| 2004
AEC
Wayfarer Worlds the Practice Race - 5 photos by Sid Atkinson |
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| While Alan Bell (far
left) heads off towards the left corner alone, three TSCC W's - Peter Ayres (1191), Peter Kozak (300) and Thomas (9658) fight it out up the middle. ... |
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| While Nick Seraphinoff
and Bob Kennedy (far right) come in on the port layline, Graham Barker
leads the way down the final run with Gordon Harris lying a solid ... ... |
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| ... second, ahead of
... ... |
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| ... Neil Fletcher
(9644), Roger Challis (far left), and ... ... |
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| ... Toby Mace. ... |
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| Tops among the
Canadians are Peter and Alex Rahn, here being closely challenged by ... ... |
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| ... Guy Hacon (8686)
and Uncle Al (3854) who was sailing his last leg before dropping out
for having hit the first mark. ... |
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| Not far behind were
Mark and Paul (r) Taylor enjoying a close race with ... ... |
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| ... Stephan (r)
and Troels Nandrup-Bus in Mike Codd's Sunkissed. ... |
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| Undaunted by their
first-mark fiasco are John Goudie and Suzanne Hall (9812) who are powering past Brian Mills and Louis Jaillet (left). ... |
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| Steve Carroll (6066)
and Doug Netherton (1366) ... |
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| George and Mike are
nicely ahead of Dwight but ... ... |
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| ... will have their
hands full with John de Boer (behind Mike's jib), Nick S. (pink spi)
and Mike O'Malley. ... |
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| Reg Bunt tries to
close in on Peter Ayres, while ... ... |
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| ... Dave and Charles
Hansman (282) are well placed to take a run at Alastair Ryder-Turner (under their boom) and Ed Gillespie (far right). ... |
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| The fleet has spread
out. While many boats still have a ways to go to reach the gate, the
leaders - such as Neil and Chas in 9644 Betty Blue - are
already more than halfway up the final beat. And looking very good, I
might add!! ... |
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| Ted Lacelle's crew,
Don McLean, is keeping such an intense look-out, that you expect him to shout "Land ho!!" at any moment. ... |
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| Guy and Daniel have
eased their main a bit to help them power through the chop as they near
the finish line. ... |
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| Søren is
letting W825 heel a bit more than Guy in 8686, but then Søren's
crew is old!!! ... |
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| Peter and Annelies
enjoy a nice spinnaker run. ... |
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| Kevan and Ian return
after an ordinary day at the office. ... |
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| A smiling Ian Porter
holds Scavenger while Kevan has presumably gone to get their
trolley. ... |
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| Team Porter gets set
to haul out as Team Harris arrives with a handy ... ... |
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| ... support team
standing by. ... |
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| The winners of the
practice race: Graham (r) and Robin Barker. Funny... they don't
look jinxed! ... |
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| Brian and Tony get
some welcome help in hauling out Grey Matter, as John Hartley
arrives on the scene. ... |
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| John and his crew,
Nick, seem not unhappy with life. |