TRICK photo album

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A few videos. Just simple shots of our whereabouts, nothing very fancy.

The 2000 NOSA Newport to Ensenada race	The PSSA Guadalupe 2000 race
	Sunset and sunrise.
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	ÊFirst sightings of GuadalupeÊ
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	The Southern tip of the island
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	The Southern rock
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The 2000 NOSA Newport / Ensenada race

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Trick was 6th out of 18 entrants in the ORCA class. These pictures were taken by BoatPics from a helicopter as we headed down to Ensenada on Friday afternoon.

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The PSSA Guadalupe Island 2000 race

The 2000 Guadalupe island race had a fleet of only 2 boats. The weather was ideal for Trick as a result of 2 weather systems. The race started in a good Westerly which took us 190 miles in the first day. Winds on the second day were light and became Southerly. We chose a port tack away from the island then swung in early, taking advantage of a progressive lift as we approached the island. The Southerly winds increased once we rounded the Island, generating a Southerly swell which had us surfing on a reach for almost 2 days back to Marina del Rey. Elapsed time for the 630 Nm race was a few minutes over 4 days and 2 hours.

The picture quality isn't too good because they are frames from a video - my camera hasn't come back from repair. Nevertheless, they may be helpful in providing navigational help for future guadalupe visitors and racers.

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The sun and the ocean seem to work constant magic together, especially at sunrise and sunset.


Sunset on our way down to the Island. The clouds are the Southern swirl of a weather system centered North of Los Angeles.	Sunrise the next morning as a second, more Southerly system deepens. Clear skies to the South let the sun light up the undersides of the clouds, casting a shadow of the cloud it is hiding behind

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First sightings of Guadalupe Island


The first sighting of Guadalupe Island capped by morning clouds.	From a distance, the large rocks at the Southern tip of Guadalupe appear to be some distance offshore but this is because low lying areas of the island are still below the horizon.

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The offshore rocks at the Southern tip of the island


The two rocks at the Southern tip are quite close to the island and each has a distinctive shape.	The Northern rock has 2 humps covered with multicolored lava flows.

The Southern rock looks like the core of an extinct volcano with sheer cliffs rising hundreds of feet from the ocean.	The rock resembles a huge amphitheater pockmarked with craters like the surface of the moon
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The reef off the Northern rock was easy to identify from quite a distance.

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