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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (10154)	4/20/2002 7:10:10 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

<<Youe son is lucky. I was in my mid-20s before I learned how to sail.>> I've never done much sailing although I did get to steer a 10 meter day racer on Lake of the Woods in Canada. I did learn how to run a power boat when I was 11. It was a small boat, about 16', and the owner taught me the controls and all about nun and can buoys. Our trip was to Kentucky Lake and one evening my dad and the boat owner thought it would be a nice night to go white bass fishing. Never mind that storms were forecast. We went several miles to where we were going to fish and the skies opened up. Pitch black and the owner of the boat grabbed his chest and keeled over. Heart attack. My dad had never even started a boat before so he started feeding the guy Nitro tablets and I got us to the dock. Fast drive through the hills with the windows open to the man's house. His wife was a nurse and had everything on hand to treat him. A shot, some oxygen and a drink and he was ok an hour later.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (10154)	4/20/2002 11:02:34 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

A moth or so ago we had a few weeks of just continuous 20-25 knot winds. I sailed a lot in it, but always seemed to have other people's kids on the boat, or screamy people that freaked out if I lifted the windward hull. I finally got tired of being conservative and invited a surfer friend out, just the two of us. Serious speed day. Had lunch at a beach place, went back out. After about an hour I noticed that the starboard hull was riding really low, like it had taken on water. As soon as I decided to move back to lift the bow, we went down a wave, buried the hull, and planed down at about a 45 degree angle. Pitchpoled the thing, complete forward flip. Took half an hour to get it upright. The hull had a lot of water in it. Turned out that while we were eating lunch some jackass had walked down the beach and punched two holes in the hull, looked like it was done with a screwdriver or similar implement. Luckily there are guys here that build boats and are good with fiberglass. It was easy enough to fix. Last time I park the boat on that beach, though.