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>I would like to support your efforts to eliminate pejorative terms
>such as "door" from the newsgroup.  However, the quid pro quo will be
>your support for the poor "slow" longboard, that obviously cannot
>plane, nor would anyone other than a newbie with shallow pockets be
>seen on.

>I suggest that we form a society to protect our chosen steeds from
>slander.  I would suggest a simple name, such as "The benevolent
>protectorship of longitudinally or laterally challenged sail powered
>water conveyances" I believe that such a catchy name will help to
>rapidly fill our ranks with supporters.

>I mean, just because there are pin-heads of liliputian proportions who
>can't hold down a 9.0 in 20+ conditions on a board longer or wider
>than their car, doesn't mean that those of us of "correct" proportions
>(over 6 ft, over 190 lbs) should have to tolerate their purile,
>callow, inane dribble.  If these nay-sayers can't keep a civil tongue
>in their heads, we should borrow Brian's (The Dog) arsenal and monster
>truck and drive over all their little, weeny boards, then shoot holes
>in their piddly little camberless sails that only a pink minivan
>driver could love.

>All in the name of brotherly love and tolerance, of course.

>Benevolently yours,

>Jack (Sarasota)

> Endo

>> What did that guy with the "wharf" say?

>> Endo

>Actually I prefer the term "Sail powered SUV",  something like a Chevy
>Suburban with better gas mileage.

>Jack (Sarasota)

> If I mentioned the term "barge sailing", would you be offended?

> Endo

> On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:16:27 GMT, "Jack \(Sarasota\)"

> >> What did that guy with the "wharf" say?

> >> Endo

> >Actually I prefer the term "Sail powered SUV",  something like a Chevy
> >Suburban with better gas mileage.

> >Jack (Sarasota)

> Endo

> On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:16:27 GMT, "Jack \(Sarasota\)"

> >> What did that guy with the "wharf" say?

> >> Endo

> >Actually I prefer the term "Sail powered SUV",  something like a Chevy
> >Suburban with better gas mileage.

> >Jack (Sarasota)

>They won't be around long enough to even hear such "snide" comments.
>The wide boards will go by so fast and disappear over the horizon so
>quickly
>that these comments won't even be heard.
>You can call them whatever you like.

>But when you finally get to sail one, I think your comments will change,
>very quickly.
>The most common comment I've heard is  "Wow, why didn't I try this
>technology
>sooner." "These boards rock!"

>any day of
>the week in any conditions.
>Roger

>> If I mentioned the term "barge sailing", would you be offended?

>> Endo

>> On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:16:27 GMT, "Jack \(Sarasota\)"

>> >> What did that guy with the "wharf" say?

>> >> Endo

>> >Actually I prefer the term "Sail powered SUV",  something like a Chevy
>> >Suburban with better gas mileage.

>> >Jack (Sarasota)

> They won't be around long enough to even hear such "snide"
comments.
> The wide boards will go by so fast and disappear over the
horizon so
> quickly
> that these comments won't even be heard.
> You can call them whatever you like.

> But when you finally get to sail one, I think your

> > If I mentioned the term "barge sailing", would you be
offended?

> > Endo

> > On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:16:27 GMT, "Jack \(Sarasota\)"

> > >> What did that guy with the "wharf" say?

> > >> Endo

> > >Actually I prefer the term "Sail powered SUV",

> > >Jack (Sarasota)

> Actually Roger,  Endo was deprecating my Equippe II.

> Endo,  Please refer to the terminal portions of my diatribe.
> Please move out of the way of your boards if you see any
> large pickups or gun-toting tall people coming your way.

> Jack (Sarasota)

> > Hmmmmmm.... Offended?
> > I don't think so!
> > Why should the sailors out there on the earliest planing,
> fastest,
> > widest range
> > of use recreational/race boards currently in existence be
> offended
> > by what the slower sailors on narrow boards call these
> wonderful new
> > wide
> > rocket boards?

> They won't be around long enough to even hear such "snide" comments.
> The wide boards will go by so fast and disappear over the horizon so
> quickly
> that these comments won't even be heard.
> You can call them whatever you like.

> But when you finally get to sail one, I think your comments will change,
> very quickly.
> The most common comment I've heard is  "Wow, why didn't I try this
> technology
> sooner." "These boards rock!"

> any day of
> the week in any conditions.
> Roger

> > If I mentioned the term "barge sailing", would you be offended?

> > Endo

> > On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:16:27 GMT, "Jack \(Sarasota\)"

> > >> What did that guy with the "wharf" say?

> > >> Endo

> > >Actually I prefer the term "Sail powered SUV",  something like a Chevy
> > >Suburban with better gas mileage.

> > >Jack (Sarasota)

> So just leave Roger to his wide-board technology, Endo to
his wide-
> eyed newbie euphoria and what ever others to their
opinions.  Cause
> they all seem to have forgotten what you and I both know,
that:

>     time on the water + smiles = good times

> Everything else is just details.

> The Dog

> > Actually Roger,  Endo was deprecating my Equippe II.

