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| The top four begin the first
reach: (l to r) Tim, Andrew,
Bill, Marc ... |
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| A fine recovery for Dave Hansman
who rounds ... ... |
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| ... 5th after getting buried at
the start. ... |
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| Brian Hickman is next around,
and ... ... |
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| ... is all set ... ... |
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| ... for a nice ... ... |
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| ... fast spinnaker hoist and set. ... |
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| It'll be interesting to watch
white sail Tim (7346) to ... ... |
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| ... see how he fares on the
reaches. ... |
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| Jamie Abbott is the next to join
the parade. ... |
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| Robin and Carolyn make a ... ... |
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| ... textbook rounding onto their
reach. ... |
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| The wind gets a bit patchy and
will be a challenge for the spi trimmers. No such problem for Tim and
Alan (r) who are wisely
defending their wind and making spinnaker boats who want to pass go by
to leeward. ... |
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| The second reach: Bill and Frank
(937) continue to keep ... ... |
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| ... the pressure on Marc and Al. ... |
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| Main in, Marc!!! ... |
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| The battle for 3rd has tightened
up a bit. Note how both Andrew (4610) and ... ... |
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| ... Dave (l) have made sure their spinnakers
have been pulled around into position on the new leeward side. No such
worries for Tim and Alan who maintain their 4th. ... |
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| Brian is about to round in close
pursuit of Dave. ... |
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| This might be a perfect spot for
Dave (282) to head way down: Not only would that make things easier for
crew, Carol, but it would give Dave separation from Tim to windward of
him, and let him sail through Tim's wind shadow more easily. ... |
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| Ditto for Brian: If he bore away
to a near-run, the spi would naturally blow out the front of the boat
and let ... ... |
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| ... crew, John, have a much
easier time getting the spi reset. And it would take only a few seconds
of running down which would cost Brian minimal distance. |
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