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    Is the laser right for me?

    The sunfish is very easy to flip back up. On our first sailing trip ever this week my son wanted to show me how he could roll the boat back if it capsized. I was understandably nervous (our first time out). We sailed over to a dock and I jumped off. My son went out about 40 feet and basically...
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    Sailing in really shallow water

    Thanks for all the replies! I think thigh deep in this section could be pretty far out (maybe 200 yards). One great thing was that coming back the wind pretty much drove us right into the dock. About 50 yards out we pulled down the sail pulled the centerboard the rest of the way out and just...
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    Sailing in really shallow water

    Hi- I'm a complete newbie. My son got some time in a sunfish this summer at the local YMCA camp and really really wanted to take me out sailing with him. So we rented a sunfish from a local shop at the bottom of the bay near our house and headed out. He set up everything by himself (he's 9)...

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