“The conditions encountered so far have been rather reasonable. Past history tells us the Cape Horn leg is the toughest because it takes the fleet the furthest into the southern ocean.”
“I see a kind of renewed spirit around the yacht clubs, which is a very encouraging sign. I'm also encouraged these days about the Olympics. It looks like the pure part of the sport — it's nationalistic and it's a nice clean competition. So I see a lot of this young talent that we have will likely gravitate to the various Olympic classes and they'll represent us very well.”
