| the 2007 Pumpkin Regatta Fanshawe YC * Sept. 29-30 race pics: Saturday - Race 2.4 by Mary Abel ... |
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| Slowly but surely, Doug and
Françoise creep towards the line and their ... ... |
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| ... 4th-place finish. ... |
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| A nice recovery for Jens and
Sharon who will place 5th despite their re-start. ... |
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| Next to approach the finish line
are ... ... |
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| ... Dwight and Pat who finally
get a ... ... |
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| ... 90° lift as they cross
6th. ... |
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| By the time that Steve (5625)
and Dave (4782) take their fight over 7th near the line, the wind has
shifted 180° ... ... |
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| ... or more!!! ... |
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| As he prepares to finish, Dave
casts a nervous glance astern where that sneaky Len is lurking. ... |
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| Is this Sharon communicating ... ... |
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| ... her views about a truncated
starting sequence to the RC ? Or perhaps to photographer, Mary, standing on the beach under the race hut? ... |
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| Phew! At last! Dave and Kim are
about to finish. ... |
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| At this time, the Y-Flyers were
still racing, so God only knows what the heck was going on here!!! ... |
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| Ah yes, Fanshawe! Len (9th) -
perhaps three lengths ahead - is sailing virtually the same closehauled direction as Harold (2304), but they're on opposite tacks!! ... |
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| It's been a long race for Harold
and young Mitchell (2304) who were doing so well for such a long time. Meanwhile, Kevin Biskaborn, tootles along towards a first-place finish in his new Laser. ... |
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| John (7351) commiserates with
Steve Carroll (W6066) who is about to take Laser 2nd in this race. ... |
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| John (7351) edges oh so slowly
closer to the finish line. ... |
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| As Dave Richardson drifts across
their bow, Al and Dave ... ... |
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| ... chat with Mary, and don't
look too impressed with the thought of one more race. ... |
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| Still, it's a pleasantly warm
day in late September, so who can complain?! ... |
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| Len still has enough energy to
paddle! Wow!! ... |
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| A nice little puff for former
Wayfarer, Rick Goldt, who is about to finish ... ... |
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... 3rd among the Lasers, and
just ahead of John and Tony (7351) who have made 10 other Wayfarers
happy in this race. When these two decided not to sail race 3 - and
who's to blame them?? - 7351 support team, Mary, muttered something
about an alphabet finish for "her guys" on this day, I was was puzzled.
She kindly laid it out for me: "DNF, DFL, DNC". And then the light went
on: our Junior Club log book at Bronte used to be filled with DFL's, a
scoring code not recognized in Appendix A of the ISAF RRS, but one
usually uttered with a certain amount of feeling, standing as it does
for
"Dead F*cking Last".
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