| the 2007 North Bay
Wayfarer Weekend Sat 30 June: W National Cruise Race - 3 photos by Julia Schonborn & Isabel Churcher ... |
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| The start is just about to
go,
using the beloved old horn (extreme
right) from our Trout Lake
Regatta days. - click here for full-size pic ... |
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And we're off! Dwight (far right) has the
best start at
the favoured leeward end. Sue Pilling (2nd
from right) will also be in great shape as long
as she can avoid
falling into Dwight's backwind. Also in excellent
position is Dave
Hansman (3rd from
right) who
is well to leeward of the other two but sailing in
better pressure, as
is Marc Bennett who is however, about to fall into
Dave's backwind.
With the wind further inshore being very patchy though,
Marc and Al
have agreed that tacking to clear their air here is not
an acceptable
option for some time. Dave Richardson (orange
hull) has also gotten a fine start, but is
awfully close to the
dead area in the wind. - click here
for full-size pic
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| Note how the fleet is
sailing
right along the "wind line" here. - click here
for full-size pic ... |
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John de Boer has tacked
to port
to try the risky right side. Meanwhile, Dwight (far right) is
getting lifted
inside Marc and Dave (3rd
and 4th
from right) to the point where he is nearly
laying
our first mark with Sue Pilling limping along in his
backwind. Still,
Dave and Al are getting marginally better pressure,
and are slowly
moving out on Dwight. - click here
for full-size pic
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| An unzoomed view of our
fleet
from the start line a few minutes later. ... |
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| First around the mark and
spinnakering south towards the Main Channel were Dave and
Carol
Hansman, with ... ... |
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| ... Marc and Al (as well as
John
and Dolores who are not shown here) in hot pursuit. ... |
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| A couple of hundred
yards
back, a second group of three were doing close battle,
having decided to
... - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| ... forego their
spinnakers, at
least for now. (l to r)
Dwight,
Sue, Dave (Richardson) ... |
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| After Al had almost
"navigated"
Marc into the wrong (Centre) channel, Marc found just a
bit more
pressure nearer the windward shore where he was able to
... ... |
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| ... hold his spinnaker long
enough to ... ... |
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| ... move past John and Dave
into
the lead as we ... ... |
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| ... entered the Main
Channel for
our ... - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| ... mostly one-tack beat
out ... - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| ... towards ... - click here for full-size pic ... |
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| ... Lake Nipissing. Here, a
rain
squall is about to hit the fleet. - click here for full-size pic |
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