Dermot, glad to hear it, wish you were here with them! I hope you were able to get near a boat today?!

Anyway, you won't believe this but today, when I rigged up my boat, my WIFE came out and said she wanted to go for a ride!! Now, I have been married to this gal for 20 years and in that time, she has NEVER said she wanted to ...go for a ride...at least not on my cat! So, I took her out for a good blast reach across the lake, with me on the wire and her on the tramp, yelling, "I'm going to fall in, I'm sliding off..." all the way. It was only blowing about 15 gusting to 20 but that is more than she has ever been out in. I tried to get her out on the wire but she wouldn't even put on the harness. Still, she was out there getting wet and screaming every time the hull came up. It's a start, maybe there is hope in the new year?

She took some video of me sailing up onto the beach alone afterwards, I will try to get it posted somewhere after I review it. All in all, a great way to end 2006. Now, I can only hope she will go out tomorrow, a great way to start the new year!

Hope you and your have a good one! See ya.