Jeff wrote:
Walt wrote:
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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.

I doubt they're practicing at all, the river is normally frozen but
there was a thaw yesterday. They probably just launched to claim "first
sail of the year" and there's not enough room to actually do much sailing.

Yeah, that sounds plausible.

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

Fat Tuesday?


Yeah, Fat Tuesday. The Poles in the Detroit area celebrate it by eating
ginormous disgusting jelly doughnoughts called Paczki (pronounced
Punch-ski).

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.

To complicate this more, MIT has 18 FJ's and 6 420's, all by Vanguard.

So, a 75% chance of it being an FJ? It's certainly not a Tech Dinghy, a
Rhodes 19, a Hobie 20 or a Laser.

//Walt