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This
was the
Monday afternoon race and above, you can see Fred Webster (3133), Nick
White (82), ???, Julian Redman (8189) relaxing as lunch ends. Bill Fyfe
(6739) is getting the first of the ever stronger puffs.
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They're
off
with Graeme Hinton in 7900 enjoying a very nice leeward end start. Not
so Uncle Al. Right at the start, he got into a barging position,
thought he'd found a gap behind Ian Porter only to have it quickly
filled
leaving Al with the choice of planing into W5208 broadside or luffing
up
and pronging Ian Porter's transom at slightly lesser velocity. My
apologies
and thanks to Ian who wouldn't even let me pay for the damage. From
there,
after our 720, I decided we might as well bang a corner, so we headed
west
into the NW wind. Needless to say, it paid handsomely to go right as it
turned out.
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That
could
be Uncle Al doing his 720 (5th from the right) as the fleet
already
shows signs of sorting itself out.
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Off
to the
"wrong" side of the first beat are Graeme (7900), Rick Appel (2488) and
Robin Barker (4286).
Note how
beautifully
flat the Brits (7900 & 4286) keep their boats!
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The
beat ...
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...
goes on!
Note how Geoff (198, 2nd from left) is feathering his main in a major
puff
to keep Nipegegi on her feet. Both Earl Schnur (1028) and Fred
Webster
(3133) should be preparing for this nasty puff. Fred also needs more
vang
to flatten his main/bend the mast and generally depower.
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Still
the
"wrong side" of the first beat!
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Those
who
went left along the Geneva Park shore did much better!
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The
leaders
down the first reach: note how Julian Redman is already pulling away
from
#'s 2 and 3,
Tony Perkins
and
Geoff Hodshon.
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A
pretty impressive
sight!
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After
getting
trashed by Al at the start, Ian Porter (7588) is beginning to recover
some
lost ground.
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But
at the
gybe mark, it's still Julian over Tony.
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