April 10, 2003

• REMOTE CONTROL SAILBOATS

  The weather where I am is cold again — “glove-wearing” cold. However today wasn’t too bad. It warmed up enough, and the sun came out. So I said yes, when one of my sailing clubmates asked me if I wanted to be part of his aviation experiment. Basically he had to try to teach someone with no prior flying experience how to fly a flight simulator. Very interesting! It was really hard though, because you have to look at several dials constantly in order to keep track of your altitude, roll, pitch, windspeed, vertical speed, propeller rpms, etc. I’m not good at multitasking, so I’m glad I don’t do it for a living.

  That aside, I have some pictures of our sailing club’s trip to Chicago. Aside from getting to peek inside all the different sailboats, my favorite part was sailing these remote controlled sailboats. They were perfect miniature sailboats, down to the jib-sheets and the battens. So cute!

  So, here are some pictures of these pint-sized things next to some of the full-sized Catalinas on display next to them. These cute little boats are fun to sail when the weather is inclement, but they cost about $300 each (and that’s not even assembled). My own real life boat cost me $500, trailer and all.

  

  
  Always good winds in the remote-control pond.

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