OK, there are some really interesting conversations going on around who the hell is linked with who, the conversation is currently between Tillerman, OG, Litoralis and me... involves others (of course) and has the bizzare conclusions as follows:
I'm linked with OG, her post (6 degrees of sailing seperation)explains it better but basically through a friend I met at Microsoft UK, who is now in Oz, I now have a link to OG in Brisbane...
And when I was sailing well and winning the Optimist selection Trials at Rutland Water in the UK back in 1987, Tillerman and Litoralis were probably there sailing Lasers at the same time, and are now in America and we now know each other through the sailing-blogosphere!
Johnsee has boat, connections as well and I'm sure others out there do to...
As OG says, sailing isn't in the most part an elitist sport, it's a family, its a bond its a common urge and a joint karma...
Peace brothers and sisters lets connect together...
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Litoralis was 9 in 1987 so he was sailing Optimists at Rutland not Lasers. But we got to thinking, some of the older kids we knew at Rutland SC were in the Optimist National Training Squad and you probably knew them too. Remember any of the names? Solomons or Miller ring a bell? Connections maybe?
Conections they are.. I remmeber the Solomons and the Milers... do you remember the late John Merricks and his family? Yeh we were regularly training at Rutland so probably bumped into lots of connections!
Oh yeah. I was there the year when John Merrciks was given his 420 and used to race my Laser against him when Rutland had handicap or pursuit races. I think Nick was the name of the oldest Solomons kid who would have been about your age. Litoralis was the same age as Alex Solomons (I think that was his name) and they were great rivals in the younger end of the Opti fleet. I remember that Dusty Miller the father was the race officer the first time that Litoralis raced in the Opti fleet there.
See - lots of connections.
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