the 2007 Pumpkin Regatta Fanshawe YC * Sept. 29-30 race pics: Saturday - Race 1.1 by Mary Abel ... |
View from the cliff, near the
race hut, as the ... ... |
... proposed 1300 hrs race #1
start time draws near.
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We were being sent up from start
line A-B to round the moved #4 to port, back down to the the Pumpkin mark (also to port) and return upwind to finish at A-B. ... |
The Wayfarer start signal has
just been made, and they are off - as Marc likes to say - like a herd
of screaming turtles!! ... |
Steve Graff (5625) and Dave
Richardson (just to windward of
Steve) and ...
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... John de Boer (7351) get the
best starts, but ... ... |
... watch out for Mike Codd
(CAN90) who has been the first to tack into a major port-tack lift. Note the ignorant boats from other classes blithely cruising through our start! ... |
Steve Graff is the first to get
a little mini-breeze that is almost letting us lay #4 (our windward
mark) on port. ... |
(W's
from l to r) Steve, Mike just to leeward of Dave, John de Boer,
Sue Pilling, Jens Biskaborn, Doug Netherton. No sign of
Uncle Al as yet. He
and Dave Hansman have been busy at the dock, chatting with a couple
that just bought a Wayfarer, certain that there will be a further
postponement. And it wasn't until the first beep echoed across the
water that we began to realize that we were in a large amount of time
trouble. In the end, we were perhaps two minutes late for the start.
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Wow! An actual bit of breeze,
and ... ... |
... Steve and Tiffany are the
first to get it, as Steve points out the (relocated) #4 mark to his
daughter. ... |
An impressive early lead for
the Graffs (l). Others from
left to right: Mike, Sue to leeward of Jens, Dave and John. The latter
might be well advised to briefly get off the very favoured port tack
here, because there is a lovely wind streak just to windward of him
that he and Tony are not getting. - for full-size pic, click here
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Fighting it out for 3rd place
behind Steve and Mike are (l to r) Jens,
Sue, Dave, John and Len, while at the far right, Dwight Aplevich and
Uncle Al (far right) have at
last crossed the start line. Note that Al is taking the unfavoured
starboard tack here, because he hopes to sail into better wind
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A few moments later: hard to
tell if the colour change near shore is slime or better breeze. Al
(dark hull, 3rd from right) has tacked back onto the favoured port tack
at the first reasonable opportunity.
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l to r: Mike, Dave, Jens, Sue,
John, Len, Al, Dwight Al and Dwight should be anticipating a big starboard lift, judging by the boats in front. - for full-size pic, click here ... |
Steve (l) has, as can be seen from his
wake, just put in a very short hitch on port just as a shift came in
that would let him lay #4 on starboard. This shift is not good news for
Mike (CAN90), Dave (4782) and John (7351) since Sue and Jens have been
lifted inside them and will now - for the moment, at least - have a far
more direct (shorter!!) path to the windward mark.
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These three have gone far to
the
left side and need to pray that they either get a lot more wind or a
huge knock if they're to catch the guys that stayed nearer the middle.
John (7351) has everything strapped in awfully far for this wind
strength, especially when all he's doing by pinching is sailing deeper
into Dave's wind shadow!
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These wind conditions would
prove to be the order of the day: intermittent gust cells coming down to length of the lake. Above, you
can see that this shift has left the guys nearer the rhumb line to #4 (just to the left of leader, Steve)
in far better position than the left-side boats. -
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Under the cliff, Dave (4782),
John (7351) and Dwight (4606) still have breeze, as does Mike who has a
huge port lift that is, alas, useless since he is now sailing a circle
around the windward mark (just off
to the right of this picture's scope). Steve, meanwhile, will
now be the first to reach the next calm - to windward of Mike.
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Having stuck to the rhumb line,
Sue (4677) got lifted inside Steve (5625) and will now cross him. Al (l), meanwhile, will hold starboard even to the point of overlaying the mark (r), while his wind lasts. ... |
Sue (4677) has tacked for the
mark and is moving well with sails eased just enough for her little
wind streak, as she crosses Len and hopes to cross Jens. Steve (5625) has hit a dead spot and fallen to 4th. |
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