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Pumpkin Regatta Fanshawe YC, London, ON * September 30 - October 1, 2006 Sunday sailing photos by Hans Schaffner |
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| Sunday brought an end to
the rain and sunshine somewhere above the low-lying mist patches. Here
the Wayfarers are about to start race 5 after a short postponement
while the wind blew most of the fog away. ... |
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An interesting start
with lots of boats lured into a port-tack start when the wind
oscillated such that it became well nigh impossible to cross the line
on starboard. But during the last minute or so of the countdown, the
return oscillation came through and made the line much more square. It
will now be interesting to see if John de Boer (7351) will be able to
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| ... still cross Dave Hansman (282). ... |
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| After a pin-end start on
port that allowed Al and Marc (r) the freedom to tack at will,
the SHADES team led comfortably throughout this race. for
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| Richard and
Michele have Free Range Chickin
(10139) well balanced and nicely positioned in a gap between Dave (r) and Mike (CAN 90) where the
wind might funnel through with extra pressure. ... |
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| Marc and Al look much
happier today! Rules quiz: Who had the right of way here, Al or the CL
14? It's not the Rules of the Road here: close-hauled over running
free. Al is on starboard., and the port-tack CL needs to keep clear. ... |
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| For races 6 and 7, the sun
broke through and we got a lovely finish to the Pumpkin and ... for full-size pic, click here - click the Back button to return to this page ... |
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| ... the 2006 racing season. for full-size pic, click here - click the Back button to return to this page ... |
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| Going up the second beat of
race 6 (I think!) Richard and Michele (l) hang onto a close 2nd
as ... for full-size pic, click here - click the Back button to return to this page ... |
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| ... they pass the barge in very shifty winds
under the Race
Hut cliff. Note the huge differences in pointing among boats on the same tack! ... |
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| Bob Kennedy and Peter
Galsworthy try going a bit closer to the cliff. |