| the 2007 Pumpkin Regatta Fanshawe YC * Sept. 29-30 race pics: Saturday - Race 5.1 by Carol Hansman ... |
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| A distress call from Carol about
the CWA's camera card being full, results in a quick tech support house
call from Al to ... ... |
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| ... the beach and into the green
slime. As you can see, the new card is ... ... |
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| ... working already!! ... |
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| The nicely healthier breeze is
being checked out by ... ... |
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| ... Dwight and Pat. ... |
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| Ready to forget race 4 and get
on with #5 are ... ... |
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| ... Steph and Sue. ... |
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| Checking out the potential start
line are Jens and Sharon (7663) and ... ... |
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| ... Doug and Françoise in
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| ... Toodle-oo. ... |
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| "The British are coming! The
British are ... ... |
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| ... coming!!!" ... |
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| Ready to defend Fanshawe against
the Yankees - take that, Tony
and Mary! Gotta love that airfoil-shaped rudder!! ... |
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| The breeze is continuing to ...
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| ... pick up, and the ...
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| ... spectators should have ...
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| ... some interesting action to
enjoy. ... |
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| Al and Dave "sit" in the
approved manner to check things out: almost head to wind on starboard with just enough forward motion to maintain steerage way. ... |
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| We've seen enough; let's get on
with it!! ... |
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| Mike (l) and Kirk check the race hut to
get the course postings for race 5 and then .... ... |
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| ... peel off into this lovely 6
to 8-knot breeze. ... |
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| A perfect racing day for all, if
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| ... you don't mind shifts, puffs
and dead spots. ... |
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| The course has been posted -
same as race 4: buoys to port, an Olympic triangle of sorts: start line A-B > Pumpkin > 1 > 4 > Pumpkin > A-B to the best of my recollection. ... |
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| Perhaps 15 seconds before the
start: Doug (1366) has picked a good time for the port-tack approach
where he will likely tack under the leeward-most starboard-tacker. John
(7351) and Sue (4677) have left it a bit late to get a good spot. - for full-size pic, click here |
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