Doug MacAyeal
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
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MY BOATS
My biggest boat, "Polynya" , is a Cal 2-25 that I day sail on Lake Michigan. Occasionally, I'll sail the boat to Michigan City or St. Joe for a weekend. On very rare occasions, I'll race in the Burnham Park Yacht Club beer can regatta (I am a member of both BPYC and JPYC) on Wednesday nights. The boat's most interesting feature is its paint job, which I provide an example of in the photo below (taken while the boat was in storage at Crowley's Yacht Yard on the Chicago River).
The Megabyte is my fastest, most exciting sailboat. It's like a big laser with 25% more sail area on a carbon fiber spar and with a neat traveller and modern sail shape controls. I love sailing this boat, but typically do quite a bit of capsizing when the wind is over 20 knots... Visit the Megabyte website. Here's a picture of my Megabyte:
My third boat, "Draco", is actually my son's, Evan's. It is a Barnett 1400 and is a excellent boat for beginners as well as advanced sailors. Check out the Barnett 1400 website!
Here's Evan with Draco at Lake Charlevoix:
