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| Fast forward to the first
reach of our final race: The wind has picked up to solid hiking
strength and backed about 20° as Alastair blithely hoists, not yet
realizing that this reach may well be too close to carry a spinnaker. ... |
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| Ed Tait is beginning to get
... ... |
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| ... the picture!! Ed ended
up having to tack to reach the gybe mark, which ... ... |
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| ... was no gybe mark at all
as the wind had backed enough to leave us on a starboard broad reach to
get to the leeward mark! Ab faB in fine form here! ... |
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| Ed in close pursuit of
Geoff as these two start their second reach. ... |
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| No visible rush here for
either Jason or Geoff! ... |
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| Ed and Colin start their
hoist as Hans - in hot pursuit - nears the mark. ... |
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| With Marc now at the helm, SHADES
(3854) carries a hefty lead towards the leeward mark, while Cabri
pursues. ... |
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| Kit and David have just
been passed by a puff. ... |
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| Meanwhile, Geoff and ... ... |
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| ... Ed are still not
rushing their hoists. ... |
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| A determined Thomas Vendely
prepares for the Nutshell spi hoist, as ... ... |
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| ... Colin and Ed continue
to struggle. ... |
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| But first, a Nutshell
gybe. ... |
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| Going up the second beat
and hiking - well, sitting out at least - are Marc and Al as they
defend a healthy lead against ... ... |
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| ... Alastair and Andrew. ... |
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| Kit and David on their way
to 3rd ahead of ... ... |
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| ... John and Robert. ... |
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| Nice balance as Kit and
David near the relocated windward mark. ... |
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| Marc goes down with a puff
on the final run before keeping his SHADES winning streak alive
with yet another first. ... |
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| Alastair and Andrew will
place 2nd, in front of ... ... |
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| ... Kit and David. ... |
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| Fred and Michael on their
way to a fine 4th, their best result of the series, while ... ... |
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| ... John (3654) will fall
to 5th and Geoff (9483) will end up 7th behind ... ... |
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| ... Hans. |
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