Cheers Rob,

We are at the moment, fairly inexperienced in the big T with only 2 seasons under our belt. However Bundy, Forbes and their coach Fletch have helped us imensly bringing the boat up to speed in such a short time along with some competitive T fleet racing at our club, Kurnell.

Last time we sailed along side the champs at the Forster State Titles, we matched them speed for speed in most races finishing second to them in every race and always minutes ahead of the other Ts.

At the moment we are running Olympic sails on a new Marstrom mast, Marstrom rudders and larger beams on a 15 year old Reg White platform. The plan is to purchase a second boat (Late model Marstrom) and chase sponnsors to assist us with a European Campaign. Forbes plans to retire after Athens, but we would like to challenge Bundy for Beiging selection.

It will be a long tough road to travel, but has been something I have dreemed about for more than 10 years. Keep an eye out in Australian Sailing as there may be a feature artical on Tornado 'ALIVE' in an upcoming issue.

PS- Are there many QLD guys coming down for the Forster Wild Cat this weekend.