Glad to hear you guys are OK. That was some of the best surfing I have ever see before on the 27! Good on you guys for being buckled in too... Congrats to Mike for sailing an excelent race and winning.

I chuckled to myself when I saw all the Antrim 27s turn arround at bonita... Though I fully suport thoes who turn around when they are not comfortable with the conditions- I could not help but think they had the wrong 27 footer! Will

:: Some of you may have heard the chatter, but I'm still
:: alive and my boat is not for sale. It was pretty wild
:: out there. We witnessed one or two turnbacks, one
:: dismasting, and one Olson 30 with all crew in the cabin.
::
:: Never done so much knarly surfing to the point of rudder
:: cavitation - crew says we got up to 17.7 on one long
:: ride.
::
:: On the return leg before Mile Rock, we got into a nasty
:: jibe and had 3.5 people in the water at one point, but
:: all on tethers. Eventually everyone was pulled aboard,
:: but we called for the Coasties to transfer a hypothermic
:: crew member.
::
:: We crossed the finish, but minus crew and myself, so we
:: DNF'd ourselves. Congratulations to Despy as we saw him
:: to be one of the first Expresses to round Lightship and
:: likely to place high in the overall MORA division too.
::
:: Joe B.