The Michigan Daily-Friday, June 5, 1981 -Page 3
Time for summer sailing
Opportunities abound
in nearby areas

By LORINDA GRIMSHAW
Ready about. Hard-to lee! The boom
swings overhead, sails crack in the
wind. The sun glints off the boat's bow.
Now you're sailing.
Continuing along you spot a gust off
the water off the starboard bow. You
head for that spot. The sails become
full. The mast creaks. The boat cuts
through the wake of another.
SAILING, WHETHER luffing around
in a breeze or racing a Hobby Cat on
one pontoon, will offer relaxation from
the city grind.
Just a short drive from Ann Arbor are
several areas that provide lake access
and sailboat rentals. Portage Lake,
Whitmore Lake, and Silver Lake all lie
within 12 miles of the University and
are easily accessible.
However, some of these rentals tend
to be expensive and a more practical
alternative may be found at the Univer-
sity's Sailing Club, which maintains a
fleet of International 470s.
THESE 14 BOATS are approximately
15 feet long and equipped with a main-
sail and jib. (Some have spinnakers

too.) But the more daring can learn to
use the trapeze apparatus, which allows
you to hike yourself over the gunhale
and maneuver the boat while dangling
precariously over the water.
Near the beginning of July the club is
holding a weekend of free sailing for
prospective members. A regular mem-
bership fee during the spring and sum-
mer terms costs $30, and entitles a
beginner to sailing instruction, and, of
course, plenty of opportunities for prac-
tice. For those who like competition,
races are held every other Sunday.
THOSE WHO WANT to plan just one
or two sailing ventures might try T-J
Sales on Portage Lake: They rent five
types of boats ranging from a wind sur-
fer to an 18-foot Interlake. Prices range
from $8-$12 for the first hour to $4-$6 for
each additional hour. They also offer
day rates for $29.
Another nearby rental shop is' For-
tune Marine Inc. on Whitmore Lake
which rents catamarans for $20 an hour
or $38 for four hours.

Doily roto Dy JACIt BELL
Beating the wind
Sailing in a summer breeze, mem-
bers of the University's Sailing
Club glide through the water during
a race on Base Lake, just outside of
Dexter. The club holds sailing
classes each Saturday and races
every other Sunday. Additional
sailing opportunities may be found
at commercial rental shops on j M
nearby lakesides..:


Rolling
through
town on
skates

By GEOFFREY BUNKER
If you see a tall dark man with a
music box racing down the hills of Nor-
th Campus at forty miles an hour, then
you'll know you're watching one of the
best roller skaters on campus.
Sometime he can be seen practicing
at low speeds too. His favorite tricks
are jumping down the steps of the
graduate library or Michigan Union
and jumping over the 'M' in the middle
of the diag (sometimes backwards). He
is also able to do complete cartwheels
on roller skates and to do a "spin"-a
three hundred and sixty degree turn
made while remaining on the same
spot.
IT MAY TAKE some time to match
this skater, Phil Seiden's, degree of
proficiency (he has been skating up to
seven hours a day since 1978), but if
you're interested in learning to roller

skate you'll find you can propel yourself
almost immediately.
Once you're roller skating, you may
find it's a good way to get exercise.
Roller skaters compare it favorably to
running because you can go faster and
farther and it's not as damaging to your
feet. They say it's more fun too. "It
makes you feel graceful," said Sharon
Donovan, a local skater.
If you are looking for a faster way of
going to class and getting around town,
roller skating may be the answer. "You
can go about one mile in seven
minutes," said Donovan.
SOME OF THE best places to skate in
Ann Arbor are the diag, the courtyard
of the dental building, Gallup Park, and
the Power Center. The Power Center is
particularly spectacular when it's lit up
at night.
Parking structures, with their


smooth cement and gentle curves are
considered ideal. Many skaters enjoy
being able to take the elevator up after
having skating down. Unfortunately,
however, skating on parking structures
is illegal, as is skating on the street.
Once you become proficient in
skating, various opportunities await
you. There are as many formal stepe
for roller skate dancing as there are for
formal dancing-the grapevine, 'the
two-step, and the four-step, for exam-
ple-but most skatersimprovise.
"MOSTLY YOU- do whatever you
want to do," said Michael Tait, an un-
dergraduate at the University, "just-do
something to the music."
For virtuosos like Seiden just about
anything is possible, combining roller
skating with such sports as hockey,
frisbee, and basketball. Seiden, a
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