Spaw - that's way more than I ever heard about it right here in Wichita.

The boat is cradled just off the Maple/Lewis street bridge (the street changes names at the river) - 2 blocks S of the "main drag" on Douglas. Far's I know it hasn't moved since they put it up on the blocks there.

We do have a rather large bunch of "wind boats" at the "Ninnescah Yacht Club," about 300 members last I heard - someting over 100 slips. The Ninnescah "river" was a mostly dry-bed creek about 50 miles West of Wichita, until they dammed it and made the Cheney Reservoir - about 20 square miles of water. Stuck in the middle of our flatlands, the usual winds are at least 20 mph, and I've been on the lake when they held 35 with gusts to 50 - not a very pleasant experience in a 16 foot outboard, but it gets the sail boats around at a good clip.

Biggest problem with the dozen or so lakes big enough for sail is the silt and the long shallows around the edges. You can't go very fast with your centerboard in the mud, and you can't maneuver too well if you (if you can) pull it up. Sometimes a guy with a husky outboard can make a profit doing tow jobs.

John