It has been a busy winter. After the trip to the Star NAs, I spent a little time at home, then went back down to Florida.

The first stop was in Jacksonville where we (Greg, Paul, Matias, John, Fezz) tested out our newest Thistle designs. The main and jib looked great and we have a few more enhancements to address to make these things ready for battle. It is a fun process and working with these guys has been great. We formulated a plan to do some Winter Training in Jacksonville in Feb, so look for reports from the road.

Here are some pics of the testing

After the time in Jacksonville I motored down the road to Clearwater where I caught up with Geoff Ewenson at the Finn coaches regatta. It was a fun trip and one that will no doubt be relived again through other fleets. The participants had fun getting coached up all weekend and the drills that were implemented were great! Here's some action:

After the week in Clearwater I trucked on down to Ft. Lauderdale to spend some time with my North Cape friend, Anna Tunnicliffe. She had a good group of training partners together and I went out and took some video and stills. Here's some of the action: