(I only talk from personal experience..... ask my father how you sail a 2 man performance dinghy when the 12yr old has just jumped off the back and started swimming like fury back towards the shore.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif)
Before you said that I was going to suggest that it would have been a good one for Question of Sport's "What happened next?" slot. Sailing doesn't get many mentions there.