Okay, Steve. I have to admit it's a nice line to wind up your ditty.

What's this about several racing teams experiments with "innovative false hulls"? Apparently, the New Zealand team began this secret strategy which was revealed this week and now Seattle's OneWorld Challenge is modifying its two racers. This is getting all too complicated for someone who has only crewed on a forty-foot ketch in the Carribean.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble