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More
action
near the gybe mark - a photographer's dream!! At the extreme right,
Derwyn
Hughes is about to gybe with John Hammond (7887) close astern. In the
middle
we see Bill Fyfe (6739), Bill de Boer (tri-radial) and Joe DeBrincat
(1115)
while Don Gallagher (4406) will have to give room to anyone who can get
there.
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As
Geoff Hodshon
gybes W198, Graham Dodd and Tom Wharton (3651) have the inside track
on John
Hammond
with Charles Wilkinson (7887). A father-son duel sees
Joe Schnur
(2957)
with the edge over his dad, Earl in US1028).
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Gybe
ho!
A race to see who can get the spi drawing first on the new gybe. Of
course,
Geoff Hodshon (198) can relax since he has Graham Dodd (3651) trapped
to
leeward but John Hammond (l) could go high if he
so
desired. 3651's windward spi sheet demonstrates the lack of spi barber
haulers which W's in general first saw at the 1989 Worlds, and which
keep
the spi from flying too high and out of control.
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More
post-gybe
action. Nick White (82) has out-gybed Uncle Al (3854) who had been
inside
at the mark but Al should be safe from Graeme Hinton (7900) and Mike
Codd
(421) who are still working on getting their spinnakers re-filled.
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And
off they
go, down the second reach. John and Dolores de Boer (6090) have just
completed
a nice gybe.
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Once
Don and
Karen Parker (US560) get the spi drawing, they'll set off in pursuit of
John Pocock with Ian Brennan (7385). The Parkers, with less crew
weight,
could well make some inroads here as long as they can hold down Brer
Rabbit.
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Unidentified
W with spi trouble as Tom LeFeuvre and Rob Wylie prepare to cruise
through
to leeward. Ron might contemplate sitting out to windward to help
flatten
W7349.
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Nick
Seraphinoff
makes a yeoman effort to keep the spi filled through the gybe while
Mary
transfers the pole. To do this, Nick has to stand far aft (to steer
with
his knees) and that makes the stern drag, so speed is of the essence
here!
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In
this photo,
Murray Fawcett has just cleated the spi guy in its correct position
while
Trish Corken slaves away at the pole, so Murray could help the boat
speed
by sitting forward against the thwart.
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Dave
Connor
and Tim Hartley prepare for their gybe as Dominick Principe approaches
on the left. The latter's spi looks good despite the halyard being a
foot
or more short of all the way up.
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Dominick
and
Roberta in mid-gybe. Halyard up!!!
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