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PHL Playoffs:

Sharks open with two wins – Munnings scores eight in Flames’ victory THE SCOTIABANK Sharks have won their opening games in the Bantam Division of the Provo Hockey League (PHL) Playoffs, but in terms of individual performances it was Rajhan Munnings who shined. Munnings scored eight goals as his Flames ended round one as the only undefeated Midget Division side. In the Mini-Division the Sailrock Lobsters won

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their lone encounter while opponents, the Gansevoort Gators and the Gracebay Car Rental and Sales Owls, suffered a loss each.

while Javiera Bovell scored all the goals for the Lightning. Bovell’s teammate, Cole Nickson was the perfect passer as he finished with two assists.

CLOSE CLASHES The Sharks defeated the J & W Construction Hurricanes 2-1 before edging past the Coco Bistro Lightning 4-3. Sean Karam scored twice for the Sharks in the second clash,

FLAMES ATTACK The Flames out hustled the Pirates 10-6 in the first Midget clash. Along with Munnings’s eight goals, Wellington Williams was also in the thick of things with two successful

strikes. For the Pirates the day belonged to Gabriel DiotteJoly, who not only scored three goals in the losing clash, but chalked up five as his team defeated the Panthers 7-6 later on. Kennon Higgs led the Panthers with five goals and an assist in that game. MINI PLAY The Gators went down 2-4 to the Sailrock Lobsters, after Joshua Saunders scored twice for the winners, before bouncing back to defeat the Owls 3-2. Zachary Scholar led the Gators’ attack with two goals.

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Stallions still undefeated – Hand defending champs third loss THE Grand Turk Stallions certified themselves as the team to beat in the Provo Amateur Basketball Association (PABA) Night League with a four point victory over defending champions the Flyers when the two powerhouse sides met last Friday. The only undefeated side went on to claim their 13th win on Saturday night over the North Caicos Spartans. That game ended 72-52 with Damon

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Seymour and K. Williams scoring 14 and 13 points respectively. The Spartans were led by E. Williams (14 points). Friday’s game was however the talk of the weekend as Ira Taylor had a huge doubledouble with 20 points and 18 boards, while T. Lightbourne scored 16 points and made 11 rebounds in the 73-69 point win. The Flyers’ Dorado Fullford led all scorers with 22 points, while A. Cash, S, Brass and S. Williams added 10 points each. South Caicos Harbour Boys are in second place with 12 wins and two losses after defeating the Knights 65-49 in their latest clash. Kirk Adams led the winners with 15 points and five boards, but it was the Knights’ D. Weydens who led the game with 20 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks. His teammate P. Sylvin had 19 points and three steals. Flyers are third with 13 wins and three losses, while Predators are fourth with nine wins and five losses. Steelers are fifth with eight wins and seven losses while Police are sixth with seven wins and seven losses. Cobras, Knights, Spartans, Customs and Shottas are below .500.

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Let’s get wet WIND SHIFTS THE wind can behave erratically and the most common reason for shifts, lulls and puffs can be the local topography. Land masses can re-direct the wind, funnel it and effectively block it as well. Headlands can cause the wind to eddy and change direction. Sailing too close to a downwind headland can put a boat in split current of wind or even a reverse flow or “echo” off the land. Sailing around a windward headland can put a lull, only to expose you to a blast as you get around the end. Two headlands separated by a low beach can create a funnel that actually “squeezes” the wind and boosts its speed. The same thing can happen at the mouth of a harbour or within a narrow channel between two islands. There are also thermal phenomena created to a certain extent by topography. Local wind conditions often vary according to the time of the day because of the uneven heating and cooling of

temperature as the air over the land warms, it starts to rise; the air over the water, being cooler, moves in to displace the rising land-air, and convection begins. This is the start of the sea breeze or on shore breeze.

By Joshua Gardiner the land. Because of this, daily shifts in wind occur. The process is best illustrated by a typical summer day in a temperate region. MORNING Land and water are at terminal equilibrium as the sun warms the air. There can be no convection; the flow of air is from cool to hot so there is no wind. MIDDAY The wind is warming rapidly, the water is staying at its normal summer

AFTERNOON The convection is in full swing and the sea breeze is getting stronger. This is the warmest part of the day in many seaside locations and therefore the wind’s potential is greatest now. LATE AFTERNOON With the sun low on the horizon, the trend is back towards thermal equilibrium—the afternoon breeze begins to die. EVENING Thermal equilibrium achieved. No wind.

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LATE NIGHT Sometimes an offshore or “land” breeze can develop if the night is clear enough and the atmosphere allows enough heat to radiate from the land.

part II– Small boat sailing theory Because the water holds heat better, a thermal imbalance can develop and convection can start, though rarely as vigorous as the daytime version. Obviously, the large weather system can also cause extreme wind shifts. However these are usually associated with periods of extreme weather and are irrelevant for the novice, who should not venture out during such periods. FLAGS Flags are the most basic forms of wind indicator. But a flag on a pole ashore will indicate only how the wind is blowing atop its staff; it will not tell you the nature of the wind in your direction. Regardless of the type of boat, a skipper needs more than just his own sense to monitor the exact direction of the wind. One thing to keep in mind about the wind indicators is that they show only apparent wind. As a boat moves through the water under any propulsive force—be it sail, oars or outboard—it creates its own wind and the vector (the force and direction) of that motioncreated wind (always straight ahead)

combines with the vector of the natural or “true” wind to modify its direction. If there is no natural breeze, the apparent wind will be straight ahead. If the true wind is straight ahead, the apparent wind will also be straight ahead, but stronger for the motion of the boat. If the natural wind is right behind, the apparent wind will reduce or even nullify its effect—or be reduced itself, depending on which is greater, the speed of the boat or the strength of the following wind. And if the natural wind is perpendicular to the boat’s direction of travel, or at any other angle, the motion of the boat will add a vector and tend to swing the true wind towards the direction of its travel. None of this really matters while sailing, as the wind a sailor deals with is always apparent wind. Therefore, his sense and his on-board wind indicators are the most appropriate sources of information on the wind. Next week—the Classic points of sailing.


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