Pony Express wrote:
Just how big are you? We have had some pretty big
people in them, both for racing and learn to sail.
What don't you like about the acp? It's perfect
for club boats. No spider webbing or cracking
when boats bump and it stands up to hauling over a
beach far better than glass.

Agreed. The thing I don't like about the ACP boats is that they are
slippery. Stick-on non-skid improves things somewhat, but molded in
non-skid all over is better.


The thing I don't understand is why our
highschoolers don't like the JY's. They want
420's or FJ's because they're 'faster'. Truth is
that the JY is faster than either of them.

The JY is MUCH faster. Take a couple of JY-15s to a college sailing club
and jump into a few of their practices... or take them to a real regatta
against either FJs or 420s. The JY will literally sail rings around
them. In regattas I've been at, the slowest JY lapped the fastest 420.

The real reason why the kids want 420s or FJs is because that's what all
the college clubs have. Conformists!

15 years ago, when the JY was a new boat, I tried to break this cycle.
As a result, NC State has a fleet of JY-15s which we hosted regattas
with for a few year... all the racers loved them, the coaches all griped
about "strange boats" and most of them have bought at least two
replacement fleets of club 420s and/or FJs... and NC State still has
it's fleet of original JY-15s.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King