This
race
was definitely not a high point in Uncle Al's career. I have no idea
who
the leaders were at the windward mark but I do know that it was once
more
Julian Redman and Kevan Gibb who got the gun although Robert
inexplicably
seems to have gotten no shots of the winners' form. Perhaps they were
too
far ahead...
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Interesting
gybe mark form displayed by Bill deBoer and Roger Shepherd (7351) while
Hubert Dauch (with Phyllis) appears intent on building his Captain
Crash
reputation here? Staying well out of it are John and Dolores deBoer
(6090).
I do believe that it was on this first reach that Julia and I made the
error of totally allowing the spi sheet to flog in an attempt
(successful)
to stay un-dumped. Alas, when it came time to sheet in again, we
discovered
that the sheet had tied itself into a round turn and two half hitches
around
the end of the boom. In the puffy conditions, this took some time to
fix!!
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Much
later.
Second-place finishers, Jon Townsend and Mark Allerston about to round
onto the final beat.
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Finishing
the final run, Ian Porter (7588) appears to be a comfortable 3rd ...
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as he
sets off to try and pass Jon.
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Judging
by
the apparent height of the masts, Trevor Newley appears to have Black
Adder in 4th while Robin Barker (4286) and Jimmy Clouston (7676)
are
neck-and-neck for 5th.
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A
bit of a
slow rounding for Trevor allows ...
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Robin
and Jimmy to get within striking distance. And strike they did as both
Robin and Jimmy
got by
Trevor
to end up 4-5 while the latter had a still very respectable 6th.
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Derwyn
Hughes
in Big Bird comes screaming in to the leeward mark with Nick
White
(82) in pursuit.
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As
Robin is
off to try the left side, Derwyn Hughes and Bill Boer round the leeward
mark for the last time. As usual, they did great in the early going but
this time are holding their fine position (7th here, 8th at the finish).
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As
Jimmy Clouston
(7676) heads up the beat on starboard, Brian Love (3654) has taken his
chute down early and will pay
for this as
Nick
White (82), Geoff Hodshon (198) and Richard Stone (not visible) will
all
round before him (next page).
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Meanwhile,
someone else was taking slides of that same run. (l to r) Brian
Love, Uncle Al (W3854), John Pocock (7385), Colin Wilson (1) and Martin
Collen (88). Colin would ultimately mount a fine last-leg comeback take
10th ahead of Brian Love. Both Uncle Al and Martin Collen would score
their
worst finishes of the series in this race - 22nd and 17th respectively.
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