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Old 09-27-2000
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Purchasing a used bluejay

I raced Bluejays as a kid. They were the primary Jr. trainer on Long Island Sound. They were typically sailed with crew weights of a couple hundred pounds of less. They were quite weight sensative: too much weight and they were really sluggish, to little weight and they were hard to keep level enough to be competetive enough in a breeze.

Even by the standard of the day they were quite heavy and a bit under canvassed and so were considered pretty slow. They pointed OK but were no match for boats like the Flying Jr. or a 420.

I don''t think two adults are light enough to race one competitively. I could be wrong but it seems like the older kids began to loose competetiveness at some point and moved on.

Still they make nice daysailors for an adult or two and would be fun to own in an envirnment with a bit more breeze than Long Island Sound.

BTW: Is your boat wood?

Good luck
Jeff
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