EDIT: A few people have kindly pointed out that this had something to do with April Fool's day.

It seems that US Sailing has made life jackets mandatory during racing.

You can read about it here.

It won't be long before the CYA picks up on this and follows suit.

Sailing Anarchy has a thread in their forums discussing the issue.

Bender has some new crew. Foredeck guy, with attitude, among other things.

If you're interested in the background of this picture you can read about it here.

This one originally spotted courtesy of Fake Steve.

This one courtesy of "Eagle Eye Lanning", who we'll henceforth refer to as "The eel".

Trade Winds is for sale. I have no idea what hull # this is but it appears to be located in Shédiac, New Brunswick.

You can see it here.

Bernard Dumas has purchased hull #201 from Jacques Charbonneau. The boat has been renamed "Pop Start".

Let's all welcome Bernard and his crew to the fleet. Whoopa!

It's been just over a year since our last installment. I thought that was probably enough time to absorb it all, so here's some more…

Part five on the rudder page.

Our friend Chuck Lanning, who seems to have some sort of radar when a Kirby 25 goes up for sale, sent me a link to the listing for Sarcasm.

Yes, our current NA Champ is for sale.

You can also see it here.

Date has been changed to September 15^th and 16^th.