2013 model sailboat regatta
Jammed up on a turn..
Rob's boat is yellow,
Rob sailing his boat
They have small bouys anchored in the pond, the boats sail between a set to be on course. touching a bouy is disqualifing...rules are the same as the real sail boats race by. The boats are about 5 or 6 feet tall, from keel to top of mast.
MY father's brothers built real boats..wooden speed boats for a bussiness. My father worked on a great lakes ship for 3 seasons. My mother's father worked for 10 years on great lakes freighters...sail powered ones, he quit when steam power came, afraid to sail on them...many of the early ones did explode! Ships and building them are family pursuits.