[Orr has only seven catches overall but they've been timely, according to Mason, which goes along with his blocking.] He had a 7-yard catch the other day at North Carolina, ... that was as good of a catch as you'll see in tight quarters.

[According to Black Dragon mainsheet trimmer Chris Mason, yesterday was a matter of perseverance.] A slightly frustrating course for us as it was not suited to the boat, ... We only had the spinnaker up for about nine minutes in the whole race due to the strength of the winds. We enjoyed the race though, it was especially interesting at the bottom mark (at Cala di Volpe) when the wind was going from 6 knots to 20.

Catches everything that comes his way, has soft hands and great balance. He goes and gets the ball.

Overall, it went extremely well and according to plan - about as good as we could have hoped.

It's just the bad that goes along with the good,

I'm an old-fashioned guy. There are two kinds of coaches: schemers and fundamentalists. Fundamentalists teach blocking, tackling and holding on to the ball.