| 2004
AEC
Wayfarer Worlds the fifth day of racing - 6 photos by Kim Bergevin |
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Toby Mace (8848) and
race leader, Graham Barker, off his leeward bow, have sailed into the
20-30° starboard lift, as have Doug and Chris Ryan (3664) with Ted
Gadd off their leeward bow. Brian Mills (4675) and John Hartley (7628)
are about to sail into the lift as well. Mark Taylor has just tacked to
port to clear his air, while Guy Hacon (8686) and Søren Jensen
to leeward of Guy are beginning to lift. The mainsail behind the
Taylors is, I believe, Guy Harris, while Uncle Al will be on the
extreme wrong side of this shift, being somewhere not too far to
leeward of Gordon.
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| Yup, Brian (4675) and
John are into the lift now, as is Jay Colville (r). ... |
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| While a mercifully
unidentifiable boat begins the first run, he is nearly two legs behind
these guys who are nearing the windward mark for the second time
already. (l to r) Doug and Chris Ryan, Mark Taylor crossing
behind Hans Gottschling (938), and Gordon Harris. Hard to believe that
despite the shift that should have totally annihilated them ... ... |
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| ... Uncle Al and Marc
Bennett bear away around the windward mark second only to the already
departed Barkers and ... ... |
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| ... just ahead of Ted
and Wendy Gadd. ... |
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| Al has decided to
defend the left side of the run, and will leave Ted Gadd (7699) and ... ... |
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| ... Toby Mace ... ... |
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| ... to take the right side. ... |
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| Gordon and Emma Harris
(968) tack for the mark, as will Søren and Jesper, once they've finished crossing Guy and Daniel (8686). ... |
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| At the offset mark,
it's Guy with the inside overlap on Søren with Brian Mills (l)
going well wide. Jay Colville (404), meanwhile, nears the
windward mark on starboard. ... |
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| Ted and Wendy are off
to try the right side and looking good - note the partially raised
rudder blade. ... |
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| Also heading right are
Doug Ryan (l) and Jay Colville (404) while Brian Mills and off
his port bow, Paul Laderoute, have gybed to port and are headed left. ... |
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| Perhaps these guys
will find the wind a bit more chewed up on this side, though. ... |
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| Hans Gottschling and
Pedro Santos head right, followed by ... ... |
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| ... Steve Carroll with
John Attwell (6066) and John Hartley with Nick Philp (r). Poor Heider and Tom (600), meanwhile, have not found happiness on their second trip to the left corner, either! ... |
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| A more relaxed
approach as ... ... |
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| ... the next group
begin their second run. ... |
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| Jeff and Barry Cox
demonstrate why it pays to crank the jib in as you hoist the spinnaker, letting the jib out again, once the spinnaker is flying. ... |
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| A threatening-looking
sky as Charles Hansman takes the helm of Banshee (282) while his son, Dave, organizes the spinnaker. ... |
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| The Brothers Gumley,
Andrew (r) and Nigel (4610) set off in pursuit of Bob Kennedy
(3571) and John de Boer (7351). ... |
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| (for full-size view,
click here) Nearing the finish line and moving extremely well
with a comfortable lead over the likes
(if any!!) of Ted Gadd (7699) and Uncle Al (3854) are ... ... |
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| ... Graham and Robin
Barker. Note that the finish line was always a bit past the windward
mark - offset mark combination which can be seen here - for full-size view, click here ... |
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| Putting the capper on
their runner-up position for the Worlds 2004 are Toby Mace and Rachael
Rhodes (no doubt busy scrubbing the bilges in this photo!) while Ted
and Wendy Gadd (7699) nip at their heels. Both Toby and Ted got past
Uncle Al at the leeward gate where they went right and Al chose badly
and went left. ... |
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| It's official: series
2nd goes to Toby and Rachael in Meg B. ... |
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| Wild Billy with
Ted and Wendy Gadd follows in 3rd place - their best finish of the
series, having held off ... ... |
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... SHADES
with Uncle Al and Marc Bennett. Unfortunately, we photographically
missed the big moment here: Wiarton's Doug Ryan and his son, Chris, had
their best race finish ever as they took a marvellous 5th in the Worlds
finale. Awaiting heart surgery, Doug had sat out the first eight races
while his friend, Chris Purtle helmed. Then Saturday's lighter airs
turned out to be ideal and Doug made the most of his opportunity. Great
sailing, Doug and Chris!!
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6th place went Spinaway
(968) with Gordon and Emma Harris while Brian Jeffs and Scott
Bamford (9235) had by far their best race as they placed 7th. 8th place
went to Søren Jensen and Jesper Friis who fell just a single
point short of cracking the Worlds top five. And it was locals, Mark
and Paul Taylor next in 9th as they finished off their 2004 Worlds in
fine style with a string of four single-digit finishes! 10th place went
to Michael McKechnie with Simon Turner ahead of Guy Hacon with Daniel
Watson whose 11th was just enough to give them series 7th by a single
point over Uncle Al. The Laderoute brothers, Paul and Alan finished the
series on a bright note with a 12th, just ahead of ...
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| ... John Goudie with
Suzanne Hall (9812). Roger Challis (9174) starboarded Jay Colville
(404) ... ... |
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| ... right
at the finish and managed to edge Jay out for 14th. And judging from
the photo above, it's hard to imagine how Peter and Alex Rahn (286)
could have come any closer to beating Roger and Jay than they did. And
congratulations to Brian Mills and Louis Jaillet (4675) who took a very
close 17th - easily their best placing of the series. |
Other race 9 series
bests not already mentioned were recorded by:
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