Stop Press! J sailor,
"Dr Laura" Schlessinger is not sailing her J/100 nor her new J/105 in the Transpac Race.
Instead she got a new 49 foot "ride" called Katana that was built "for
this race". Dr Laura is a former motor-boating enthusiast who comes to
sailing with the passion of a convert. "I never thought I'd like
sailing," she says. "I gave it a try, just a try, when I moved to Santa
Barbara and I was shocked. Immediately, I fell in love with it. Sailing
empties you of the daily junk, and that's the meaning of life. To put
amazement into every day." (Editor's note- at one point she owned and
sailed THREE J's- a J/92, J/100, J/125. She's now down to just two- the
J/100 and the J/105-- and her self-declared "first love" is the J/100).
