Show SEE INSIDE FOR GREAT BARGAINS travel the dub parties during regattas And they get plenty of experience and plenty of nodes to telL DRESS THE PART: If you seek nothing more physical than hanging out at yachry tars do not ever wear cute little Smooth sailing How to infiltrate the yacht set this week outfits with anchors on them Time was when real yachtsmen wore white flannrls and blue blazers Today it’s a mired bag You’ll roll see a few pairs cf Breton ted slacks And traditionalists still swear by leather moccasin But you’ll see Top-Sid-e- $100 million takes months four to complete risks J fw your life almost daily and is sponsored by a brewery? The Whitbread Round the World Race of course — 300 people on 23 sailboats covering more than 33000 miles in one of the r jst exciting and dangerous races in all of sport To be part of this race get to Fort Lauderdale Fla sometime this week Thar’s when the Whitbread yachts should pull USA into pon making their first-evstopover This is your big chance to rub calluses with some of the best sailors in the world But how does a landlubber fit in with yacht jockeys just in from a 5475-mil- e jaunt from Punta del Este Uruguay? For that matter how does a landlubber fit in with the yachting set at all be they in Fort Lauderdale Newport RJL Chica pf 9 hat costs er SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: And May GET YOUR FEET WET: Non-sailo- rs often can become watery veterans simply by signing up to crew in tacts Full some lines Get yelled at It’s not so bad Spring is the best time of year to tack up a notice on a bulletin board at any nearby club Don’t be afraid to say you’re inexperienced but do say you’ll be available for every race Skippers want consistency For racing you’ll need good deck shoes a pair of sailing gloves some gear and a life vest Crews get to race but don’t necessarily get lunch or dinner They do get to go to foul-weat- Smoking Heart Disease Complicate Pregnancy Causes Lung Cancer Emphysema go San Diego or ports of call in between? By following these simple rules of die water that’s how The right look the right talk the right attitude will go a long way in helping the boating neophyte infiltrate die yachting set: rs plenty of cutoffs sneakers T-shi- rts and tipped If you’re lucky at your first ity party there’ll a band a night of rowdy dancing and a few fights (99 percent of them verbal) tiling over from racecourse DON’T MAKE WAVES: Never let words like “Ahoy maties” or anything from the Homblower books cross your lips And you’re welcome to walk up ana down the docks and enjoy looking at the boats But never ever get aboard a boat without an invitation Remember what happened to pirates? S SAVE l? TO 73tON ' jfei ! PHUIPS BULBS One thing not to ask a after race: “How did you fina skipper ish?" Let’s have a little subtlety hoe You may be talking to die skipper or crew member who managed to pop the spinnaker upside down or hooked the Led around the mark and watched every boat pass by or flipped and spent the race trying to bail out and retrieve gear This writer has been on that boat — many times Never ask about a finish BE TACK-FU- Instead talk about wind shifts Talk about the tide (no: with lake sailors) Heck talk about the hors d’oeuvres (and at most dubs cheese and crackers are gourmet stuff) but let’s not get hung up on finishes There is only one winner And if you are talking to the winner you’ll find out quickly — even if you just ask what time it is By Caro! Knope Knopes and her husband have raced numerous sailing vessels — including Highlanders Comets Lightnings and --24s — on many bodies of water between Lake Geneva Wis and Plymouth Mass They now sad a J-3-0 land's Chesapeake Bay on Mary- |