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Sue Slocum
and Don Gallagher prepare to take Red Herring into Wednesday's battle
- another 9-leg race.
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Richard Stone
drifts past Trevor Newley (998) as the fleet begins a one-hour wait for
wind.
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Joe and Janis
Schnur (2957) chat with Roberta Sand and Dominick Principe
while others to
a refreshing dip.
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Things do
not look promising at this point - no wind between here
and Geneva Park
visible in the background.
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Looks like
Neil is off for a swim while Colin Wilson has the watch.
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Aptly named
for this photo, Reflection feels the beginnings of a breeze.
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I don't imagine
Jimmy and Elaine Clouston get much weather like this in the Orkneys!
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A good chance
to ...
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... catch
up on gossip.
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Julian and
Kevan begin to set up for light airs.
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Earl and Pat
Schnur get set as well. Note how the ruler-straight mast creates a real
bag at the
leading edge of
the mainsail something that a bit of (pre-)bend in the mast would help
alleviate.
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Ripples nearly
everywhere ...
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... and the
boats separate to ...
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... begin
their pre-race preps.
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One last pre-race
pipe for Colin Wilson.
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Don and Karen
Parker take Brer Rabbit through her spinnaker routine...
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as do the
Stones, Richard and Sharon.
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