Aerophobia Cured

The kids can do it. The pros can do it. But what about a salty old-timer like me? Yes, I can. And I did foil with ease. My fear of flight is gone.

HERB McCORMICK

Back in the day, when I captained my college football team (cue up Springsteen’s “Glory Days”), I always felt a little nervous during the ritual of pulling on the pads, when the adrenaline and butterflies started to simultaneously stir. Last July, I’m having a deja-vu moment of that particularly unpleasant sensation as I’m handed a helmet, wetsuit, rash guard and life jacket moments before heading out for my first-ever attempt at helming a foiling craft, the Persico 69F. The name is derived from the boat’s 6.9-meter length (which translates to 22 feet, 7 inches). The fledgling one-design class’s welcoming motto is “foiling for everyone,” a notion I am definitely about to put to the test. After a pair of previous winter events in Miami for a half-dozen international “youth teams”…

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Sailing World (Digital) - 1 Issue, Fall 2022

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