the Wayfarer Ontarios
Lac Deschênes Sailing Club * July 22-23, 2006
Saturday: Race 3.3
by Kim Bergevin & Doug Netherton
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Bill has tacked on the port lay line. The boats are very close, so Al has to choose between tacking to leeward and ahead or windward and behind. And he wisely chooses the former course of action and ...
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... tacks to leeward and ahead of Bill, a position from which he should have enough time to backwind Bill and then ...
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... pinch up over ...
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... Bill's bow. Meanwhile, Jamie (4594) crosses astern on starboard, before ...
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... tacking towards the mark.
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Guarding against Bill has left Al in a less than ideal rounding situation which will require ...
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... a tack following by an immediate bear-away plus spinnaker hoist. Al won't be leaving this mark at optimum speed!
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Here, helm Al has just switched the tiller from his right hand to his left which is now holding both mainsheet and tiller. In far less time than it takes to describe this, Al will now reach around in front and take the mainsheet in his forward hand and sit down to complete the roll tack.
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Note how Al has radically eased his mainsheet already and heeled to windward to take the pressure off the rudder. This is especially helpful in this rounding where SHADES came in just to leeward of this mark on port and has now turned through 180°, which bleeds away momentum and leaves the boat needing all the help she can get.
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Robin (l) should be smelling a rat here: When Andrew (4610) is pointing this much higher, Robin needs to check that he is pointing as high as he effectively can. If he is, Robin should throw in a short hitch to port until he can tack into the starboard lift being enjoyed by Andrew.
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Bill (937)) will need to make a similar rounding. I believe that this is more of a roll than Bill and Frank had in mind after ...
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... the mainsheet was not uncleated, which forced Wayfarer Man ...
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... rise to ...
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... the occasion!!
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And still, the main remains cleated!
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Relief at last. But this is not going to help ...
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... Buttercup catch SHADES.
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A more sedate tack and 3rd-place rounding for ...
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... Brian and John. Oops! Looks like Buttercup is doing a Penalty Turn (for touching the mark?) in the background as ...
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... Brian sails off on his reach.
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