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Originally Posted by BroadHopper

So what your saying a sailboat can actually change the course of Mt Washington, Sophie C and Doris E.

Sorry, I don't buy it!

It's safe to say that the Mt Washington, Sophie C and Doris E have all changed course for a sailboat—but that's not what I'm saying.

Of which I repeat:

When a sailboat is "working to windward", it needs all the space it can get. Those with inadequate training in all boats, get all-panicky.

Sailboats also come uncomfortably close to shorelines, in order to "make passage".

In sailboat racing, it takes especially-great skills when inches count:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtPG3...layer_embedded