Jay Livingston Blog

I no longer paint bottoms since I got a Laser and I don't develop websites. Knowing when to delegate is a skill and a blessing and I know to delegate all website techno-activities to my talented and cooperative brother at StrategicServers.net. All design and content issues are mine and all the good stuff is his. Thank you Kent Livingston!
He and I had help with some creative stuff from my thoughtful and talented nephew Quentin Livingston. He kept the two old guys honest.

Master Laser sailors will never make the Olympics. So why are we sailing such an athletic, wet boat? Because it is an athletic, wet boat and some people say we’re “over the hill” at 35.

I don’t like getting wet and cold; I get scared and tired and make stupid mistakes, but I also thrill at small moves in light air that I execute perfectly.

You can’t sail well without feelings. You need to psych yourself up and calm yourself down. You use the thrill of a wild noisy ride to get yourself out there on a windy day and you put in long hours of prep and practice because you know they will pay off in a controlled jib around the leeward mark and all those upside down hulls that use to be ahead of you.