In the end they were dead weight. We didn't have to use them because we went through the rough water better.

The weight of the wheel and water deteriorated the axle. It dropped about three inches and just starting chucking wooden teeth out of some smaller gears. Those teeth are specially made out of very, very hard maple wood, so you can imagine the stress.

Swimming is diving into the pool and trying to miss the water.

The weight loss comes primarily from water, but then you shift into mobilizing fat that's in your storage. But you also burn up muscle, and the body protein can be in the form of muscle -- your heart muscle.

The risk is to try and copy last year's model. Our focus has been preparing for the unknown.

I don't think it's likely it's going to get here, because it's got a rough row to hoe. That water is not conducive to hurricane genesis out there right now. That's cold water.