Am I flying over for this regatta ?

I fear that I'm both out of money and out of time.

I would love to have done more regatta's in the USA like this one.

I met a few you at Springfever 2002 but missed Jennifer, Seth, Mike and so many others.

I wanted to be there for each inaugural event in each continent, but I already missed those in Australia (Company I worked for going banckrupt at the time) and South Africa (No money because I was unemployed at the time)

And I'll miss the inaugural F16 event in Asia (Signapore, Thailand) as well. (this coming februari)

The bursting of the IT bubble did kind of affect my personal situation. I outran its shockwave for several years but last 2004 it caught up with me.

Now I'm very involved in getting a different career set up. With that and F16 work I'm happy to have some spare time here and there. So I'm tight for money and out of time and can't make Gulfport 2005.

You guys will think of me when you sail your races there won't you ?

I'll be there in spirit. That is if you will have me ! (Not everybody likes to have a scary ghost hanging around !)

Sorry

Wouter