I played hooky yesterday and John and I met the boats in Galesville around 1pm. Now I have to explain how I got a sunburn while I was out sick. Oh well, not the first time it's happened. John was like a junkie and needed his fix real bad. With George and Susan's help they got his boat put together and he was able to launch for the Tuesday night race. Conditions were much like what you guys had at the A Cup, gusting into the low 20s. John and Chip, both very experienced I-20 guys went out smokin. I think they were late for the start but first to A mark, I think. No capsizes and big grins upon return. John got his groove on. Pat Regan, our F-16 regional guy, drove an hour to set up his T4.9 and sail the race so that with him, John and our ever present Constantine there were three F-16s out there. Anyway we had a lot of good comments on the Blades and with the Glaser sails they really do look sharp. We will be tinkering with and sailing these boats all weekend as we had a regatta that was cancelled and we have our kitchen passes intact. Ed