On Saturday, 20 April 2013 20:37:00 UTC-3, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:17:57 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:



On 4/20/13 6:58 PM, Wayne B wrote:

We're getting along into late April and it's time to splash,

especially in the Chesapeake and farther south, but even the northeast

should be warming up by now. When I was racing sailboats on Long

Island Sound we would have already been out for practice at least once

by this time.



When I was 10 to 16 years old racing sailboats on Long Island Sound, the

water temps at this time of year were usually in the high 40's to very

low 50's, a bit nippy for the Blue Jay, Lighting and Star "fleets" at

the local clubs. The Blue Jays, especially, were tippy in the short,

sudden gusts on the Sound. Hardly anyone left the shelter of the harbor

to even race around Charles Island.



I've been told some Connecticut clubs have gone to Pixels. I'll try to

check it out when I'm up there a little later this year.



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Not much gong on in Blue Jays anymore. We ended up donating ours to

a sailing foundation in Connecticut that teaches inner city kids about

boats.

A few years ago the Royal NS Yacht Squadron was home to a couple Blue Jays painted in 2 popular beer brand colours.
They were sold off. I hear there is a lake around here that has a small fleet of them.