Boy I hope Trey did not go on his trip today 3/5/05. I live in Wilmington about five miles from the coast and it sure was windy. I was putting my new boat together and could hardly stand up at times. We also had some bad storms winds to 35kts. The winds were out of the west so his sail would have been a jib reach with flatter water near shore(2 to 4 feet)and bigger seas farther out (6 to 8 feet). If he had any problems the winds would have blown him out to sea. Would have been good practice for the A 1000 though. Let's here from you Trey.