a
minute to
go, Dwight and Pat Aplevich (4606) check the time. ... |
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| Ah! John and Dolores
de
Boer (7351) are finally out, as are Dave and Carol
Hansman (282). ... |
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| Geoff and Matt take
... ... |
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| ... it easy. ... |
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| Dave and Carol (282)
and
Andrew with Julie (9657) return to the windward end. ... |
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| Looks like Dave (282)
might
go for a "pin end" (leeward end on starboard) start. ... |
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| Uncle Al checks the
time as
the flag is about to go down at one minute to the start. ... |
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| Geoff and Matt come up
to
join the "windward end" group. Geoff and Dave (282) will
time and place
their starts just right, and will be the first ... ... |
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| ... to round Burford
Point
and thus lead the port-tack parade towards #1. (r to
l) Dave,
Geoff, Ross, Marc, John ... |
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| The boats who held
starboard too long wasted all that distance as Doug (r)
and Sue (l) quickly learned. ... |
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| The leaders - Dave
(282)
and Geoff - had held starboard just long enough to clear
Burford Point (r). ... |
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| Marc (l) moves
past
Ross into 3rd place. Note the eased jib and main, plus
the well vanged
main to keep the boat flat in the puff where Marc also
let the boat
briefly run up to gain windward distance. ... |
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| John and Dolores fight
a
puff. Note the rudder turbulence (slow!) as John tries
to bear away -
better to let an eased main and a flatter boat do the
bearing away for
you. ... |
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| Doug (1366) closes in
on
Fred whose boom is angled up, a sure sign of too little
vang! ... |
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| Sue and Stephan in
perfect
form, making the most of very raggy old sails. ... |
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| Andrew and Julie are
nice
and flat but need far more vang to flatten the
main. Their jib is
out too far for close-hauled sailing but they may be
reaching off
towards the
mark. ... |
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| Henry and Bernie have
3593
doing her best with the antique sails although ... ... |
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| ... a bit more vang
and a
main eased for this puff would make life easier and
faster. |