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| On the way out to the
course, Frank Goulay takes the helm while Captain Bill Fyfe battens
down the hatches. ... |
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| Dave and Carol Hansman (r)
and ... ... |
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| ... Jason Hassard with Lori
Beehler check out the starting line on a cool, wet and grey morning. ... |
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| Marc and Al huddle while
hove to. ... |
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| The royal wave from Alan
Asselstine while Tim France cleans the bilges? ... |
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| Our nine-boat fleet gets
set to start as the final seconds of the countdown tick away. ... |
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| Note the raindrops on the
camera lens. It was just the odd sprinkle though. Looks like Robin
Allardyce (r) has way too much vang on, judging by his
excessive mast bend. ... |
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| And they're ... ... |
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| ... off!!! Dave
(282) and Al (3854) appear to have the choicest starts. ... |
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| Not all that much wind, so
we'll have to watch that we do not oversheet (or vang). ... |
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| Not the best of starts for
Bill Fyfe (l) who has just tacked in search of clear air. ... |
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| Alan (7346) looks a bit
undersheeted on his main here, and is pointing accordingly. ... |
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| Bill and Frank (937) romp
towards clear air while Al (3854) continues his duel with Dave (282). ... |
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| Al (3854) has finally found
room to tack. He apologizes for sitting on
Jamie's (l) wind but had to tack before Bill could get away
completely. ... |
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| Going over to the right
with Bill turned out to be a wise move, since there seemed to be better
pressure here. Above, Al has tacked to leeward and ahead of Bill, and
will start the first of two upcoming reaches with the lead. |
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