the North Bay YC Canada Day Race
Tues 1 July 2008
Wayfarer report by Dave Hansman
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----- Original Message -----
From: DC Hansman
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:37 AM
Subject: NBYC Canada Day Race

... Only three W's were in the Canada Day race.  Dave Richardson and I sailed in Banshee, Sue Pilling / Steph Romaniuk in Mystic and John / Dolores in Silver Fox.  On the strength of an excellent start in drifter conditions, Dave and I won in a time of about 2 hr 34 min, 9 min 3 sec ahead of Sue / Steph who in turn were exactly 30 seconds ahead of John / Dolores.  There was virtually no wind for the first half hour but then it built into a nice SW breeze approaching 15 knots by the time we were half-way to mark J5.  Dave and I stayed low to the J5 mark which required us having to tack, bearing west for several hundred metres, before rounding. The other two boats, along with the rest of the keel boats went high and then had to bear off slightly to the mark.  From there on into the club it was spinnaker all the way.  Winds dropped to about 8 to 10 knots by the time we were within the bay...
 
Best regards,
 
Dave
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