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Walt Walt is offline
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Default Winter Sailing in Boston
wrote:
Jeff wrote:
Click on the newspaper for a larger picture. It looks like they're
doing donuts in an MIT Club FJ.

Snazzy paint job. Looks more like a 420 to me (not tubby enough to be
an FJ) but it could be. Not a great photo, looks like the jib backed
and if they just tacked, then they turned at least 70 degrees too far
(or maybe tacked from a reach). It almost looks like the jibs aback.

The wake does indeed make it look like they're doing donuts.

Looks like they're practicing penalty turns. Which look a lot like
doughnoughts.

Or maybe they actually are doing doughnoughts? Yesterday was Paczki
day, although I'm not aware that anybody celebrates that in Boston.

As for the identity of the boat, the stripes at the head of the mainsail
would indicate FJ. But it may be a 420 - it's hard to tell from the
picture.

//Walt