In a message dated 5/30/2005 1:38:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, barbaram@csufresno.edu writes: The big yacht owners tend to be wimps- sail down from the Bay and then motor back- but a small boat can go anywhere and tack in a narrow channel. There is the annual Delta Ditch Races, speaking of yachties... However, for us trailer-ables we can sail with the wind to the Delta, hitch a ride to the trailer and forgo the constant tacking by returning with the 55mph wind. The advantages of a small boat. Bill