Matt,

Yah, those were the days ... I think the race lost something when the "custom" boats where allowed .... Randy w/ the 10'wide P19 ... Alexander's and Rudee's tricked out NACRA 6.0's w/ ladderracks ....

For distance races I've just moved to a BIGGER boat ... a 43'Tri .... but I do wonder what the hell I doing when I find myself trying to sleep curled up in a set of "foulies" in some corner, out on a open deck .... or trying to transit back overnight from the Governor's Cup 08' and running through the worst thunderstorms that the bay has seen in years/decades dodging frieghters, tugs w/ tows, cruiseships ... in a "open" **** (ask Mark S about that ... we had the second watch, I had the helm , he was the navigator ....we pulled into Solomons Island @ 4:00am tired and low on fuel in a dead calm after the storms passed .... tied up to the fuel dock and slept on deck waiting for the sun to rise ... we could go no further ....)

Why do we do such things .... because we can ?????

HarryMurphey