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| Al and Bill
are off to fine
starts at the windward end while Brian (6082) is still trying to get to
speed after shooting the mark. ... |
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|
Reverse
angle of the same sequence as seen
by the camera at the RC boat end. The start flag has just come down. Al
(3854) is safe here. He is not entitled to "buoy room" since Rule 18
does not apply at this start mark which is surrounded by "navigable
water", but now that Al is overlapped with the RC boat, the leeward
boats are no longer permitted to alter course (not even to come up to
proper course!!!) to cut Al off (Rule 16) because Al will have no room
to keep clear due to the proximity of the RC boat. If Leeward wants to
change course to cut Windward off, she must do so while Windward still
has room to keep clear. Of course, if the
boats are on a converging course already, Leeward may hold her course
and if that cuts Al off, that's his tough luck.
... |
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| A nice
start for most of the
fleet off ... ... |
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| ... a
square line. Al is where
he likes to be, at the windward end where he is free to tack should the
need arise. Which it often does on small lakes like this with their
typically oscillating breezes. ... |
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| Which may
be soon: While Al is
moving out nicely on Andrew (4610), he may soon have dirty air from ... ... |
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| ... Bill (2nd
from right).
Meanwhile, Andrew (4610) has wisely to decided to ... ... |
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| ... bail
out, likely to Dave's (282)
displeasure! This is no time for Robin (2nd from right) to
pinch. With most of the fleet poised to sail over his wind, he needs to
trim for speed by easing his sails and footing off some. Looks like he
has his main vanged, judging by the
overly straight-looking mainsail leech. ... |
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|
Too
late!
At least for the moment, Robin is
done like dinner! Interesting variety of wind directions here: Look at
the knock that Bill and Al (l) have, as compared to Jamie
(4594). If the starboard knock holds, Al (l) is in the enviable
position of having the freedom to tack unlike Bill (yellow hull).
... |
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| Meanwhile,
Dave and Carol (282)
are off to the right side in a nice breeze. ... |
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| An
interesting variety of main
leech shapes in this shot. ... |
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| Another
shot of Robin's
overtightened main leech as he crosses behind the fleet to get to clear
air. ... |
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| A panoramic
view shortly
thereafter shows Al (2nd from left) and Bill (yellow hull) in
good shape versus the rest of the fleet. ... |
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| (l to r)
Andrew, Dave,
Al. Now that he has a lead, Al can afford to keep life simple by more
or less staying ... ... |
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| ... between
Bill (937) and the
windward mark. With a pair of 2nds, Bill is clearly the main threat at
this time, and if we can beat him again in this race, we'll be in good
shape for the series, even if we lose to one or two other boats. ... |
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| From the
other photography boat,
we looked like this. ... |
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| This angle
is deceiving. Here,
it looks like Brian (r) has a nice lead over Bill (yellow) and
Al (2nd from left), but ... ... |
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| ... this
shot shows that all
three are in a pretty close fight for the lead. Al (3854) will in fact
... ... |
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| ... cross
... ... |
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| ... Bill,
and then ... ... |
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| ... tack
into a nice defending
position between Bill (937) and Brian (6082) and the windward mark. ... |
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| Things look
deceptively better
for Brian from this angle. ... |
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| From the other photogarphy
boat, Al (3854) can be seen through Andrew (4610) and Robin on
starboard,
while the really keen eye will see Bill and Frank (to windward of
Robin's jib) who have just tacked to starboard. ... |
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| Al is
following ... ... |
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| ... suit. ... |
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| With crew
John Bouckhuyt hiking
his heart out, Brian (6082) is ... ... |
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| ... able to
cross Bill, but ... ... |
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| ... not Al. ... |
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| A reverse angle shot,
seconds later, with the beautiful Quebec shore in the background. OK,
Brian. You can head up now!!! |
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