Hi Rob,



In that case, consider the scandinavian countries, where Harry is a quite ordinary christian name. What makes this funny, is that most guys named Harry, drives late 80's Ford station wagons, uses barbecue suits all the time, 70's style sunglasses and facial haircuts last seen in porn flicks from the same era and can easily be mistaken for a plumber when viewd from 'astern' (sorry for the prejudice it there are any plumbers here).


Can you see the picture I try to paint for you?


I have seen the hailstorm like pounding you get on the Proa list from time to time, but you are the one building boats and doing it, instead of spewing hot air.


Any racing Harry's coming up, extreme low-cost and possible to race for two days offshore for a crew of three under wildly variating conditions? Downwind under variously sized Outleaders, but able to really fly to windward in light air but steep waves. (Norway to Shetland, a stop to rest and race back)

Good luck with your European tour, looking forward to see the results from Texel and other races.