February 16, 2007

• Back On the Water

  I noticed that my old sailing club placed in the top 5 for their collegiate division.  I am so awed!  This was a club that had like all of 5 members back in 1997, and 5 broken down boats.  Now they have over 40 members and are competing with the best of their division.  What a nice change!  Just as Iowa does, they prove that really good sailors can come from cornfields.  How awesome is that!

  Another commodore once told me that sailing clubs cycle.  Even here in Texas, some locals tell me that there used to be a pretty big sailing population in my city.  Now, for some reason, it has died down.  He says there used to be catamarans on the local lakes all the time.  How interesting.  Perhaps I will revive sailing down here, too.  There’s certainly enough wind for it!

  I really think my local university could use a sailing club.  Apparently, there is one, because when I do a web search, I come up with a reference to this mythical group.  Obviously it’s not very active anymore, if at all.

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