| The
U.S. Nationals 2006 Saturday sailing pics - 3 by Emily Seraphinoff |
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| Winds and waves gradually
picked up in the course of the afternoon: Scott and Paul Town remained
undaunted. ... |
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| Mallory keeps the SHADES spinnaker flying with nary a
glitch as she and Al prepare to douse near ... ... |
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| ... the leeward mark. ... |
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| Nick and Joe power their
way up the beat. ... |
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| The race 2 countdown has
begun, and ... ... |
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| ... we're off! ... |
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| An appreciably better start
for Harold (2304) as he gets right in there with the rest of us. Al
(3854) is satisfied with his start that gives him clear air plus the
option to tack at any time. ... |
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| No undue stress from this approach to a start. ... |
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| Mallory and Al complete a
roll tack (note hand behind Al's back) as they prepare to ... ... |
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| ... finish. ... |
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| A fine 2nd for Nick and
Joe, while ... ... |
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| ... Scott and Paul grab an
impressive (spinnakerless!) 3rd. ... |
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| Harold crosses the finish
line. ... |
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| Early in race 3: Four boats face a real boatspeed
challenge - Al (3854, Nick (864), Scott (bow in front of Al's) and
Tony? (to windward of Nick). ... |
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| Scott and Paul are in great
form as they head towards Tawas Point ... |
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| By race 3, Mallory was
feeling wet and chilly and borrowed Al's wet jacket. An outstanding
soccer player, Mallory was by this time observing that sailing was a
pretty tiring business that was using a whole new set of muscles. ... |
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| Nick and Joe have Allies moving beautifully. ... |
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| A study in concentration:
Nick (l) and Joe ... |
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| Even near the end of four
tough races, Mallory still has the strength and determination to give
Al all the hiking he could ask for, as SHADES nears the ... ... |
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| ... end of race 4. Instead
of resting, we then hiked our little hearts out on a glorious planing
reach of mile or two back to the club. A perfect end to a terrific day.
And that did get us back to
the beer faster, too! ... |
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| Scott and young Paul put a
lovely end to their Saturday with a 2nd in the finale. |
| results report photos: Friday shore pics Saturday shore pics Saturday sailing pics - 1 Saturday sailing pics - 2 Saturday sailing pics - 3 Sunday: awards |