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Joe
 
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Default trashed a J 100 tonight sail # USA 11


DSK wrote:
Joe wrote:

The new sails are slick, the rudder flawless, Light winds-6-8 knots. I
wish I lost my old rudder a long time ago!

Anyone know what kind of boat has a red star on the sails? 20 something
footer?
Man they can point high!


Did it look like this?
http://www.wolfartsberger.at/graphic...81_2000_gr.jpg

The it was a Star. Very cool boats, they rule in light air
despite the lack of a spinnaker.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_(sailboat)

They're lots of fun to sail althought the big main and
noodly mast give them some unusual habits compared to other
boats.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King


Cool looking boats Doug.

Question, I've never flown a spinnaker, looked at similar sized boats
last night that were flying spinnakers. Some had spinnaker poles, some
did not.

Now my bow is to small for anyone to stand and attach a pole, do the
small boats have a block and tackle that pull the pole up to the mast?.
or do they just keep the pole attached to the mast?

What I can not understand is why there are ZERO skiffs here. I've never
seen a skiff here in Texas...ever .....and we have a huge concentration
of boats here.

A nice skiff would leave everything on the lake way behind.

Joe