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Just by the way, the recent famous images of Mr. Kerry windsurfing off Nantucket reveal a bit more about the man to the expert eye. Kerry was sailing on what we call "light air" gear, that is, a gigantic sail ( I would estimate something in the 11 square meter range) and a huge board with much, much flotation.

No hard-core windsurfer would be caught dead on a rig like that. If you need a sail that big and a board the size of the Titanic, then guess what ? IT ISN'T WINDY ENOUGH TO GO SAILING !

Real sailors head out when high winds call for sails in the 5 square meter size, or smaller, and boards so small ( and therefore fast and maneuverable) that they won't even float the sailor unless they are moving along at a decent clip. They are big skis, not small boats.

Kerry's wussy rig is what you use when you must be seen to be windsurfing. Sailing a rig like that is to real windsurfing what skippering a supertanker is to riding a jetski.

p>Now, I know John Kerry is a decent windsurfer, but these photos are just more phony baloney. The hardcore windsurfer's credo is "Just say 'no" to six-point-oh", meaning that if you need a sail in a size bigger than 5.0 square meters, there ain't no point. br> -- Paul Kotik br> Plantation, Florida /p> p> WEED EATERS br> Re: Steve Sailer's The Kinds Are Alwrong :

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