Yep, as promised, here’s the ‘gag reel’ that Kevin put together. For our friends and family at home: this is to help you know what happens to fully grown men when they are deprived of sleep for long periods, exposed to the elements, and fed a steady diet of freeze dried spaghetti (or Beef Stroganoff?) and Cliff bars. Please understand that when we come home from an overnight race, we are a bit mental. And this is (or should be) a cry for help. And to the crew, all I have to say is that really, you should all be ashamed of yourselves…

Ok, actually that wasn’t too bad… except for that thing about moving Tom’s leg… really, what was that?? Even so, why do I suspect that sometime, somewhere, this will be entered into a courtroom as “Exhibit X…”

Oh well…

So for those of you NOT frightened off by all of this, we have the Newport to Cabo Race coming up in March. Still a couple of spots open aboard Hula Girl.

Yep, the 2010 Banderas Bay Blast kicks off today here in Puerto Vallarta. This is a low-key, informal ‘regatta’ (and we are using that term in the loosest way possible, since the ‘winners’ are chosen from a hat!) is made up of three days of point-to-point cruises.

Ok, I’m not trying to rub it in… as the winter starts to take hold up north, this is what was happening down south last weekend:

The J World Puerto Vallarta office was open for business… and the business at hand was, of course…

… another awesome day of sailing. Seriously. This place is amazing. With cruising season underway and new boats arriving everyday, and with Thanksgiving holiday right around the corner, which will be immediately followed by the Banderas Bay Blast, you really need to get down here. Take a sailing course, charter a boat, whatever. You can’t go wrong!