the Wayfarer Ontarios
Lac Deschênes Sailing Club * July 22-23, 2006
Saturday: Race 3.8
by Kim Bergevin & Doug Netherton

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... the second beat.
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Nicely done.
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Right about now, Andrew (l)  will be kicking himself that he didn't defend his 3rd by staying between Dave (282) and ...
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... Brian (6082) and the windward mark, as the two boats above are about to cross Andrew comfortably.
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Al and Marc reach the windward mark in a nice puff, and once again encourage SHADES to ...
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... bear away onto her run by easing the main and heeling to windward. (The one promotes the other, in fact!). In these conditions where the boat goes at virtually hull speed, the spinnaker won't add much so there is no big rush to get it set.
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Bill and Frank have solidified their grip on 2nd as they ...
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... reach the windward mark in excellent upwind form, and ...
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... begin their run.
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A snappy spinnaker hoist ...
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... ensues in textbook form.
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Dave and Carol (l) have sailed a great beat to move past Andrew (4610) into 3rd. As they near the mark ...
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... Carol prepares for the spinnaker hoist.
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Brian Hickman ...
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... has overlaid the windward mark and given away ...
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... valuable distance to Andrew, but ...
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... does have his pole set - one thing to scratch off his to-do list!
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It should be a good battle down the run for these two.
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Eek! This is exactly the wrong time to let the boat heel to leeward. Note the turbulence as the rudder fights the boat which wants to luff up rather than bear away. Andrew might as well ask Penny to paddle full speed astern!!
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There! That's better!
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In Andrew's place, I would feel more comfortable steering a course to leeward of Brian while I was hoisting. That way, I can keep an eye on him during the hoist and remove all risk of running into him from astern or of having him luff me during the hoist. And finally, all else being equal, it's great to be on the left side of the run, where you'll be on starboard if you meet a boat coming back from the right, and, at the mark, you'll be inside boat! Important stuff with only a short beat to the finish left after that.
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Of course, Andrew is busy teaching Penny the routine and so ...
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... has more immediate concerns. Meanwhile, Dave and Carol (l) have opened up a nice edge in 3rd after doing a great job of finding wind and shifts up the second beat.
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Alas, the very opposite is true for Jamie who was right there with Dave at the leeward mark but is now way behind Brian (r) and Andrew who are fighting over 4th.
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