| the
Wayfarer
Ontarios Lac Deschênes Sailing Club * July 28-29, 2007 Saturday race 2.2 pics (mostly) by Doug Netherton ... |
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| A tough choice for Al
(3854):
continue in Sue's backwind (2nd from
right) and stay with John (7351), or tack for
clear air. Looks
like a flat streak ahead and there may be more pressure
off to the
right, so we've decided on a short hitch on port, but ...
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| ... only a really short
one.
Seconds later, Al (l)
has
already tacked back. This pic is misleading: Frank (r) has tacked and
looks to be way
ahead, but in point of fact, he ends up barely ...
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| ... crossing Tony (4105). ... |
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| Al (3854) is about to tack
away
from Frank. Note Marc coming up from his leeward perch in
order to ... ... |
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| ... facilitate the "roll".
Frank (l) tacks
almost
simultaneously - perhaps a bit too ... ... |
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| ... soon, as he will now
end up
sitting in ... ... |
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| ... Al's dirt. Sue (4677)
looks
to be knocked on her port tack, but won't want to ... ... |
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| ... tack until she can come
out
of her tack in clear air. ... |
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| The wind has obviously gone
quite light. Here, Al is about to cross John who will ... ... |
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| ... leave his tack a bit
late
and end up in Al's wind shadow. Judging by his wake, Al seems to have found a little puff, but he is getting near the port layline, and so will ... ... |
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| ... tack into that puff, as
will
Frank (l). ... |
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| The wind has died again.
Note
how far Al is bearing away to take care of light-air
priority #1: speed. ... |
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| Once his speed is
satisfactory,
Al slowly begins to try pointing, but note how both Frank
(red hull)
and Al have their mains well eased in this really light stuff. ... |
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| It's a closely bunched
group
near the mark: (l to r)
Andrew Gumley, Paul Pinault (3933), Jamie, Sue Al. It's tight, but Al is able to just ... ... |
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| ... nicely clear Andrew,
and
then tack for the mark from a position where he ... ... |
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| ... is well able to judge
his
layline. ... |
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| Looks like Al is
oversheeting
his main while Marc has the jib just right for post-tack
speed pick-up. ... |
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| Andrew looks to be
comfortably
in second place, while Frank (648) has dropped back some. ... |
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| A little puff lets Al lean
out
as SHADES is
about to ... ... |
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| ... round. Again, note the
main
eased early rather than late to help out the rudder. |