the 2007 Pumpkin Regatta
Fanshawe YC * Sept. 29-30
race pics: Saturday - Race 6.2
 by Carol Hansman
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As in the previous race, this beat is a near-fetch on starboard,
and Dwight (4606) gets first dibs, having rounded inside Jens (7663).
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Jens wisely went just far enough on port to clear his air and has now tacked to starboard. Al (3rd from left) has let himself get stuck outside of Doug who slowed down quite a bit at the mark, but who is now tacking away.    - for full-size pic, click here
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Al, desperate to escape Sue's (l) wind shadow, is now tacking into a ...    - for full-size pic, click here
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... situation that is only marginally less undesirable, on the premise that ...    - for full-size pic, click here
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... he (5th from left) will ...    - for full-size pic, click here
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... tack back at the earliest reasonable opportunity. Al is consoling himself with the fact that the boats that
went in closer to this shore on the recent reaching leg got better wind.    - for full-size pic, click here
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Now we (l) have a lift on port, but the three leaders (r to l) Dwight, Jens and Sue are also lifted on starboard.
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On the right of the picture, we can just see our leader, Dwight, disappearing behind the tree with Jens in a solid 2nd behind him. Things do not look rosy for those closer to this side of the lake: (l to r) Al, Doug, Harold, Sue    - for full-size pic, click here
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As Harold (2304) slowly gets his sails in for the beat, Doug has met Al (3854) coming along on starboard,
and wisely tacked underneath him to keep clear.
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Dwight (r) spends a bit of his lead as he tacks across on an unfavoured port slant
before tacking back to starboard to position himself to windward and ahead of Jens.
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As Dwight and Pat pass the start/finish line they tack with perfect timing onto ...
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... a juicy port-tack lift, one which for a change ...
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... reaches all the leaders: (l to r) Al, Steve, Doug, Sue, Jens    - for full-size pic, click here
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Right under the cliff, Al (3854) gets a knock and tacks onto the corresponding starboard lift.
Meanwhile, Dwight (r) and Jens (7663) and Doug (l) remain lifted on port.
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The wind has now come up to a nice little hiking breeze, one which is, alas, being chopped up somewhat by the cruisers who have just started their race in front of us. Al (3854) is still going as close as is reasonably possible to the moorings and had been lifted a bit inside Sue (4677).
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Al (l) and Dave have actually eased their main a bit to keep SHADES from heeling too much.
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The fight for the lead: Will Dwight (4606, port) be able to clear Jens (7663, starboard)? Actually ...
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... the zoom factor is misleading again: Note the relative apparent mast height, and you can guess that ...
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... Dwight will cross with quite a bit to spare. Meanwhile, Al (3rd from left) has moved into 3rd, ahead of Doug (1366) and Sue (l). - for full-size pic, click here
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Al (3854) tacks back across, not willing to let Sue (4677) get the inside track along the moorings.    - for full-size pic, click here
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A minute or so later: (l to r) Doug, Sue and Jens continue ...
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... on a nicely lifted starboard tack in a perfect breeze.
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Approaching Carol on the beach are ...
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... Harold and Mitchell who ...
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... then tack onto the nicely lifted starboard tack.
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Al tacks across towards the mooring once more where Dwight (r) and Sue (2nd from right) are looking great.
(W's, l to r): Mike, Steve, Doug, Al, Jens, Sue, Dwight    - for full-size pic, click here
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Heading for the Pumpkin mark along the port lay line: (l to r) Mike, Doug, Al, Steve
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