link to more pictures by Cathy
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| Martha and Pam, all smiles, after capsizing a few times and Martha falling off the boat. These ladies are bold! |
"One and done!", Paul exclaimed, as he crossed the finish line ahead of everyone else, then headed for the docks. Of course then the wind died down a bit. Out of 7 starters only 4 finished. It was tough out there for most and with a quarterly meeting at WRBC and some planning for the Nationals, we scattered and called it a day.
Paul, Sandy, Gary, then Doug. Since Martha jumped on the committee boat mid-way through the race, Pam ended up DNF - but she did finish and was sailing great.
After racing we had some discussion about heavier air, you need to go a little further before you pull in the main-sheet and get close hauled again. It's easy to get into irons and then it's easy to drift back pretty quickly and get blown off the course. Also it can be hard to point very high so while reaching is a lot of fun it can be hard if you're a light-weight to actually make progress up-wind. I have both of these issues and likely wouldn't have even tried to sail today.
Burton and I had race duty and all of the pictures are in the link above (more pictures). Here are a few of the more fun ones.
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| Paul and Sandy planing their way to the lee-ward mark. |
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| Paul, in his element, with a big grin on his face. |
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Sandy, in 2nd place at the lee-ward mark.
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| Gary, at the finish line. |
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Doug, in 3rd place on the 1st lap of the course.
Nancy, wisely calling it a day.
James, heading in to the docks. |
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| Pam, demonstrating how to right a capsized boat. |
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| The boat starts coming up! |
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| Pam climbs right over the side and into the cock-pit. |
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| Straightens out the lines and gets ready to grab the tiller and get going again. |
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| And off she goes. Great demo! |
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Burton and Martha, right before Burton says "You're all wet!"
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| Never a dull moment. We fear someone slipped on the ramp and hit their head. |
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