420 winged rudder

Originally posted by mikeriley1960   Best all race against them on the water in the true sailing spirt and sportsmanship like most of these young sailors do each weekend as they may just be an olympical sailor in a few years.   keep sailing

The thing is Dad, there's a large number of us on here that have been there and done that, and have a very large collection of t shirts to prove it.  Some of us even kept going when the bank of mum and dad ran dry, and well before the injection of lottery funding that meant swanky jackets and stuff showing how great we were.  We only stopped when we realised we were never going to be 'olympical' (is that a new word?) and now, actually, many of us spend our days and dollars doing what you do.

 I think that gives us the right to be cynical and yes, sometimes a little short sighted, but at least we're still interested and still getting out and afloat rather than just watching and judging.

not all all Olly.  just trying to inject some fun and competition

and there's me working hard to dispel the myths...

Originally posted by pondmonkey Originally posted by 2547 The biggest insult is for the n12 owner, fancy someone thinking you hi-tec 12 is dog of a 420.  maybe they could send their parents on here to complain about it too?

Don't.  Next we'll have someone from the N12 CA on here telling us at no point in the past, present or future has anyone N12 sailor tried to pass their boat off as a 420.

Originally posted by 2547 The biggest insult is for the n12 owner, fancy someone thinking you hi-tec 12 is dog of a 420.