It's winter up here in NJ/NY. We're waiting for spring, and it's already itching. Some folks are fixing their boats, some are working on upgrades, some are hanging out in this forum, but we're all basically just keeping busy.
In our club (SHBCC), we just decided to make our Statue of Liberty Race this season something really special. It's our clubs' 30th anniversary. So just for the fun of it we pulled together this invitational video clip . We're hoping to see MANY of you at the start this year. Sailing New York harbor and rounding the Statue of Liberty is a "once-in-a-lifetime-must-do-can't-miss" event for every catsailor . We're inviting you early cuz we know your season will be booked up before you know it! Here's the links to the clip:
2006 Statue of Liberty Race Preview Clip

There's lots of information about the race on our website.
Preregistration is at http://www.fleet250.org, go to >>Race Menu >>Statue Race >> Pre-register

Book your calendars for the Statue Race on Sunday July 2nd in Sandy Hook Bay Catamaran Club in NJ. See ya!

PS - Many thanks to Stefan Ewald who managed to produce this clip from some shaky footage of the 2005 race, many thanks to Kenny Vu for providing the pictures. Also thanks to the folks of Extreme Raid 500 M'Iles in France and the eXploder Sailing Team in Poland for gratiously allowing us to use some of their footage.