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Perfect
trim
for Tony and James as they begin beat #3. About to round are Ian Porter
(7588) and Trevor Rose with Tim Kirby (955 with borrowed Canadian hull)
while Martin Collen is just entering the picture on the far right-hand
side.
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Also
very
nicely trimmed are Trevor and Tim (955) with just a hint of mainsail
backwind.
Martin Collen (88) fends off hot pursuit from Nick White (82) while
Brian
and Cathy Love (3654) prepare to gybe for the leeward mark.
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If
Geoff Hodshon
had a boat just to leeward of him, he would be rounding in exactly the
prescribed manner - a seamanlike as opposed to a tactical (wide and
close)
rounding is all he would be entitled to.
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Will
Robin
and June (4286) get room on Julian Redman and Kevan Gibb whose
spinnaker
has just been blanketed? It should be an interesting rounding.
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Uncle
Al
and Julia (3854) approach the leeward mark and will have the inside
track
on Martin (88) and Nick (82) should a buoy room situation arise.
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Alf
Easy (4688)
defends the inside near the mark against Joe and Janis Schnur (2957)
but
will have to watch out that Trevor Newley (998) does not take his wind.
Other identifiable spinnakers are Bill Fyfe (green/white), Don
Gallagher
(red/black/white) and Graeme Hinton (red/blue/white).
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Uncle
Al (3854)
looks well trimmed with his new tri-radial Richard Storer jib as he and
Julia start the beat.
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Also
a model
of good trim, Nick White and Nick Martin (82) prepare to cross astern
of
Julian Redman who again are sailing their boat dead flat!
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Once
he's
done with the post-rounding activities, Dave Connor should move forward
beside Tim Hartley in 3103) to keep the crew weight centred and
together
in the boat as is being done aboard 7887 by John Hammond and Charles
Wilkinson.
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A
tough spot
for Mike Codd (421) here. Mike is wisely footing off to try to avoid
the
worst of the wind shadow from the boat to windward and ahead. Trevor
(998)
meanwhile can only foot off as much as Mike lets him. Derwyn Hughes
(4615)
has to watch he doesn't hit 998's transom but after that, he can tack
for
clear air.
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Colin
Wilson,
using W#1's sails on his other w, #955, rounds into clear air what with
Trevor (998) having tacked away. Quick now - who has right of way
Trevor
or Bill Fyfe (6739)? Trevor is on starboard but under the new rules
would
be bound by 16.2
not to alter course for whatever reason if that course alteration
forces
Bill to immediately change course to continue keeping clear.
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George
Blanchard
with Roger Redwin need to do two things here: sail flatter (luff up
into
what appears to be a brief puff?), and get the jib in!! Fred and Chris
Webster behind George's mainsail just about to round.
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