the 2008 North Bay Wayfarer Weekend
Don Rumble/Nats: race 3.1
photos by Julia Schonborn

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Trevor Hughes sneaks up on RC Chairman, Fred McNutt. The day remains overcast but no rain at this time.
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Mogens Christensen
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Harry Budden
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As Frank and Kim dawdle out towards the start area in winds that have died down somewhat,
Krista Pedersen and Nathaniel Houle remain on windward mark duty. Winds remain SE more or less.
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Once again, the race will be triangle-sausage-windward.
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About five minutes into the race, view from the RC boat. Hard to tell from here, but the left side paid again
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Mark and Paul have the lead once more, but this time, things are a bit closer. In close pursuit are Dave Hansman (282) ...
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... John de Boer, Andrew Haill, Al Schonborn and Ross Jamieson.
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Surprisingly far back after doing very well in race 2 are Alastair and Andrew (r) ...
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... Dwight and Pat (r) ...
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... and ...
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... eek, is that Frank and Kim in last place??
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We must have been fun to watch from the yacht club at this point.
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Dave Richardson (l) makes his move on Sue Pilling.
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Mark moves away a bit while Andrew has not only ghosted into 2nd but also has the oh so desirable inside position for buoy room.
He'll be all right as long as the wind remains nearly dead aft.
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Al and Ross have fallen back a fair bit. Meanwhile, Dave Hansman who was outside and behind
in the previous picture, has amazingly managed to round and ...
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... get away from the gybe mark a clear 2nd!! Impressive!!
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