laser sailingd, remember how we thought sailing the laser was so cool because the tacking and gybing was done facing forward, and the tiller extension had to be held behind the back for a while before switching to the front? and the boat actually had a angular front so it cuts the water and waves unlike the topper. plus the laser is made of fibreglass and looked way more professional than the plastic colourful toppers. remember ms kang's incident? the thrill you had just being on the boat; even ms kang's scolding couldn't kill your joy because You Just Sailed A Laser! haha. i cannot remember the super nice vj girl's name already. i wonder if the people on the committee boats during our laser competitions had the same desire? well, in my knowledge, none had the audacity to do what you did though. as it turned out, the tacking and gybing are not as WOW as it seemed, especially the gybing in strong winds- i don't think i ever overcame my fear to do that. the boat, contrary to what i thought, does slam like nobody's business into waves. this i can vouch for because there was a race when people overlapped me while i was doing the first upwind leg- the horror! and those girls make sailing the laser look so easy! my my, i dare say it's one of the most demanding tasks my body had to go through (besides running the 2.4 or any distance beyong 1km heh). okay i admit i'm also about the un-fittest sailor around. but you know, once you have tried it, there's no going back. not to the byte, not to the topper. the laser with all the pulleys (shucks i forgot what the system is called) rocks socks! i wanna go sailing sailing sailing!
p.s. i realised i don't know where's my level 1 card again. sigh.
