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...
while
Don Gallagher (RED HERRING) and George Blanchard (4600) round smoothly
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Joe
and Jeff
have been done in by a bad puff.
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And
what's
worse, the camera is right there to record ...
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their
capsize drill as all those boats they had worked so hard to get ahead
of
roll on by.
And not one
of them has the decency to dump in sympathy!
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It's
moments
like this that make me always climb into the boat the moment it looks
like
it may be committed to coming up - even if that occasionally means
another
dump when I get a bit too eager. In that case, it's a slow dump where I
always have an easy time getting right back onto the board and it has
never
taken me more than that second try!
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At
this point,
my first priority is to get the board full up, an action which
stabilizes
the boat while I help the crew aboard. Unless that's their spinnaker
still
up (which it looks like), nothing other than getting the board up
should
in my opinion take priority over getting the other person back aboard.
It takes a lot out of you, especially in cold water, to hang like Jeff
(?) is hanging here.
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No
problems
for George Blanchard, age 72, who heads in after placing 26th
but still
looks
fresh enough for another race or two!
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In
the more
sheltered bay, things are more relaxing as Jimmy and Elaine (7676) and
James Harden and Tony Perkins (7043) head in. To see a remedy for the
PWC
disease visible above, click here.
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Tony
and James
make a perfect landfall.
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While
this
woodie looks to need some repair after a breezy day, Mike Codd has
still
not had enough ...
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...
and is
going out to learn how Robin and June can make W4286 Chough
always
go so fast.
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