| the Rock Hall
One-Design Summer Regatta Uncle Al's Saturday sailing pics - 4 ... |
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| The 5-0's are off again. ... |
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| Randy Watson and ... ... |
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| ... his ... ... |
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| ... family ... ... |
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| ... get set for ... ... |
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| ... race ... ... |
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| ... number ... ... |
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| ... two. ... |
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| Peter Bell and family in Kit ... |
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| Randy Watson one ... ... |
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| ... more time ... |
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| Steve Mazza puts ... ... |
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| ... his Fourteen through ... ... |
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| ... her paces. ... |
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| Peter Gates and ... ... |
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| ... his figurehead! ... |
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| Start #2 for the
Chesapeakes and Highlanders: Peter Bell once more ... ... |
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| ... aces a windward-end
start at the now favoured
windward end. In the foreground, we see a
reminder to me that my spinnaker pole topping lift is looking pretty
worn out. ... |
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| The Chesapeakes all hold ... ... |
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| ... starboard off the line. ... |
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| Mike Schmidt prepares for
race 2, which ... ... |
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| ... he will win. Although
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| ... his start near the
currently unfavoured leeward end but with clear air, looks unpromising.
Chris Legg (r) will tack to port immediately, leaving ... ... |
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| ...Paul Garn (165009) to
lead the starboard tackers ahead of Guy Rodemich (181288). Note the X
flag (blue cross on white) recalling ... ... |
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| ... Faye Flam in 153375. On
the right, Mike Schmidt displays his race-winning form as he duels with
Jon Deutsch (159785). ... |
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| Later in the day, we got a
lull in the wind and our only chance to capture Frank Pedersen (4270)
and Tony Krauss in the same picture, just before a drifting start to
our race 3. ... |
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One of the problems
with
taking pictures from your boat is that you never get to be in any
sailing pictures. Thus, I couldn't resist borrowing these three shots
by Carrol McCormack from the Rock Hall YC web site. Above, we
see ourselves in Wayfarer 3854 awaiting the ...
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| ... Windmill/Wayfarer start to Saturday's third and final
race. Mark Lathrop (l), winner of
the first two races among the Windmills, and Uncle Al (3854) will go
for a start at the far ... ... |
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| ... leeward
end where we
have seen boats on the left side getting some wind. Tony Krauss (4105)
and Mr. Rovanpera (5150) will try the RC boat end - with more success.
The boats who went centre right ended up getting better wind and
shifts, leaving Mark (2nd from right) and Al (far right) to
fight an uphill comeback battle. Using his spinnaker to full effect,
Uncle Al actually recovered the Wayfarer lead on the first run and then
battled it out once more with the three Windmills who were evenly
matched with each other and with us. Near the finish, we held a
narrow lead over the three Windmills until Allen Chauvenet came in on a
nice lift/puff combination after banging the right corner. Allen now
"owes us one" because, being aware that Mark Lathrop had won races 1
and 2, Marc and I decided that we would restrain ourselves: We could
have sailed right up to Allen, lee-bowed him and pinched him off
viciously until he was forced to tack away and thus "won" the race with
the three Windmills, since Allen was already on the lay line with
better wind and leading the Windmills by a narrow margin. Instead, we
tacked well to leeward of Allen and before we hit the better wind, and
lost to all three Windmills. Allen, I hope you appreciate how hard we
had to work to throttle our competitive instincts!! |