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Any Dinghy Sailors Out There?
Pony Express wrote:
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 420 and the FJ are standard collegiate racing boats. The JY is not. I think that's part of the prejudice, even though as you correctly state the JY is signifignantly faster than the 420 or the 14-foot sleep aid known as the Flying Junior. So, why isn't the JY a college racing boat? Part of it's tradition, surely, but there's another piece of the puzzle that I just found out a couple of weeks ago. A lot of college racing is team racing where boat handling and tactics is more important than boat speed. The problem with the JY is that it's hard to stop it cold in it's tracks. Now, you might not think "stopping the boat" is all that important in racing, but it is at the collegiate level. -- //-Walt // // |
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