| the 2011 North
Bay Wayfarer Weekend Monday pics - 13 NBWW photos contributed by John & Dolores de Boer, Dave & Carol Hansman, Lori Jamieson, Mary Krauss, Fred McNutt, Steph Romaniuk, Julia & Al Schonborn, Joel Truckenbrodt .......... |
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| Winds are picking up a bit
out ... .......... |
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| ... here. .......... |
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| Meantime, Dave and Kim have
picked up the wind again after working their way through the wind
shadow of ... .......... |
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| ... Falconbridge Island (r).
But Al and Julia have gained enough that Dave begins to try to cover SHADES
where ... ......... |
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| ... Julia records it all in
pixels.
- click here for larger image .......... |
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| Dave wisely tacks to avoid
getting too close to the windward shore. .......... |
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| And a nice tack it is, too. .......... |
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| The finish flag is in sight
and Dave appears to have first place locked up as seen from 2nd-place
Al's boat here, and by ... - click here for larger image .......... |
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| ... Dolores de Boer on
shore at the finish line. But note the dead spot spreading across the
water. Al's (3rd from right) last hope! And not much of one at that!! .......... |
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| We'll give the crowd at the
finish some excitement yet!! .......... |
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| Still looks hopeless for Al
(r), but ... .......... |
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| ... Dave and Kim (4782)
tack to be able to lay the beach. .......... |
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They look to have it in
the bag (as they say in the Gladys Song, which I learned in Junior
Sailing in 1954. We all thought it was a sailing song with the
enchanting refrain: "Pass the other rudder over to my other brother,
Pass the other rudder this a-way, etc. Decades later I discovered it's
a song about Gladys, a giant cow. Click here for one of
the YouTube versions - or here.)
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| But wait, a giant horseshoe
descends, giving Al a gust and a lift. .......... |
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Here, Al (r)
thinks he's done the unthinkable by stealing this win from Dave, only
to be told that this year it's not enough to just pass the end of
the dock. This year it has to be left to port. But Al still has enough
momentum to coast the needed little S-curve and give Dave a really
serious ...
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| ... run ... .......... |
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| ... for his money!! Well
sailed, Dave and Kim! Congratulations!! .......... |
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| Looks like Sue and Roger
will finish 3-4. .......... |
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| A nice puff sends Sue
across the finish line in fine style. .......... |
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| Roger on the other hand,
loses the wind. And both he and John are trying to tack towards the streak that Sue was just using. .......... |
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| And it's another very close
finish in which John and Ross steal 4th place from ... .......... |
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| ... Roger and Raewyn (7700). |
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