| 2004
AEC
Wayfarer
Worlds the Practice Race - 3 photos by Bob Thayer and Ralph Roberts (note: most of these photos were - in larger size - on the competitors' CD created by Bob) |
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| Dwight Aplevich
and Al
Nichols (also showing good sheet to pole technique) head
for the offset
mark with Thomas Vendely just to leeward and ahead,
while John Hartley
still searches for that elusive windward mark in the
current. ... |
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| l to r:
George
Blanchard with Mike Codd; Kit Wallace; Andrew and Nigel
Gumley (4610),
Bob and Scott Kennedy (bow only); Roger Shepherd with
Joanne;
Jeff Cox ... |
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| While Dwight
Aplevich
(4606) and Dave Hansman fight it out on port tack, John Hartley (white spi) is trying the right side of the run. |
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| A panoramic view
of a
crowded first run which is split up into three groups
below: ... |
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| Hans Gottschling
(938)
works to hold off Mike O'Malley (551) and Alastair
Ryder-Turner with
son, David. ... |
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| Not much wind
left for
Geoff Edwards and George Waller (9483) who might have
tried for wind in
the gap in the middle of the four following boats: Alan
Bell (gray
hull), Peter Kozak (300), Reg and Christopher Bunt
(7227) and Nick
Seraphinoff (864). ... |
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spis from
l to
r: Kit
Wallace, Roger Shepherd,
George Blanchard (having a nap??), Jeff Cox
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| Later on the run
(l
to r): Thomas Vendely, Ed Morysiak behind Dwight
Aplevich (4606),
Doug Netherton, George Blanchard, Dave Hansman, Peter
Ayres, Alan
Simpkins behind Anne and Gary Armstrong (861) ... |
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| Still later on the run (l to r):
Alan Bell
(1539), Dave Platt, Thomas V, Doug N, George, Dave H,
Jeff C, Anne A, a
spinnaker-less Andrew Haill, Peter A and Ed Morysiak. ... |
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| As always, fine
form
for Toby Mace (8848) who is among the race leaders. Pursuers (l to r) are: John
Dowling,
Brian Mills, John Goudie, Uncle Al just crossing Guy
Hacon with
Søren Jensen just visible under his boom in the
full-size photo,
Doug Honey, unidentified boat behind the 8848 jib, Steve
Carroll just
finishing his run, Mark Taylor. ... |
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| This is what
happens
in a breeze when the helm decides that the explanations
are taking too
long and he'd be better off to do it himself!!!
In the
background: Chrisses Purtle and Ryan. ... |
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| Thomas and Zoltan
continue to give Peter and Annelies (300) a good run for
their money. ... |
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| Too much heel
>
helm for the Chicken, as Richard Johnson and
Michele do their
best to keep her flat with what little weight they have. ... |
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| With Porter
retired
from the race, Graham and Robin Barker in Doubloons
(8888) were
left to fight it out for the lead down the second run
with Gordon and
Emma Harris (968) and their Waldringfield
clubmates ... ... |
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| ... Neil Fletcher
with
Chas Edwards in 9644 and Toby Mace with Rachael Rhodes
(8848) as well as Jay Colville with Ian Hurley (pink spi) in pursuit. ... |
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| Peter and Alex
Rahn
head straight for the camera while in the background, we
have (l to
r): Brian Mills, Brian Lamb (yellow/blue spi),
Mark Taylor (behind
Peter's mast), Anne Armstrong with Kit Wallace to
windward of her, John
Dowling and John Goudie. ... |
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| (l to r) Stephan
Nandrup-Bus,
Mark Taylor, Stewart Reed ... |
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| Suzanne Hall
aboard Cathessa
grabs the spi guy to bring the pole aft a bit and keep
the spi trim
perfect. ... |
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| George and Mike
are
bow to bow with Steve Carroll, I believe, while Nick S.
(pink spi) and
Mike O'M. are closing in. ... |
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| l to r:
Peter
and Jonathan Ayres, Reg and Christopher Bunt, Jeff Cox,
Ed and Winnie
Gillespie ... |
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| Dave and Charles
Hansman hold off Richard, Michele and the Chicken
(10139). ... |
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| Andrew Haill
(9657)
and Ed Morysiak (4601) give Alan Hallwood and Rod McIver
(3568) a good battle even without their spinnakers. ... |
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| Guy and Daniel in
Bizarre
on the final beat. ... |
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| Søren and
Jesper moving well. ... |
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| As Steve and John
can
attest, there was some wave action. ... |
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| Michele looks
longingly towards the finish line as the Chicken
crosses Chris Purtle (not the road as you might have expected!) ... |
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| Part of team
Waldringfield (Neil Fletcher in 9644, Toby Mace in 8848,
and Roger
Challis) returns to MSC after a successful race. ... |
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| Earlier, Uncle Al
(l)
had managed to embarrass himself a little: with a motor
boat taking up
the spot he had hoped for at the end of the dock, Al
decided at the
last second, that he could go past and then luff up -
the breeze being
very light. As he passed the motor boat however, a gust
hit from dead
astern and he scraped his centreboard on the cement of
the ramp for a
bit before Marc could jump out and save Al's bacon. ... |
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| All part of the
day's
work for Marc who saves Al from himself regularly. On
the left, we can
see the fisherman preparing to haul out his craft
despite the sign
(white rectangle, upper right) that declared this ramp
closed to all
but regatta traffic. Twit! |