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| John rounds in 3rd place
while Ed (825) hangs in there nicely, too. ... |
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| It's still a close fight
over 3rd: (l to r) Ed, Hans, John, Kit ... |
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| John and Robert opt for a
gybe set and will start their run on port tack. ... |
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| ... with ... ... |
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| ... Hans (938), Kit (1037)
and Ed in hot pursuit. ... |
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| Kit makes it around in 4th,
just inches ahead of ... ... |
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| ... Hans. ... |
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| Kit follows John towards
the left side while Hans will try his luck on the right. ... |
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| Ed and Colin get set to ... ... |
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| ... start their run in 6th
place, just ahead of ... ... |
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| ... Fred who will play with
fire again by coming in on the port-tack layline just ahead of Geoff. ... |
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| He makes it! ... |
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| The late tack does of
course mean that ... ... |
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| ... they were unable to set
their pole early. ... |
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| A peaceful run for Ed
(825), Kit (1037) and John. ... |
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| Geoff is now a bit closer
to 7th place. ... |
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| A quick gybe to port, and
then we'll set the spinnaker. ... |
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| Half an hour later, race 5
has just begun. Knocked on starboard, both Al (3854) and ... ... |
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| ... Alastair (10137) have
tacked, while John (3654) holds starboard a little longer. ... |
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| Hans sees the waves coming
and makes a crash tack. ... |
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| Eeek! It's a tsunami!! ... |
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| Action at close quarters:
Geoff (9483), Kit (1037), Ed (825) and Fred (7379) ... |
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| Not much happening aloft
with Toronto's power-generating windmill. ... |
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| The second reach: a lovely
little breeze slowly gains strength as Alastair defends 2nd place
against Hans and ... ... |
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| ... John. |
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