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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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