Re: Individual styles of sailing

Bill Combs (ttursine@earthlink.net)
Mon, 01 Nov 1999 11:14:55 -0600


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> I urge every one to race dinghies. For me it opened a whole new world
> in sailing and what is possible. The most important thing is that it has
> made me a better and safer sailor in both light and heavy winds.

Demonstrating yet again that there is a strong core of truth in most
homilies, in this case that old jewel: "all is relative."

Given my propensity to Potter far afield, I tend to be surrounded by
"cruising" sailors with much larger vessels. I urge every one of them to
sail something the size of the P19, as doing so will "open a whole new
world in sailing and what is possible" and make them "a better and safer
sailor in both light and heavy winds." 'Struth.

[Let's see now, applying media-level sophistry to these facts would
indicate that floating on one's back with a mast in one's navel (naval? :-)
would be the best experience of all.]

Regards,

Bill Combs
WWP 19 #439 (Aug 1987)
"Ursa Minor"
Fort Walton Beach FL
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