Thanks Frank........Having experience at both, you have made a fine choice.

Anybody do the APYC thing? That's an "Anti Pirate Yacht Cannon"......helluva "toy." Its rubber tubing and a cup to hold a water ballon, much like a plunger, with a handle and all. Its really a giant slingshot. Bill and I would rig it to the forestay and the mast and sail past the yacht club under main alone and get in 5 or 6 ... then come about and do it again. We were less than popular with the Yacht Club set, but it was a riot. A few other small cruisers got them and we'd have fights on the water. To fill the balloons better we rigged a bilge pump with a nozzle to fill them fast. The worst thing about this toy is that you get to laughing so hard you have trouble shooting, sailing, or anything else. Also, we fired some almost straight up, trying to lead the other boat enough that it came down on top.....very effective at close range. Unfortunately, one day Bill shot up just a bit off and we busted $400. worth of wind/weather gear off the top of our mast. Anyway, if you are ever around one...DO IT!!! If you can find two poles about 15 foot apart on land, they'll shoot a water balloon about 150 YARDS!

Spaw