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Any Dinghy Sailors Out There?
You're preaching to the choir, Doug.
S "DSK" wrote in message . .. : : 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 : |
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