I wish people would stop including me in their thanks, because I have nothing to do with organizing or helping with this regatta. I raced in it.

Linda Jo Nicholson is the one to thank. She comes down every year from Tampa Bay to help out by singlehandedly doing registration and all the scoring input on the computer.

I didn't even see anybody this year except when you guys were whizzing past me out on the water -- you were literally a blur.

As far as the problem of skippers meeting when there are various launch areas, that was a unique situation this year. I explained in an earlier post that Gilbert's probably will not even be available next year, so it's a moot issue.

And in future situations like this here or anywhere, an easier solution would be to just hold the skippers meeting earlier or start the races later.