-=> Quoting David Sugar to Neil Ferguson <=-
 DS> Well then; would you know where to find used JY-15's at a resonable
 NF> What is a JY-15?  Also, I'm afraid I'm all the way over 
 NF> here in the UK, just
 NF> outside London to be slightly more precise, and I don't 
 NF> think you'd want to
 NF> come all the way over here to get a JY-15 - What ever they are! 
 DS> price?  This past fall Baltimore County set up a high school sailing
 NF> Depends on what you call reasonable!  I have a Topper myself...  I might
 NF> have a Laser in a years time (ish!).
 NF> I know you have Toppers over there because I saw one there on one of my
 NF> holidays - New England/Maine actually...
 DS> boat to start with.  I really enjoyed the JY-15's because of the
 DS> speed; though they seemed very capable of capsizing in strong winds. 
 NF> Thats half the fun!  Not from what you describe below however...!
 DS> I would like to at least find something that 
 NF> probably would be good to
 DS> sail in the Baltimore Harbor.(note: the harbor has a lot of gas; oil;
 NF> This is not sounding good.  I much prefer our lake by the sounds of it -
 NF> Papercourt S.C actually!
 DS> trash; ect... floating in it at certain places, for the most part it
 DS> is kept presentable but early in the morning for example I found a
 DS> dead cat in the water and so I would like to try to find something
 NF>      ^^^^^^^^ Seriously GROSS!  That is horrible.  
 NF> Maybe it was heart failure?
 DS> that doesn't capsize; the Baltimore Harbor is still cleaner than the
 DS> Boston Harbor though.)
 NF> You'll never find something that doesn't capsize, but I 
 NF> can hold up a Topper
 NF> in a force 6 - tidal waters - sailing upwind - against a 6 knot tide.  
e
 NF> were racing in the force 6 gusting 7.  It turned out, that out of the 27
 NF> boats scheduled to start, only 8 managed to get over the start line 
before
 NF> capsizing and retiring.  Even if you only completed one 
 NF> of the three laps you
 NF> were counted in the results, and so those who finished even one were 
ERY
 NF> pleased.  In fact, there were only two that did.  
 NF> Fortunately I was one - I
 NF> came second.  If it hadn't been for the fact that I 
 NF> capsized on a run with a
 NF> bit of the old death role!  I was having the time of 
 NF> the life.  All the boats
 NF> except the two of us had gone in (oh, and two were lost half a mile
 NF> downwind/into the harbour...).
 NF> Whoops, sorry, getting carried away there.  Its just 
 NF> that was the best race
 NF> I have had since I have started sailing.  I finished 
 NF> two laps, and was half
 NF> way round the third!  All I had was the beat home.
 NF> I know I am carrying on again, but it is nearly half 
 NF> past eleven, and I don't
 NF> want to have a shower tonight - I'll do it in the 
 NF> morning.  Therefore, ergo,
 NF> I will continue to bore you:
 NF> I was heading towards the buoy, the crowd (the sea gulls that flew past
 NF> backwards with pained squawking) were cheering, I was 
 NF> just behind the leader.
 NF> I was on port, with a port rounding, as I approached the crowd was going
 NF> wild!  But wait!  I was too close the the buoy - I was going to hit it.
 NF> Quick as lightning my brain switched on (I use it only when necessary to
 NF> conserve energy and sanity!).  Unfortunately, it told my body to yank 
he
 NF> tiller towards my (to turn me away from the mark) - I did, and CAPSIZE.
 NF> It took nearly ten minutes for me to be rescued, I 
 NF> couldn't get the boat back
 NF> up!  In the end they came over, and towed me back.  They might have gone 
a
 NF> bit slower - I didn't even get to see a wave coming 
 NF> before I bounced and hit
 NF> the deck.
 NF> Anyway, I have finished boring you, why don't you tell me about 
omething
 NF> really exciting that has happened to you.  Don't forget:
 NF> "Latest headline:  Man denies comitting suicide..."
 NF> Good titles always catch the reader!
 NF> By the way, I have just been made one of the editors of 
 NF> my school newspaper -
 NF> I am practising a lot...
 NF> Thanks for putting up with my drivel - now we can say 
 NF> that this is definitely
 NF> not off topic!
 DS>  Thanks for your help
 NF>  Its nice chatting with you...
 NF> See ya,
 NF> Neil
 NF> ====
 NF> ... ARRRRRGGGHHH!!!! ... Tension breaker, had to be done.
 NF> --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 [NR]
Sorry for all of the quoting but here is a funny story for you.  It was my 
first time ever skippering when it happened.  Well anyway on that day the 
winds started out light and so as a result the boat was manageable.  But 
within about an hour the winds were starting to pick up.  We were having a 
series of races and what do you know.... I hit the committee boat.  Anyway a 
couple of weeks later we had our final day of learning how to race and on 
that day there were some writers from a local newspaper doing an article on 
the sailing program.  Of course I told them that by mistake a couple weeks 
before I hit the committee boat not thinking that they would put something as 
irrelevant as that into the article.  Though what do you know than the 
following friday when the article came out it said that I hit the committee 
boat.  Anyway that's not the only funny story to tell you.  One time when I 
was at work I was learning how to drive the boat which we call the chase 
boat(probably a 10foot boston whaler).  Anyway by mistake(and this was during 
business hours) I didn't know how to slow the boat down and drove up onto the 
dock.  Of course the landing was padded some by the paddle boats that were in 
the way(Oh, I didn't tell you, I work at a paddle boat dock in Baltimore's 
Harbor which is a big tourist attraction).  Anyway now to ask you one 
question.  What grade are you in?  I go to a high school called Boys' Latin 
and if you get the television show "Homicide" in the U.K. and you watch it 
then you may have seen Boys' Latin.  It was the episode that Elijah Wood 
starred in.  Anyway I write for the school newspaper called the Inkwell.
Talk to you later.
David Sugar
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