Dear Chum (or is it Chump?)

Told you before that blow-bots aren't racing.
*Speeding* at 2 MPH ?????? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Racing thrills: Being able to maintain your concentration for up to two
hours or so, when traveling at 120 MPH in 4-6' swells, while at the same
time - navigating - keeping an eye on the gauges - keeping tabs on the
competition, etc.

Speeding sail-bot........HA........like trying to race turtles against
snails................


"Andy Champ" wrote in message
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Hmm... not sure "thrill" is quite the right word. When you're speeding
across the water at 2mph on a light day, trying to find the gusts and
shifts, watching what the opponents are doing, "thrill" is not the word
that would spring to mind. However it is the kind of thing where you
cannot be thinking about anything else. You just have to "switch off"
from the world of work and concentrate on what you're doing.

Then there was yesterday, where thrill might have been the right word.
Like the end of one race where i was hanging off the side of the boat, 6
inches off the water, with the bow wave from the next boat trying to get
down the back of my neck (after an hours racing we were that close -
shame we weren't winning....) and concentrating absolutely on what I was
doing.

Then there's the fitness side of it. Today I can hardly climb stairs,
my quadriceps muscles are so stiff... There are few sports which engage
your mind and your body, keep you fit with little risk of injury, and
which are suitable for anyone from 5 to 75. Though I must admit in the
wind the age range was down to 10 to 60.

HTH

Andy