gentle pitch>>> Intergallactic Flatlanders Laser Championships

[Keeldude@xxxxxxx]

Got your attention huh??
 
This event will be held at the site where Last year's O'days were raced and  
the J-22 North Americans were just completed.  These guys are great  hosts. 
During the J-22 event, they even had a huge impromptu  bonfire
_http://www.okcboatclub.com/race/notices/labor.html_ 
(http://www.okcboatclub.com/race/notices/labor.html) 
 
 
Wind?  Look at a map.  Everybody in Oklahoma knows that Texas  blows and 
Kansas sucks. Oklahoma is a wasteland with nothing, not even a tall  building, in 
the way so the wind just blasts across the state.
 
The place has daily tests of the tornado sirens. The local Laser fleet  uses 
those horns as warning signals. They say the best way to find your  boat after 
a tornado is to ride it through the funnel.   I know most  of you live where 
the wind never considers blowing hard and you are too chicken  to even try 
some real central states flatland sailing.  You can  probably fake it.  Bring 
your boat and rig up.  Sometimes even  Oklahoma has light wind.  It is a 
September event. If there is ever a time  when the wind might moderate, it is 
September. You can act like you had the  nerve to sail in real sailor's wind and even 
sail if some of that light air  happens. They also allow Radials and 4.7 rigs 
for wimps who can't handle  real sails.
 
Or you could simply stay home and make up a story about having other  
commitments or not enough time or money.  Yeah right.  Nobody will  believe that 
crap. Everybody knows sailors are all rich trust fund babies. 
 
So, are you a real Laser sailor or do you wear hiking pants to get  better 
tan lines?  All the real sailors will be out on Lake  Hefner in a few weeks. The 
water will still be warm enough for t shirt sailing  and after sailing all 
day in Oklahoma winds Katie Towles throws a great party  for anybody who is able 
to stay awake. 
 
Fred
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