| Rock
Hall
2004 Friday - 2 photos by Bill Bagwill and Uncle Al |
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| The 11 a.m. start
time
draws near on a warm morning of slight overcast and even
slighter winds. ... |
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| The (light) tide
has
turned an hour ago and will now help us as we head
downriver and
downwind. Of course, this means we must take care not to let the current push us over the start line early. ... |
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| The fleet today
includes a gaggle of Sunfish and Lasers. ... |
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| Evidence that the
green Highlander finally ... ... |
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| ... did get
launched. ... |
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| Julie, who hasn't
sailed in years, gets the quickie refresher course from
her dad, Nick. ... |
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| Likewise for
Frank ... ... |
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| ...and Sarah ... |
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| The Lasers and
Sunfish
dawdle around near the port end of the long start line,
which ... ... |
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| ... has its other
end
and the RC on the CRYCC dock. ... |
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| Just after the
start,
Uncle Al gets out the camera as ... ... |
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| ... the fleet
begins
to pass SHADES. ... |
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| A quick course
for
Bill in how to set and fly the spinnaker while a couple
of the
Highlanders go by. #929 (Redmond) on the right is moving very nicely and will end up 2nd on corrected time. ... |
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| A bit of a wind
coming
up from astern brings more of the fleet into camera
range. Note the
high angle that the International 14 (r) is
having to sail
just to keep his asymmetrical chute drawing. ... |
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| It's close among
the
top three W's as Nick (864) and Frank (4270) draw even
with the
photography boat, SHADES. To windward of Nick,
we have the
Hobie 18 and one of the A Cats. ... |
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| Still not too
much
wind here, a few minutes after the start ... |
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| Moments later,
the
wind backs, giving us almost a beam reach. To stay away
from the
windward shore, Uncle Al ... ... |
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| ... will try to
pass
Highlander 531 (Team Rule) ... ... |
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| ... to leeward -
a
wise move that ... ... |
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| ... permits SHADES
to pull past much of the fleet. ... |
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| The faster-rated
Highlander (610, Macpherson) beats Al at his own game by
sailing
through to leeward before ... ... |
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| ... Al returns
the
favour. ... |
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| We had a good
race
with this Highlander until he (she?) sailed into a hole. ... |
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| A trio of well
sailed
Lasers (l to r) Nick Place, Faye Flam and Jon
Wasserman give
us a good
race here. ... |
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| The big bend is
coming
up where we will begin to beat towards the mouth of the
Chester River. ... |
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| With the help of
the
zoom lens, we get our last view of the three leaders as
they near the
river bend. The A Cat (Tony Arends) (r) will
pull away to win
on straight time but fall to 3rd on corrected time
behind the 14 (John
Macielag, yellow and red spi) and Highlander 929 who
continues to sail
very well, keeping right up with these two speed
merchants at this
time. 929 ended up 5th on straight time, with Al and
Bill in SHADES
placing 6th (4th on corrected time). ... |
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| As we reached the
mouth of the Chester River, we were to turn right
towards the finish
line off the Rock Hall YC. Bill's binoculars came in
very handy in
confirming just where that line was. |
| The Rock
Hall 2004 River Race & Regatta River Race results Regatta results report pictures: Thursday Friday - 1 Friday - 2 Friday - 3 Saturday - 1 Saturday - 2 Sunday |