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| Having dug back in towards the
middle of the course, Marc (2nd from right) parks himself
between the nearest competitors - (l to r) Lori, Bill, Robin -
and the upcoming windward mark. ... |
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| A nice puff for Jamie (l)
as he crosses on port in front of ... ... |
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| ... Brian Hickman. ... |
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| Jamie and Andrew (4610) duel it
out on port as they near the starboard layline. ... |
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| Likewise for Marc (3854) and
Robin (6071) who are just crossing ... ... |
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| ... Brian (6082). ... |
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| Very near the windward mark:
Marc (3854) decides he'll risk underlaying the mark by tacking inside
Bill (937) instead of crossing Bill's transom and then tacking. With no
other boats right behind Bill, Marc can always tack again if necessary. ... |
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A tack is nicely completed - outside the
Two-Length Zone, we feel - but there is the matter of the mark
which we are short of laying by a boatlength. Marc warns Al that we'll
try to "shoot" the mark. He keeps up full speed instead of yielding to
the temptation to pinch too soon which might let Bill take our wind, and of course, we want full speed
when it comes time to luff up and around the mark. At the last
second ...
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| ... Marc luffs sharply. Note
that Al has eased his jib so that it won't back and make us want to
tack or slow us down. ... |
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| Success! ... |
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| The first reach is upon us.
Rather than get into a potential luffing match, we have decided to go
low. ... |
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| A quick hoist by Bill and Frank
(937) is ... ... |
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| ... matched by Marc and Al. Aha!
An hourglass in Bill's chute. Frank is a pro at fixing such problems
but ... ... |
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| ... the brief hiatus is enough
to let Marc through to leeward. ... |
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| Lori and Jason round an
excellent 3rd, ahead of ... ... |
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| ... Andrew and Penny. ... |
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| Dave then cuts around the mark
inside Brian. ... |
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| Robin and Carolyn follow, ahead
of ... ... |
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| ... Jamie and Ben, who ... ... |
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| ... quickly pop ... ... |
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| ... the chute. |
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