| 2004
Wayfarer
Ontarios Race 2 - part 2 photos by Stuart Pursey |
 |
| It's close race among
these four: (l to r) Al, Peter, Mark and Mike Codd currently
helming RED TOP. ... |
 |
| Nearing the mark, Al (l)
remains in control of Mark (7673) and Peter (r). ... |
 |
| They cross the first
of the "right side" boats that they meet, Doug Netherton (1366) who
appears to have gained by going right. Oh, oh! Bill Fyfe, living
dangerously as he tends to do, has gone way right. Are still ahead of
him??!! ... |
 |
| Here - 2nd from right
- comes Bill now! As I recall, Bill edged us (3854) out to get around
first but we gybed to the favoured port tack first and ... ... |
 |
| ... took the lead back. ... |
 |
| Already now, Al and
Marc (3854) have decided to defend the left side and buoy room at the
leeward mark at virtually all costs, since he who rounds first is very
likely to win, what with the final beat to the finish being so short. ... |
 |
| The battle for 3rd is
very close, also. Peter Rahn has gybed back to starboard and Mark Taylor (7673) will have to keep clear. ... |
 |
| (l to r) Dave
Hansman, Andrew Gumley, Alan Asselstine, John de Boer, Brian Mills,
George Blanchard ... |
 |
| Every time Bill and
Brian fell astern a bit, Al watched carefully to any move to pass to
windward. This is one of the rare situations that Al is willing to
luff, when he's fighting to keep inside at the mark and the finish is
not far away. In this situation, Al is wise to luff decisively before
Bill gets an overlap, since Rule 16 will limit Al severely once Bill is
alongside. ... |
 |
| Ironically, this is a
much more comfortable position for Al: Overlapped to leeward, Bill is
not able to try to get past to windward unless he can luff up without
hitting Al. Al still has to keep clear of leeward Bill but the latter
must sail no higher than proper course since he has established his
overlap from clear astern within two lengths of Al. ... |
 |
| Now, in fact, Al has
Bill just where he wants him - trapped to leeward! ... |
 |
|
Aha! Another
country heard from: John (7351) has very definitely joined the fight
over 3rd. The other two are a classic example of a rules situation that
confuses many. How often have we heard the call: "Overtaking boat keep
clear!" That may be a marine Rule of the Road, but in the Racing Rules
of Sailing, it only applies to boats which are on the same tack. Here,
Mark (7673) is on port, and must keep clear of Peter following on
starboard.
... |
 |
| John and Dolores
(7351) are bringing a nice little puff from astern and getting closer to the race leaders, Al (3854) and Bill, who continue to fight tooth and nail ... ... |
 |
| ... with Al countering every move Bill makes to try
and pass to windward. Mark (7673) is showing more nerve here than I
would, as he continues to sit on port right off the starboard Peter's
bow. In his shoes, I would chicken out and luff up a bit, knowing Peter
can't follow without gybing. ... |
 |
| Doug and John study
their spinnaker to try and see why Dave and Charles (282) seem to be
going faster. ... |
 |
| But soon, Dave (282)
discovers problems of his own. Unless he gybes, Dave has no hope of
getting through Alan's wind shadow. The good news is that Dave has lots
of room to gybe (provided his boom does not hit Alan's!) and Dave will
be on starboard and with right of way after he gybes. ... |
 |
| Checking out the
action from the RC boat as the fleet rounds the leeward mark and starts the short beat back to the RC boat and the finish line. ... |
 |
| In the
end, it was Uncle Al (off Bill's bow above) crossing the line
just a length or two ahead of Bill. It turned out that all of Bill's
and Al's duelling had been for nothing, since Al had been OCS and got
no finish beep. Thus Bill Fyfe and Brian Egan were the race 2 winners
with Peter Rahn edging out Mark Taylor for 2nd. An amazing 4th for Alan
Asselstine who must have passed half a dozen boats in the late going to
take 4th ahead of John de Boer (l). |
|
index results report shore pics & awards Race 1 Race 2 - 1 Race 2 - 2 Race 3 - 1 Race 3 - 2 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 - 1 Race 7 - 2 Race 7 - 3 Ontarios 1999-2003 |