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Walt
 
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Default Any Dinghy Sailors Out There?

Pony Express wrote:

I'll agree on the tradition part. Tactics can't
be used as an excuse not to use a JY, though.


I'm just repeating what some of the college racers have told me. With a
420 they can pull in front of an opponent and put on the brakes. That
maneuver is less effective in a JY.

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.


And here I thought it was the lucky wind shift that mattered. (c:


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