Trey,

Nice! I like it, keep it up. Along the lines of pokin' fun, as I recall Team Gertie is up one race? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> And Oh yeah don't forget. . . stay single.

The rest of you,

Thank you for the kind and supportive emails and PMs regarding our fleet growth. It is really cool just to be a part of it. It is effort by each one of our fleet members to do their part and more so we continue to exists and grow.

Spring Fever:
I don't see myself making Spring Fever in the next 15 years. It is on Easter weekend. That is the main rub, but not the only one. It might as well be on Christmas. Even if it were on a different weekend it would be difficult. AND I am very glad that works well for so many, 84 or so boats registered. That is great! Can’t wait to read about it and see the pictures.

Todd has a done a good job summing up the situation. It comes down to time, mostly. Hell, yesterday I just un-stepped my mast with Todd’s help for winter. Where the hell did December, January and February go? Also note that any money spent on the boat or sailing in general in my house is met with a "but, your kids need jeans" philosophy. I could go on and on and on, but I wont here. I generally think “let them wear shorts and run faster to stay warm.”

Hopefully, you will make it up here sometime and help raise our local game up a few notches. I have attached our Fleet schedule. You are welcome to join in on any of them, but because of the travel involved you may want to consider the two day events like Spring Regatta, Oxford / Hammond, and Pumpkin Patch, aka Pimpin' Patch. If your traveling thru and want to race on a Sunday with us we do some incredible short-course racing that provides a lot of boat-on-boat decision making, mark roundings and starting opportunities; good fun as long as you not the forward crew. We regularly complete a three lap race in 22 minutes. You probably don’t want to sell it to the forward crew with that little tidbit.

Have any of you notice Mr. Mark Schneider is signed up for Spring Fever? I hope you are planning an appropriate welcome for him. There must be some southern version of a outhouse swirly you can set up for him. Have a good regatta Mark!