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SSS South Beach Race 2009

Windy! With the starting line in the Richmond Channel, the narrow space swarmed with sailboats in various stages of dress - all flying, just the main, still under power - at least the wind direction did not favor spinnaker practice. The sprawling course took us up to the net depot, zigzagging through Raccoon Strait against the flood, across the Bay and up-current of Little Harding. We slipped down current of Harding (is it always flooding at that buoy? what a wake it had!) but managed to keep Alcatraz to port, then headed under the Bay Bridge and south to the yellow YRA 32 buoy and back to finish at McCovey cove. On the reach back to Pt. Richmond, Dazzler raced along at 8 knots - good thing we weren't in a No Wake zone!
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Coyote 076.jpg
Coyote 076.jpg
Gordie and Ruth on Arcadia 077.jpg
Gordie and Ruth on Arcadia 077.jpg
Harp and Culebra working up to Little Harding 079.jpg
Harp and Culebra working up to Little Harding 079.jpg
Coyote and Harp 080.jpg
Coyote and Harp 080.jpg
Leaving Little Harding to port - just barely! 085.jpg
Leaving Little Harding to port - just barely! 085.jpg
Robin enjoying South Bay sunshine 090.jpg
Robin enjoying South Bay sunshine 090.jpg
Origami flying a hull toward the finish 094.jpg
Origami flying a hull toward the finish 094.jpg
Outsider and Arcadia at the finish 098.jpg
Outsider and Arcadia at the finish 098.jpg
Photographer Sue taking a break at the tiller, heading home 115.jpg
Photographer Sue taking a break at the tiller, heading home 115.jpg
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