> > Endo,  Please refer to the terminal portions of my
diatribe.
> > Please move out of the way of your boards if you see any
> > large pickups or gun-toting tall people coming your way.

> > Jack (Sarasota)

wrote

> > > Hmmmmmm.... Offended?
> > > I don't think so!
> > > Why should the sailors out there on the earliest
planing,
> > fastest,
> > > widest range
> > > of use recreational/race boards currently in existence
be
> > offended
> > > by what the slower sailors on narrow boards call these
> > wonderful new
> > > wide
> > > rocket boards?

> --
>     Brian "The Dog" Cunningham
>  http://web2.airmail.net/bcunning

>     Some days you're the dog,
> and some days you're the hydrant.

>Was there a particular position you were looking for in our
>Society?

>Jack  :)

>> Gee I was just considering buying a custom balsawood
>Marginal Planing Board
>> made somewhere in the Australian Outback.  Wasn't that
>being hyped up in
>> here a year ago or so.  Now I have to think about wide
>boards. But I'm torn
>> between these two board types and saving my money for the
>next big thing to
>> come out next year.  I read that some obscure board
>company in the mountains
>> of Marrakech are building a new concept "windfoil"
>sailboard.  This article
>> in Scientific American Windsurfer
>> http://www.sciamerws/windsurfing/bs/morebs/html said it
>sort of resembled a
>> miniature catamaran with four fins.  The 55 year-old
>creator who weighs
>> about 110 lbs., reportedly can plane the board in as
>little winds as 3 mph
>> and sail 5.2 times the speed of wind.  The article also
>said he used a "next
>> generation" Neil Ga'aish prototype 10m2 twin-mini cambered
>"bi-sail", with
>> "advanced self-tuning leach" technology (ASTL), oval
>flex-head design (OFH),
>> reinforced ultralite carbon-wired luff panels (RUCW),
>adjusting downhaul
>> expansion luffsleeve partitions (ADELP), mini-microlite
>foil guiding battens
>> system with auto-tension sensors (MMFGBSATS) and rigged it
>on with two state
>> of the art 99.9% carbon masts by Fiberex.  They said
>they'll be selling the
>> board-rig combo for $9,899.99 thru one U.S. dealer
>worldwide.  The
>> International Olympic committee supposedly is funding the
>project.

>> This is going to be great.  Next year, I can't wait to be
>the very first
>> sailor with one of these showing off in dead calm water.

>in message

>> > Hmmmmmm.... Offended?
>> > I don't think so!
>> > Why should the sailors out there on the earliest
>planing, fastest,
>> > widest range
>> > of use recreational/race boards currently in existence
>be offended
>> > by what the slower sailors on narrow boards call these
>wonderful new
>> > wide
>> > rocket boards?

>> > They won't be around long enough to even hear such
>"snide" comments.
>> > The wide boards will go by so fast and disappear over
>the horizon so
>> > quickly
>> > that these comments won't even be heard.
>> > You can call them whatever you like.

>> > But when you finally get to sail one, I think your
>comments will change,
>> > very quickly.
>> > The most common comment I've heard is  "Wow, why didn't
>I try this
>> > technology
>> > sooner." "These boards rock!"

>than "complaining"
>> > any day of
>> > the week in any conditions.
>> > Roger

>> > > If I mentioned the term "barge sailing", would you be
>offended?

>> > > Endo

>> > > On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:16:27 GMT, "Jack \(Sarasota\)"

>> > > >> What did that guy with the "wharf" say?

>> > > >> Endo

>> > > >Actually I prefer the term "Sail powered SUV",
>something like a Chevy
>> > > >Suburban with better gas mileage.

>> > > >Jack (Sarasota)

> Darn,

> I was going to make you Sergeant at Arms of our Society.

> Endo,  Please refer to the terminal portions of my diatribe.
> Please move out of the way of your boards if you see any
> large pickups or gun-toting tall people coming your way.

> Jack (Sarasota)

> > Hmmmmmm.... Offended?
> > I don't think so!
> > Why should the sailors out there on the earliest planing,
> fastest,
> > widest range
> > of use recreational/race boards currently in existence be
> offended
> > by what the slower sailors on narrow boards call these
> wonderful new
> > wide
> > rocket boards?

> > They won't be around long enough to even hear such "snide"
> comments.
> > The wide boards will go by so fast and disappear over the
> horizon so
> > quickly
> > that these comments won't even be heard.
> > You can call them whatever you like.

> > But when you finally get to sail one, I think your
> comments will change,
> > very quickly.
> > The most common comment I've heard is  "Wow, why didn't I
> try this
> > technology
> > sooner." "These boards rock!"

> "complaining"
> > any day of
> > the week in any conditions.
> > Roger

> > > If I mentioned the term "barge sailing", would you be
> offended?

> > > Endo

> > > On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:16:27 GMT, "Jack \(Sarasota\)"

> > > >> What did that guy with the "wharf" say?

> > > >> Endo

> > > >Actually I prefer the term "Sail powered SUV",
> something like a Chevy
> > > >Suburban with better gas mileage.

> > > >Jack (Sarasota)