i am coming up on my 39th season withthis boat. i will get aeolus in in a couble of weeks. i can't wait to sail this boat again. i have never tired of this vessel. i have alwas tried to mantain aeolus as the 1966 design that it is. no roller reefing. i have a 155% genoa, a 140% genoa, a 110% high clewed genoa, a club footed jib, a forward staysail we call a tall boy, the main has been changed to be loose footed, a mizzen staysail, an asyemetrcal, a 3/4 oz, a 1 1/2 oz spinniker and the mizzen is also loose footed. i have a two bladed "sailing prop" and the old perkins 107 spinning it. i refuse to have a dodger so i still enjoy a clear view from the helm. i still carry ice. no radar. all nav-electronics hidden down below. the cockpit is nice and dark at night for better viewing. love paper charts. love dead reconing. love running a log. i have two gps's for backup. still have the brooks and gatehouse radio direction finder on board as a conversation piece. aeolus has been maintained at palmer johnson's service yard (now called great lakes yatch services) since 1980. aeolus has never had a rebuilt just alwas kept up. we are not shy about saling aeolus in all sorts of weather. the way i have aeolus set up it performs well in the light stuff and is a delight in a big blow. this boat is so strong and stiff after all these years, amazzing. i retired from the merchant marines back in 88' and have spent every summer since dedecated to sailing this grand vessel. before aeolus my dad had an alden US one design. i really cut my teeth on that vessel. before that a 1922 star and a 1936 lightning. i sailed over 1,000,000 miles on steal ships, but it is these boats pushed by wind is what i enjoy the most. my sail number is 1597 (blue hull and wood decks) and if your ever up my way blow a salute. may you all have fair winds while navigating your summer of 2012, jon