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| The second reach continues in a
lovely breeze: Dave and Carol ... |
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| Jamie and Ben ... |
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| Brian with John in 6082, and ... ... |
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| Robin and Carolyn ... |
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| Nearing the leeward mark: (l
to r) Andrew, Dave, Lori, Bill, Marc, Jamie, Brian. Note how the
three boats on the left have worked each other high above the rhumb
line. Marc (red spi) meanwhile has taken the shortest route by ... ... |
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| ... staying low and will arrive
at the leeward mark just ahead of Bill (yellow spi). ... |
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| Tim France and Alan Asselstine
have Majam perfectly balanced in wing-on-wing mode. ... |
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| Bill (937) was only half a
length off Marc's (3854) transom as the latter passed the mark, at
which point Bill lost his tiller and scored a bulls-eye on the mark. ... |
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| A One-Turn Penalty ensued ... ... |
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| ... much to the delight of our
waiting camera man, Doug. ... |
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| Lori is about to ... ... |
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| ... round 3rd, just ahead of
Dave (282). Andrew (sails sheeted in too soon!!!) will follow, a
close 5th just ... ... |
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| ... in front of ... ... |
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| ... Jamie (4594). A lovely
rounding for Andrew and Penny, as well as for ... ... |
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| ... Dave (282) and Jamie (4594)
as all three have gained considerable windward distance on ... ... |
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... Lori (transom arrows). Actually, these
photos illustrate very nicely why you should - whenever possible - put
some of your lead on each tack. By holding port all the way, you risk
having the boats astern get a lift, possibly one you don't get at that,
and making big gains or passing you.
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| When Bill (r) sees Lori
(and the others who have just rounded) getting this lift, he should
tack across until he gets the same slant and then tack back. Unless of
course there are overriding wind strength considerations! ... |
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| Jamie tacks to clear his air as
Brian arrives at the mark. ... |
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| Jamie should make this a short
starboard hitch, since he just tacked off a port-tack lift - just far
enough to clear his air. |
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