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Breaking Clouds
A break in the storm just before the start of a summer racing series on Narragansett Bay of Rhode Island. |
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Happy team after races
The team relaxing after races, this is the best Optimist racing has to offer, so this is my best racing photo :) |
Converging Hunter 216's on a split tack
The two Hunter 216's passed without incident; unlike the way this appeared. |
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Sailboats for rent
We spent a fun afternoon watching kids sailing these rental boats in a fountain on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. |
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2011 Gone With the Wind Champions
Justin Chambers and Doug Thome showing winning form at the 2011 Gone With the Wind Catalina 22 fleet 58 regatta held on Lake Lanier, September 2011. |
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505 Wheelie
30 kts of breeze and 6 ft swells in Marblehead, MA on August 15th. Good day for a 505 sail. Bit of an issue when crew kicks tiller extension out of his skipper's hand. |
Spinnaker Poles Everywhere
In the Semi-Finals of the 2011 Chicago Match Cup, Keith Swinton used his leeward position to force a late jibe (and brief broach) by Phil Robertson. Swinton's maneuver cost him when he ran over the finish line marker and Robertson won. Swinton did however win the Cup. |
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Summer's last light
Last race of the day in Eugene Oregon at the Pacific Coast Thistle Championships. |
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Evening in Nantucket
This is a shot of the Figawi fleet after the race. More than 200 boats have just raced from Hyannis to Nantucket, and now is time for the party to begin. |
Occam Gets a Puff
Wavelength 24 "Occam" competing in the Emerald Cup Regatta, Triton Yacht Club, Fern Ridge Reservoir, near Eugene, Oregon on June 24, 2011. |
