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And may he Rest In Peace out of the Bay Area.  (Had I known I might have come back sooner!)

Regarding GGYC, it has both thrived and stymied as the holder of the Cup.  In their best moments they had a gorgeous club full of people and the hottest tickets in town.  In their lesser moments, they are held hostage by the strength of the voting members from OTUSA (or threat of vote) which...

Hey y'all!  I was worried about PB not covering earlier in the series and was glad to see him more conservative in the last few races in terms of covering the field.    IMO, by far, the two winning moves of the series were that major prestart turn and hook and the  early gybe. And Damn! He won...

Actually there were four total people. Three for the first boat and one new guy (?) for the second boat. It's amazing how much time elapsed and not a soul noticed. I suppose the car owner's associates could say that they thought they were his boats. I hope they get caught and the motors...

yep...and Mirthmaker turned back too (for health reasons). From the Pac Cup Website: Overnight we learned that the double handed Santa Cruz 27, Alternate Reality, had dismasted, and is heading toward Santa Barbara. Their communication was calm and professional, and there were no reports of any...

I cannot fathom the feeling on the way home under slow motor and blue hills, awaiting that mast to come down. https://billyspaccup.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/disabledmast.jpeg?w=381&h=286

Oh that's super sad. Were all ok? edit: never mind, found this: https://billyspaccup.com/ they seem to be fine, albeit disheartened.

Wade was generous in friendship, making you feel like family, and a sailor to be reckoned with. Still can't believe he's gone. Sail on, Wade.

On the other hand, one could look at it this way. Meh, to each his own.

I imagine he's certainly making the AC traditionalists happy with this. 1MM per year is not uncommon in the Farr / Melges / RC44 traveling team realm, in fact it is low. I'd personally rather see the last gen of AC boats than the 12M, but I expect he's spent some time researching this. But...

I have been wondering the same given all the leaks. ACWS - we have four venues for 2015. With the track record of the last go-round, I'd expect promises of more venues than those already released and confirmation of the AC35 venue. Perhaps with Hamilton Island out of the game and Iain Murray...

The Parker guys interviewed are all in SoCal - Irvine. I believe Pier 80 was given back to the Port of SF a while ago. And I'm sure SWS will correct me if I'm mistaken. :ph34r:

So the AP says it, not sourced, and then SA and SB run it (I suppose they must), also unsourced. While my source agrees, the actual release was set for 12/2, which makes me wonder...was this an intentional leak?

You should ask them why not. I mean, really!

some sources are better than others. Mine says BER. Let's say that God talks to Larry and that Larry talks to our sources. Without revealing, how many steps are you from God. Larry, by the way is one step. So if Larry told you, you are two steps. I'm 4.

Thanks for the welcome backs. It is good to virtually see all of you too! Always good to see the positive and compelling contributions from SWS. K38Bob, to answer your question, Clean, is tied into the Alameda scene, or was, the last time around. It's like we are waking up the dead around...

Thanks Nav! If only NZ were in Europe and then all broadcast concerns would be addressed. I still hope that SF will somehow get in through the back door. (punny?)

I think I see the writing on the tea leaves here (my emphasis added).

And that, my friends, is what I call a well reasoned, sportsmanlike response. Well done, Don. And congratulations to you and the team for winning the regatta.