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| Andrew
(4610) rounds in 4th
place with ... ... |
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| ... Jamie (l)
close
astern. ... |
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| Main nicely
eased to help W4594
turn onto the reach. ... |
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| A nice
hoist for Jamie and Ben -
briefly easing the spi halyard a few inches will let the twist at the
top undo itself. ... |
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| Robin
(6071) is about to round
just in front of Alan (7346) and Jason (3140). ... |
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| Jamie makes
... ... |
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| ... his
move as Penny gets
on-the-job spinnaker training aboard 4610. ... |
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| 2nd-place
Brian (l) has
5 boats snapping at his heels: (l to r) Jamie, Andrew,
Dave, Robin, Bill ... |
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| Not to
mention Jason (3140) who
is using a much nicer looking chute for this race! ... |
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| Jamie (4594) challenges
second-place Brian, but is himself threatened, as ... ... |
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| ... an
exciting
and scenic battle
shapes up with the Quebec shore its usual pretty self in the background. ... |
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| The
excitement ... ... |
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| ... mounts!! ... |
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| Jason and
Lori move nicely. ... |
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| With a
reasonably comfortable
lead, Al and Marc can afford to do a nice, slow, gradual gybe onto the
second reach. ... |
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| Coming down
from well on the outside, Bill and Frank ... .... |
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| ... will have to keep clear
of ... ... |
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| ... any inside boats that
had an inside overlap as the boats entered the Two-Length Zone around
the mark. ... |
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| (l to r) Dave, Bill,
Jamie, Andrew ... |
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| Since the overlap line is
drawn at right angles to the centreline of all four outside boats here,
Brian (l) is entitled to room from all of them. Of course ... ... |
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| ... he does have to get
there first, and he won't get there in time to call Dave or Bill. (Note
the difference in apparent mast height!) ... |
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| Brian does however, arrive
in time to claim room from Jamie (4594) and Andrew. Jamie should have
prepared this turn of events by staying high. Here he has come too
close to Brian and will now end up taking ... ... |
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| ... costly evasive action!! ... |
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| A nice recovery for Jamie
who will at least now have the option of sailing high, unlike Andrew
who is trapped to leeward of Brian. ... |
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| Things are heating up a bit
further back, too,
as Jason and Lori (3140) try to slide through between Alan (7346) and Robin (6071). ... |
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| Aboard 7346, Tim tries to
maximize his jib's performance by using the whisker pole to leeward. ... |
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| Alas, it will be tough for
Jason (3140) to get through Robin's wind shadow when the boats are this
close together! |
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