the
2004 Warm Water Regatta Sunday - 1 photos by Ben Ho |
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Sunday arrived sunny
with seasonable temperatures and and east wind that ... .. |
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... would require the
RC to rotate the trapezoid 180° with a start line ... .. |
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... just west of the
club. .. |
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Today's breeze has a
bit more substance to it as ... .. |
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... the first of four
Sunday races is about to get underway. Peter Kozak (red hull) is sailing with his young son, Benjamin, today. .. |
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Rod Gardner with sons,
James and Rory .. |
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The countdown to
Sunday's first race has begun. .. |
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Alastair (green hull)
is in great shape with just seconds to go before the "gun". .. |
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Mike Codd (CAN 90) is
off to a good start as is Alastair (far right), but neither
series leader, Mark Taylor (7673) nor his closest pursuer, Hans (to
leeward of Mike, and two points behind Mark in the series) has clear
air. .. |
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Mike continues to look
good and Hans (938) appears to be pinching out of Mark's backwind, as John de Boer (7351) and Dwight Aplevich (4606) tack to clear their air. .. |
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A slight starboard
knock causes ... .. |
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... most of the fleet
to tack. .. |
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The first reach with
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... the dam in the
background. .. |
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The first run sees the
Taylors number one and about to finally hoist their spinnaker while
Alastair (2nd) and Hans (3rd) pursue. .. |
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By the next mark, Hans
had begun to close the gap on the Taylors. Going down the next reach,
Hans has closed to within a couple of lengths of the Taylors. But wait
just one minute! It is at about this time that Uncle Al remembers that
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... on this trapezoid
course, leg 4 was a beat back to mark #2 - see boats on right above. .. |
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A tad embarrassing,
this! And even the saving grace that we (right) realized our error just
before the Taylors (left) did, was of little help as ... .. |
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... the rest of the
fleet ... .. |
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... was miles ahead of us now! .. |
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"Things could be
worse," said Al to Hans. "At least we're ahead of the Taylors." .. |
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First-place Dwight
Aplevich attempts to hold off a spinnakering Mike Codd down the second
run. .. |
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The final reach
across, and ... .. |
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... then, the half
beat to the finish, as Dwight (4606) and Mike (far left) ... .. |
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... continue their
close battle. The die is cast as Dwight tacks to approach the finish
line on port. Will he be able to clear Mike Codd coming in on
starboard?? .. |
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Yes!!! It's a winner's
gun for Dwight and David, while ... .. |
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... Mike and Kirk grab
a solid 2nd. .. |
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Al Nichols (7380)
knocks off John de Boer (7351) for 3rd place. Alastair will end up 5th
after also sailing the wrong course for a while, and the Taylors will
take 6th - a nice recovery - in front of ... .. |
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... Peter Kozak (300).
A disheartened team of Hans and Al (left) limp home in 8th
place. |
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