There's always a pregnant pause in any good movie when the protaganist says, "I got a bad feeling about this."



Mike sez I need to be there to pick up my trophy! Boy, you guys have much more confidence in my sailing abilities than I do in my wildest dreams! Like I said, I would be in the way most of the time. Just scoot past me while I'm bobbing around and trying to look inconspicuous.



It's kinda like that song from the Clash back in the '80's: "Should I stay or should I go..." Then again, Jeez, what am I thinking?! I have a chance to skip work and I'm trying to talk myself out of having some fun with people whose eyes don't glaze over when I start talking about sailing.



My wife sanded the car yesterday (paint prep) thinking we wuzn't going anywhere this weekend. I'll be the guy in the dull red car, confused but willing wife, and bright yeller plastic boat. I won't even care if the beer is warm. I'll have to put the tail lights back on the car.



You guys are a bad influence.



A fellow Rave skipper from San Diego may be on the way. He may be in mid-Texas by now. I don't know. I can't raise him on the phone. So, there could be two of us Rave dudes there to crash the party. He's accustomed to sailing in rougher conditions than I. He's also very crazy but he may be docile if we toss him some meat while he's on his choke chain.



See you Friday. I'll take a reef and see if I can handle it. Like the carnival barker says, "You cannot win if you do not play."