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As
Trevor
Newley (l) and Derwyn Hughes head off on starboard, Geoff
Hodshon
(198) gets everything
trimmed down
to
a form that would move him up from 9th to 7th by the finish.
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After
a brief
moment of excess heel, Richard and Sharon Stone (4960) ease the boom to
the corner of the transom to get 4960 back onto her feet. It looks also
as though they may lift out over Geoff Hodshon but how can you beat a
crew
that gives you hiking like that!!? Nick White (r) who
rounded
8th meanwhile seems not to be getting the favourable slant being given
the Stones. These boats separated a bit by the finish where it was
Geoff
7th, Nick 9th and Richard 12th.
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Joe
and Janis
Schnur (2957) round on their way to 13th place - their best finish of
the
series.
Their main
though,
looks to have the draft well aft and could maybe benefit from some
cunningham
soon.
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As
Brian Love
(3654) and Richard Stone (4960) try starboard tack, Mike Codd (421)
rounds
just in
front
of John Hammond (7887) who...
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tacks
away in front of Graeme Hinton (7900). The latter is doing just the
right
thing
to help him
bear
away for the starboard boat: main out and boat flat!
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Two
of the
series leaders must have picked some shifts wrong in this one as both
Tony
Perkins (7043) and Trevor Rose (955) are well out of the top ten at
this
point. Trevor and Tony would both pass John hammond (7887) and end 14 -
15 ahead of John while Martin Collen (88) would end 17th. Also
approaching
the leeward mark are Bill Fyfe (6739) and Earl Schnur (dark hull) who
would
end up placing 23rd and 21st respectively.
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Colin
Wilson
(1) sets off in pursuit of Geoff Hodshon (198, left), a move that would
pay off in a 10th-place finish.
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As
Trevor
Rose (955) tacks to get away from Tony Perkins, Uncle Al (SHADES)
finally
makes his appearance.
Note the
very
flat mainsail which might have helped had Al not screwed up so many
other
things.
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Bill
Fyfe
and Bruce henderson complete a very nice rounding while Earl Schnur
(1028)
seems unprepared
for the puff
which
he doubtless should not fight so much with his rudder. Still, Earl
ended
up beating Bill!
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Approaching
the leeward mark (l to r) Fred Webster (3133), George Blanchard
(4600), Tom LeFeuvre (7349),
John deBoer
(6090),
Don gallagher (4406), Hubert dauch (1191), Graham Dodd (3651).
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Now
that the
spi is down, and no more gybes to go, you'd think the worst is over for
W1115, Joe DeBrincat
and that Don
Parker
(560) has a tougher approach that will likely require another two gybes
but...
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