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2005 Wayfarer Ontarios Saturday morning: Race 1 photos by Val Gont and Nancy Webster Cole |
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| Paul and Marilyn Pinault
were a welcome addition to our fleet in White Lightning. ... |
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| Frank Goulay and Mike Codd
put KGB through her pre-race paces. ... |
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| Jason Hassard helmed for
Lori Beehler, our newest member of the Wayfarer family. ... |
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| The father-and-son team of
Fred and David Black in Rusty Scuppers ... |
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| The boats jockey for
position with just a few seconds to go before ... ... |
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| ... the start. It's a
lovely start for Dwight and Pat (4606) who has a nice "safe leeward" on
Frank (648) and Doug (1366). ... |
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| Dave Hansman (l) and
Alan Asselstine check out the right side of the first beat. ... |
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| The first reach: Dwight has
rounded off the beat with a nice lead while four boats ... ... |
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| (l to r) Doug,
Dave, Frank and Fred fight over second place. Instead of risking
luffing matches by going to windward, Frank and Mike (648) are wisely
using their momentary clear air and ... ... |
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| ... a puff to go low, a move which will move them into ... ... |
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| ... a clear 2nd behind
Dwight (4606) by the time they start the second beat. ... |
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| I do believe that may be
David Black helming W7379 and rounding 3rd ahead of ... ... |
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| ... Doug (1366) and Dave (282). ... |
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Now that crew, Stephan,
has the 7928 jib in (and cleated?), he can help his helm, Sue, by
taking a couple of two-handed pulls on the mainsheet to get it in
faster. Then they can each return to the respective sails and fine-tune
the settings. Alan Asselstine (7346) will round close astern of 7928,
and ...
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| ... wait patiently for his
crew to get the jib in. ... |
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| Paul and Marilyn Pinault
start their second beat. |