Wow! Chris is no fool, so he kept the main sheet when he told me to take the tiller. I'm a Hobie 17 sailor. The nearest metaphor for this I can think of, is that it's like going from a nice sports car to an Indy car, with professional driver giving lessons. The boat can fly in the lightest of air, and the chute seemed like magic! We took a good spin around that part of the bay, and then it was time for someonelse to have a turn. I believe I'm still glowing from that ride. As I said later, I think Chris gave a few of us religion!