Our next race is coming up April 17 - the AYC Viti Rocks pursuit race.  Given our rating we can sleep in since we start approximately two (2) hours after the rest of the fleet - the way this is structured, if we finish ahead of someone we beat them!

Due to the start time of this event the current will be stronger and the winds lighter earlier in the morning, plus we get to see what the fleet is doing - this could be a big advantage for us!  Several boats have complained about this, but it is kind of nice (for once) to have this in our favor!  My memories from Van Isle 360 are still fresh when each morning we would start early against the current, only to have a building breeze from behind bringing the fleet down to us!

We also have fixed all the broken bits from the Straits blowout - the three major items needing attention were 1) the broken steering wheel; 2) bend railing; and 3) a seriously worked over J4 (which was one of our oldest sails, so I am not terribly heartbroken about this)...

We will see how we do - another interesting development is that the may (repeat may) have our new GoPro HD video camera onboard which should result in some exciting footage...