Donal wrote:

Well, I've had two wonderful weeks of dinghy sailing and windsurfing in
Turkey.

Ok. I'm jealous.

I'm shocked by the quantity of political crap that has been posted here
during my absence. In fact, I'm not going to bother to read most of it.

A wise choice. There's much better analysis elsewhere if that's your
cup of tea.

Anyway, I learned a couple of things in the last two weeks. Windsurfing is
great fun, but you really should learn to do it before you reach 40!

Yes, you should. But if you didn't, don't let that be an excuse. 40
isn't too late. I learned after 40.

Lasers are much easier to sail than Topaz's, - AND they go faster ....
especially downwind!!

I'm not familiar with the Topaz. Is it like a Topper? If it is,
there's no comparrison with a Laser.



Watching the youngsters was very interesting. The kids played a game
called "Pirates" using Topper Taz's. The Taz is a bit like an
Optimist(sp?). It is a beginner's dinghy.
There are two objectives in the game of Pirates.
The main objective is to capture your opponent's boat. You have to board
their boat and eject the occupant into the water. The secondary objective
is to simply capsize your opponent's boat. In other words, Pirates is a
game of total havoc! At any point in time about half of the 16 strong fleet
was capsized!!

The way we play Pirates, the objective is to steal the rudder off the
other boat. If you can't steal the rudder, the tiller will do. Yes,
I'm still a kid at heart.

So, where did you stay? More importantly, where can you rent Lasers &
windsurfers in Turkey?


--
// Walt
//
// There is no Volkl Conspiracy