On 19 Aug 2008 14:32:01 -0500, Dave wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:58:14 -0400, said:
The original version didn't have any cladding. It was just the dense
styrofoam. I remember them being on display in Caldor's Department
store for either $79 or $99 complete. They offered a do-it-yourself
fiberglass kit.
I remember getting one for practically nothing with a coupon from Kool
cigarettes. It sat in the garage for a long time, and I'm not sure whether
or not I ever actually sailed it.
Boy does that bring back memories. My first sail was on one of those
Kool boats. Friend got one, we hauled it down to the beach and sailed
it about five miles down wind. Found out after the fact that it
didn't point all that well and could not make any decent headway to
weather, so we beached it and walked back to the car.
We spent the next week playing with modifications to the rig that
would make it point better, but never got to test it, his dog dug a
hole through the styrofoam hull and it broke in two.
Frank