Nowhere near home yet - in fact, the family joined me here in France for a few days. I'm sitting in a sweet little hotel in St. Malo, still marveling at the amazing experience of sailing a Worlds. The RC work was a bit shaky at times, but the feeling you get sailing in such a big fleet is just as incredible as it had been described to me. I spent much of the week simply flabbergasted. I feel very lucky to have had the chance to sail with Robbie - he's a very patient and level-headed skipper. Those big crowds and nutty reaches just didn't seem to phase him... I'm double-lucky to have been on the boat with someone who's "seen it all." I think our final result was pretty respectable - top US team.

Now for the big news. Our bid to host the 2012 Worlds at ABYC from September 7-15 was approved unanimously by the World Council. All the comments here about coverage need to get cleaned up and put into a media plan. Anyone who wants to roll up sleeves and pitch in, drop me a PM. Clock started yesterday. Let's show the world what we can do.