the
2008 North Bay Wayfarer Weekend Don Rumble/Nats: race 4.3 photos by Julia Schonborn ... |
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The wind has veered some
more
and the leaders have gybed onto a port run long before
reaching the
gybe mark. ... |
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Alastair (10137) has taken
full
advantage of the new wind and caught Al Nichols. ... |
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Sue and Steph have Mystic in fine
fettle. ... |
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Krista and Nathaniel drop
by for
a chat with ... ... |
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... Trevor. ... |
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Enough goofing off, guys!
Back
to work!!! ... |
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Fast forward to the end of
the
second beat: Mark and Paul have again taken the lead and
will round
nicely ahead of ... ... |
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... John and Uncle Al
(3854).
The latter has come back nicely from the dead to lie 3rd
ahead of Frank
(648). ... |
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From her new perch in the
windward mark boat with Trevor, photographer Julia gets a
nice close
view of the action. ... |
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After the veer in the wind
direction, what was to be a run will now be a port-tack
broad reach. ... |
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And John and Dolores (7351)
are
ready for it! ... |
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As is Al. A nice little
roll
gybe for Al and Michele who are actually well clear of
Frank here. ... |
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John and Dolores have taken
the
lead as Mark and Paul appear to be heading for the gybe
mark again
rather than the leeward mark. Well, as I can certainly attest to, we all make mistakes! ... |
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As the SHADES spi hoist
progresses, Frank
approaches a rounding that won't help his speed any,
involving as it
does ... ... |
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... a 270° turn that will
... ... |
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... slow him down far more
than
Dave's rounding will slow Dave (282). ... |
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As Alastair (10137) who has
made
a fine come-back himself, sails into view, followed by ... ... |
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... Dwight (4606), Al's
spinnaker fills and SHADES
is
set to pursue the leaders ... ... |
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... John (not visible here)
and
Mark (far left). ... |
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Here we can see all four
top
boats, (l to r)
John, Mark,
Al and Frank nursing their way towards the leeward mark in a breeze that isn't what it once was. - for full-size pic, click here ... |
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