the 2008 North Bay Wayfarer Weekend
Don Rumble/Nats: race 4.4
photos by Julia Schonborn
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Andrew Haill is about to follow Al Nichols around the mark.
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While Al (3854) and Dwight (4606) stick to the rhumb line, Mark (7673) goes high in order to try to ...
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... get by John (2nd from left) to windward. It will soon become evident that these two have better pressure out there.
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Ken adds the pole and Unplugged ...
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... is off and running (reaching?) while Sue (937) and Ross (8) close in on the windward mark.
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Team Mystic: Sue and Steph get set to gybe onto their ...
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... next leg.
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Ross and John get ...
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... past Rob and Samantha just in time to avoid a ...
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... buoy room situation.
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Andy and Robin are ...
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... not too far back.
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As Andrew and Lori spinnaker off, Dave and Kim roll in with a pretty solid grip on last place
- even though they seem to have everything trimmed just right.
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A fine opportunity now for Julia to get a couple of portrait shots of ...
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... that handsome devil, Trevor!!
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Will Dave catch Andy? It'll be a tough task!
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At long zoom, the camera catches Sue (937) and Dwight who are by now, well down their "run".
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A pretty duel between Dave H (282) and Alastair
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Our RC boat. Note the flag blowing across, suggesting that the last beat will no longer be much of a beat.
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Leaving no tern unstoned, Kim and Dave hoist their chute.
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(l to r) Ross, Al N, Sue, Rob, Frank, Dwight
No sign of the three leaders here: John, Mark - and even Uncle Al - have gone way high in pursuit of better pressure.
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Which we did get, though we did sail major extra distance to get it, and then in fighting with each other.
Here John (far left) is coming back into the picture.
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