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Earl
and Pat
Schnur (1028) check out the start line in a lovely, fresh Tuesday
morning
breeze.
With only
one
race scheduled for this day, the course was
triangle-sausage-triangle-windward.
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Little
did
we know that this would be the best the winds would do on this day. I
can't
find them,
but
somewhere
off to the right should be W998, Trevor Newley and Giles Bowman, who
discovered
a veer
on the
right-hand
side of the first beat which they would exploit fully to win the race
easily.
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Richard
Stone
(4960) and John Hammond (7887) enjoy the wind while they may.
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John
Pocock
(7385) and Martin Collen (88) "sit" as they check out the line.
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Graham
Dodd
and Tom Wharton (3651) check out the RC boat end of the line.
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Note
how chopped
up the water is becoming - and what the boats are doing to the air can
only be imagined! This is why the experts advise trimming for speed and
power on the line before trying to shift into "point mode".
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Less
than
a minute before the start, Dominick Principe (3651) looks like he may
be
going for a late start at the starboard end which would permit him to
tack
to the right side early. The serious "sitting" has begun!
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The
gun goes.
The Perkins have their spectator boat positioned just right to catch
all
the drama. Dominick (3951) will most definitely get his late start as
will
Jon Townsend (6288) who is one of three boats left in serious title
contention.
Hubert Dauch (1191) and Keith Davies (5208) have bad barging prospects
in this fleet!!
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Colin
Wilson
(1) has hit the line at good speed and...
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...
may well
get by Ian Porter (7588) unless the latter can through Julian Redman's
(8189) backwind.
I keep
looking
for Wayfarer 998 who will end up going extreme right but can't find him.
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Not
too much
later, the wind is already doing strange things - just look at the
variety
of sailing angles!
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