If anyone cannot make up their mind about wanting the beautiful natural wood
design showing through, this should help!!!
Roger
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From: "Robert Harper" <rharper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <BDally6107@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: from Mike CAN 001
Mike I think you hit the nail on the head. I had a 505 once and I find the
Swift more fun to sail. Race day in De Soto was my third time on the boat
and first time in over 20 years on a trapeze. I did not find the boat hard
to sail and I don't think the learning curve is at all long. The boat is a
joy to sail and the best way to sail them is enjoy it and don't think too
much. You don't have time like you do in other boats. This is not a
drawback for me. It just makes it easier to get lost in the joy of
sailing. The boat goes so fast and is so light that you don't require a
lot of strength.
Mike's point on the upkeep is also not to be lost. The wood is the core
and the only reason you see it is that we cover it in E-glass and clear
epoxy. You may cover the wood with some other color if you want it to look
like a plastic boat and no one would know. If you do, you loose one of the
biggest chances to meet new people there is. They gather more people than
a cute little puppy in a park.
As for the time spent. The time spent building and sailing your Swift can
never be subtracted from you life. I built mine so that I could afford to
regain the excitement of high performance sailing without having to dig up
someone as hooked on water and adrenaline as I am. My only regret is that
I don't have enough time to sail as often as I would like.
Remember my mantra:
Don't be good. Have lots of fun.
Sail fast, live large, and love life.
Robert Harper
BDally6107@xxxxxxx wrote:
This is an email that Mike asked me to forward.
Bram
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From:
Michael Jocelyn <mikejocelyn@xxxxxxx>
Date:
Fri, 13 May 2005 23:34:35 -0700
To:
Bram Daly <bdally6107@xxxxxxx>
Hi Bram could you please post this note onto gatzooks.I think you people
are missing the point, the Swift is a clear coated fiberglass sheathed
CEDAR cored skiff. It is a sailboat that CAN be raced,but, should be
used to sail fast single handed whilst being envied by the rest of the
world. Not everybody needs to race to enjoy sailing, myself included.I
think you are doing the class a disservice by focusing to much on the
racing aspect of the Swift. I have spent the last 3 years learning to
sail the Swift and now, I am able to roar around English Bay {Vancouver]
and I am still screaming[with pleasure] and having a fantastic time
riding the wind,let me tell you there is no other single
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