Its hard to explain. I suppose I'd agree with you had I never been on the beach and done the race myself.

I can't explain it, but sitting here behind my computer, makes me want to go try it even more.

I can imagine the dicussion Trey and I would be having before the start.

Me: "Dude you sure about this? We don't have a spare mast"

Him: "cmon old man we're gonna do this"

Me: "Ok, but you're gonna get a 'I told you so' if we don't make it."


As for the start/finish lines. Getting boats out on the ocean at every stop would be quite difficult, plus launching and finishing in the surf is PART of the race. If you take all the danger out of it, its not going to ever be the same again.