3.5 years and at the tiller. That is excellent news on an otherwise bleak day. 1.5 years to go.. My wife will never belive it <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
We travel to 3-5 regattas a year, but that is never less than 8 hours of driving away. Otherwise we participate in around 20 wednesday night races + 15 "real" regattas where we can sail to the starting line.