The one year I could do it. The one year I really REALLY WANTED to do it... And my wife goes out of town and I get left with the kids. And then my father-in-law leaves the country and my wife's grandmother has a stroke and goes into the hospital for which I'm the only one left to try and get things done. And then when my wife does fly back and is driving straight to the hospital, her car dies!

The universe has just been conspiring against me these past 5 days to do anything to keep me from sailing. And on Saturday all I could do was look out the window at the trees blowing in that constant 10-15 breeze and cry. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

(I did see someone with a motorhome on Friday towing a double-stack trailer with what quickly looked liked two, Nacra F-18's. The jealously factor really kicked in at that point!