In a nut shell : Everything.

I've completely disassembled the boat and am starting from the ground up. With the gracious support of www.SailMax.biz, Frank and I are replacing all the sails, all the standing rigging (including the mast hound - Trey!), upgrading to mid-pole snuffer, upgrading to self tacker, and upgrading to side-laced trampoline. A well deserved bottom job / fairing is underway and efforts to remove all possible slop from the rudder system. Everything is coming apart to be inspected, reinforced, or seated. Most of the reinforcements are items that Frank or I have seen be weaknesses or from what we've learned through the experience of others. It's a lot of work but our goal this year is to get to Hollywood and have nothing to do but check into the hotel, setup the boat, and get our minds straight.

The Team Seacats website will reflect the work - I'll try to make a post at least every other day.