Hey Rick,
we'll have to ask Mary about that swimming team thing,I'd say you had the better job than you're buddy <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />just kidding...
First sailing was with my dad on a LS13 (Chrysler)
then he got an Aqua cat..he passed away when I was 13(1973)
and I got into motocross on a TM 125 here in Michigan.
pulled that Aquacat out of the backyard in 2000 and actually sailed it at BurtLake..completly refurbished it as a 14 with new hulls,sails,rudders and fittings,sold it and bought a 450 Nacra from The Cat house(Mark Biggers) in Michigan..lotsa fun <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />