I am still waiting for launch day. I mentioned in March that there was a day that almost reached 65 and I wanted to launch just to say that I did (and there was no ice in the lake). Alas, April, for me, is for yard work, May is for sailing. However, I was in Chicago on Tuesday when it was really not all that warm and the windy city was living up to it's nickname, and I saw a whole fleet of 12 foot something or others racing about near shore. There were plenty of masts dipping in the lake and folks hiking out till their head got wet, and I am guessing the water temp in lake Michigan right now is . . . . . cold. I had both hands on the wheel as I rocketed down lakeshore blvd (not really all that used to city driving) so I didn't get too good a look. Still, they seemed like stalwart souls, and it's nice to see someone in this latitude sailing. John