December 2, 2004
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Buccaneer 18
Homegrown Tomato, a Buccaneer 18, now in Arizona
(Picture stolen from http://www.sailingtexas.com/sbuccaneerb.html)I never got to sail one, but I hear that the Buccaneer 18′s are a blast — with a Portsmouth rating of 87.9, sailed properly, they’re really fast boats. (For reference purposes, a Laser has a Portsmouth rating of only 91.3.) As someone else once said. . . I like anything that can make me go faster than I can run or swim. Plus, who can resist a charismatic pirate? AARRRRGH! For more information on Buccs, see the class website at http://www.buccaneer18.org/.
First You Have To Row A Little Boat
by Richard Bode“The skills I acquired as a sailor served me well, for they gave me a sense of pace which I might not otherwise possess. I see people all about me who have never developed an adequate inner clock and who are never at one with the wind because of it. The frantic individual tacks too soon, jumping from job to job, friendship to friendship, spouse to spouse, losing headway at every turn. The obtuse individual remains on the same tack too long, investing too much time, talent, and energy in a course that takes him far from his avowed objective. But the seasoned sailor stays on the same tack as long as it appears advantageous, and then, at the appropriate moment, pushes the tiller toward the sail and deftly changes direction.”
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