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| A reverse angle view of the
previously shown rounding: Four boats boats are virtually even for 2nd
place as they reach the turn. Nice recovery for
Bill (l) and ... ... |
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| ... even more so for Dave
and
Carol Hansman (282) ... ... |
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| ... who will have moved up
... ... |
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| ... all the way to 2nd
(from 5th
or 6th?). ... |
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| Now it's a race to see who
can
refill their spinny first, although ... ... |
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| ... for the moment, Dave
(282)
has Bill (937) pinned to leeward where ... ... |
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| ... he can't get through
Dave's
wind shadow. ... |
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| Dave in 282 needs to hurry
up
and pull that chute around to leeward for Carol but won't be able to
until the latter gets the pole off the mast. Here it might have paid to
have Carol unclip the pole from the mast just before the gybe. ... |
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| With
spinnaker troubles, Dave (282) and Brian (6082) wisely put a priority
on defending their wind, but it does look like Bill (937) and Andrew
(4610) are being smart enough to go well off to leeward and will thus
... ... |
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| ... be able
to work their way through. ... |
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| Lucky us!
Here we get yet another ... ... |
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| ... reverse
angle view of the same sequence. ... |
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| Bill
finally makes it through into 2nd. ... |
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| As Robin,
Jason and Alan near their gybes, Jamie and Ben (4594) appear ready to
... ... |
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| ... sheet
in and re-join the fight for 2nd. Dave (2nd from right) is
still recovering from the under-prepared rounding that he and Carol had
to make at the crowded mark. ... |
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| Being
careful to keep the four close pursuers, Bill and Frank (937) now make
full speed towards the leeward mark. ... |
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| A
challenging ... ... |
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| ...
rounding is also in the offing ... ... |
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| ... for (l
to r) Robin, Jason and Alan who all appear to be overlapped! |
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