| the Rock Hall
One-Design Summer Regatta Uncle Al's Saturday sailing pics - 3 ... |
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| The Hampton start: Charles
& John McCoy (l) are off
to a lovely safe leeward start and already have
Tom Ballantine with Kate Pesky (710) eating their dirt, while Steve
and Laura Kistler (r) enjoy
clear air off their start. ... |
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| Ian Twinn and Nacy Younan (l)
also
have a nice safe leeward on Latane (727) while Ed Cassidy with Kathy
Bowdring (724) is
hurting badly from lack of air. ... |
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| The Chesapeake 20's shared
their start with the Highlanders (r). ... |
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| Randy Watson has everything
nicely trimmed but will be ... ... |
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| ... a bit late (far
right) on a line that remains square. ... |
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| The gun goes and Peter Bell
(far left) and Bob Blomquist (302) nail beautiful starts. ... |
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| The trouble with Bob's
start in these shifty winds is that he really ... ... |
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| ... won't have the freedom
to tack because of all the starboard boats to windward and astern! ... |
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| Among the Highlanders, Chet
Buckenmaier (917) appears to be in the best shape with clear air,
something that Mark Redmond (929) does not enjoy. Craig Rule (531)
is moving nicely in ... ... |
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| ... the clearest air of his
group. Peter Bell (205) is in great shape here but will do no better
than 3rd in the opener. ... |
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| Allen Chauvenet has his
beautiful red wooden Windmill all set to go ... ... |
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| ... as soon as ... ... |
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| ... the Lasers get ... ... |
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| ... underway! ... |
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| Now how the heck does Roger
Link (168479) manage that start without fouling anyone???!!! ... |
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| Impressive!! ... |
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| Halfway through our race 1:
Tony and Mary (4105) have done their bit - they've flown the spinnaker,
and now ... ... |
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| ... it can come down. It
should come down to windward of course, but perhaps Mary figures it
should go back where she got it out from. ... |
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| Between races, we followed
Mark Lathrop and his wife(?) back downwind through ... ... |
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| ... assorted boats still beating, making ... ... |
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| ... every effort not to
interfere with their wind. ... |
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| On the way back, the
Lathrops chatted with Laser race 1 winner, Chris Legg. ... |
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| Peter Gates heads towards
4th place among 6 Sunfish, praying that ... ... |
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| ... the excitement won't be
too much for his daughter(?) to bear???? ... |
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| A close race between John
Hauser with Jon Wasserman (8790) and Doug and Chris Watson (8351) who
are already in their second
race as we get back to the start
area. |