I'll agree on the tradition part. Tactics can't
be used as an excuse not to use a JY, though.
And some or these generalizations about specific
boats are garbage. They say you have to foot the
JY, but we have a pincher who chronically places
at (or near) the top.
As with any one design, tactics and boat handling
are what always win.
If you just want a boat that will stop, then you
should try our Xcites. Of course, we tried to
get our high schooler to try them for training,
and they refused. It could be that when they
single hand, they have no one to blame their
mistakes on.
S

"Walt" wrote in message
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: Pony Express wrote:
:
:
: The thing I don't understand is why our
: highschoolers don't like the JY's. They want
: 420's or FJ's because they're 'faster'. Truth
is
: that the JY is faster than either of them.
:
: The 420 and the FJ are standard collegiate
racing boats. The JY is
: not. I think that's part of the prejudice, even
though as you correctly
: state the JY is signifignantly faster than the
420 or the 14-foot sleep
: aid known as the Flying Junior.
:
: So, why isn't the JY a college racing boat?
Part of it's tradition,
: surely, but there's another piece of the puzzle
that I just found out a
: couple of weeks ago. A lot of college racing is
team racing where boat
: handling and tactics is more important than boat
speed. The problem
: with the JY is that it's hard to stop it cold in
it's tracks. Now, you
: might not think "stopping the boat" is all that
important in racing, but
: it is at the collegiate level.
:
:
:
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: //-Walt
: //
: //