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Fred
rounds
nicely but, from the looks of his boom angle, looks like his mast
should
be raked further aft? That would enable him to point better and would
likely
eliminate the mainsail backwind.
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Actually,
from this angle, it appears that Fred (3133) should sheet his
main
in more (or add some vang tension) to remove excess twist from his
main.
Just about to round the mark are John de Boer, and Don and Karen Parker
in 560. Don Gallagher (4406) is already nicely set up for the beat.
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Wow!
Look
at Don and Sue hike! Now that is perfect form! Meanwhile Graham
Dodd (3651), Nick and Mary Seraphinoff in 864 and Bill de Boer with
Roger
Shepherd (7351) approach the end of their runs.
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Two
more examples
of fine upwind form: Don & Karen Parker in US560 and John &
Dolores
de Boer in 6090 - note the spiffy hat! Just approaching the mark and
sailing
nicely flat are John Pocock and Ian Brennan (7385).
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A
very close
rounding as Graham Dodd with Tom Wharton (who has most certainly
improved
his skills as a crew since 1986!!) take Yacca-Da around just
off
Bill de Boer's bow with Nick Seraphinoff (864) waiting to slip by.
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Another
close
one here: Earl Schnur (1028) is chased by Dave Connor (3103) and Keith
Davies (5208). Not much danger from Martin de Boer (7364) who appears
to
be stopped in the water while explaining the take-down procedure to
Beth.
Earl could probably have managed a tactical (wide and close) rounding
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...
to leave
the mark with greater speed after a more gradual turn. Keith Davies
(standing
in 5208)
is only
entitled
to enough room for a seamanlike rounding here since he is overlapped
by Dave
Connor,
a right-of-way boat to leeward.
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Dominick
and
Roberta get their sails in just nicely as they round
- better a
bit
to slow than stalling out by pulling in too far too soon!
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Rick
and Diane
Appel could stand to move forward in the boat perhaps - and, since the
jib
appears well
trimmed,
Rick should crank the main in harder to stop it from luffing.
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Joe
and Jeff
DeBrincat have the Maltese Falcon nicely trimmed here.
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Graham
and
Tom prepare to cross the finish line.
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Roger
Shepherd
(red top) and his helm, Bill de Boer, take a breather after reaching
the
dock.
With 41
boats,
haul-out was a busy time!!
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