Wouter,



The "live" reporting on the Texel was entertaining. There is a lot of untapped media potential in our sport and I hope to see more done to improve the situation.



Please tell Mischa that W.F. said congratulations for his Texel win and for his team's recent Tornado Campaign success. Mischa is a lot of fun and a gifted sailor. Hopefully he will return to the W-1000 this year, as I know he want to attend this past year.



As far as the performance of the the A-Cat vs the Fx-one, please remember that Glen Ashby and Poole were sailing the FX-1s with spinnakers. Both Ashby and Poole are world class sailors. Who was the A-Cat sailor?



The F-18HT finished in the top third of starters on corrected time. I do not know the F-18HTs crew skill level nor type of F-18HT involved. Please consider that many Worrell Teams finish in the bottom 20% of the Hogs Breath 100 and Steeplechase. These W-1000 crews and boats are much better than their results indicate. Long Distance racing is a often a "crap shoot", and this is why I prefer bouy racing. Long distance racing requires many of the same skills as bouy racing, however "luck" seems to play a larger role than in bouy races. This is especially true on a course like Texel and with 500+ other boats racing together. Anything can happen.



How are Mitch and Goran? I understand that both of them pitchpoled and did not finish the race. I was hoping that you would be racing your F-16HP.



Got to go to the beach...the wind is up.....





Sail Light and Fast,



W.F.