| 2004
Wayfarer
Ontarios Race 7, part 3 photos by Lois Frankel |
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| Success - and Al's
early spi douse and gybe make his rounding easier and less
speed-damaging than ... ... |
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| ... Bill's ... ... |
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| ... will be!! ... |
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| Mark (7673) will also
have to do a complicated ... ... |
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| ... potentially slow rounding in 3rd place. Peter
appears to have moved to 4th but wait
... ... |
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| ... Roger (7700) comes
in from the far right to round just ahead of Peter. ... |
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| Alan has let son,
Mark, take a turn at the helm. ... |
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| Robin and his mystery
crew ... ... |
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| ... once more. Alas, it appears the camera has again
been inadvertently set to A priority, and we are about to get ... ... |
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| ... more overexposed
pics. Too bad, cause they are otherwise super! John (l) and
Doug above. ... |
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| Bill lies a solid 2nd
going up the second beat - I think that's Peter on the right. ... |
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| As the wind begins to
fade somewhat, Al and Marc with their new red Mike Mac chute begin the final run to the finish with Bill and Brian ... ... |
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| ... poised to ... ... |
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| ... pursue. ... |
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| The battle continues. ... |
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| Al (l) and
Marc concentrate admirably on their sail trim but Al also ... ... |
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| ... has to keep an eye
on Bill and on what the wind may be doing as it comes up from astern. ... |
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| While Marc
concentrates his efforts on the spinnaker, Al stands to be able to lean
to heel the boat (usually to windward) to eliminate helm. In the
lighter stuff, more windward heel also helps the spinnaker fill more
easily but requires ... ... |
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| ... Al to lean forward
and hold the boom ... ... |
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| ... out to leeward. ... |
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| Bringing better
breezes from astern are Mark Taylor (3rd place here) and ... ... |
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| ... Peter Rahn who is
currently ... ... |
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| ... 4th. ... |
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| As they approach the
finish, it is still Bill (937) in 2nd, Mark in 3rd and Peter (Shadow)
in 4th, with ... ... |
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| ...Roger in 5th, and
... ... |
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| ... John in 6th. ... |
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| Windshadow is
about to finish 7th with Teri Theoret at the helm while skipper,
Andrew, handles the spinnaker. ... |
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| The end of the second
run coming up. ... |
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| Al and Marc - just
ahead of Bill and Brian (yellow spi) - ... ... |
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| ... douse the chute
early since they ... ... |
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| ... will need to ... ... |
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| ... gybe ... ... |
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| ... twice to get
around the mark onto the final half a beat to the finish. ... |
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| Bill and Brian round
smartly onto the final beat as do ... ... |
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| ... Peter (286) and
Mark (7673). A lovely comeback
coming up for Peter who has snatched 3rd place from Mark. Roger (l) will end up 5th. |
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