We are excited about it. We have 40 boats coming and maybe more, maybe 40 to 50.

You have a series of old boats, you have some very new expensive boats and we can't control the price of fuel.

We were able to put some boats between us and the Italian in today's first race, which gave us a comfortable lead. We then pushed the Italian back at the start of the last race then followed the Swiss boat around the course.

With this series of storms, it has been really rough. Very few boats have gone out since Christmas and it does not look like we are going out before New Year's Day.

You would think it's not as dangerous as being out in the street. How could two boats out in the middle of nowhere collide with each other? Because boaters get distracted. They get lost in the feeling of wide openness, and they become careless.

A rising tide lifts all boats