A Love 4 Sailing

Here is the latest.  Maureen’s son Trent is out of the ICU but still in the hospital.  He will still have to go thru chemo therapy but things are looking good.  Maureen decided to fly back to Miami for the regatta and we came out the first three days on fire.  We started with five first places and one second and built a nice lead going into the final two days.  Yesterday we finished with a 3, 1, 2, which gives us an overall lead of around 10 points.  With three races scheduled today and our worst race being a third, we only need to finish in the top five in two races to secure our win. 

We are very happy at how we are doing considering all the adverse happenings these past weeks; Trent’s condition, Mary Kate’s dad passed away last Friday, Nick and Mary Kate having the flu bug and a few other minor set backs.  Amongst all these setbacks we continue to triumph as a team.

  I apologize for the late post as I have been having internet connection problems.  Miami weather has been great, but we all look forward to coming home soon.  We want to thank  TeamParadise.org for their support and use of additional SKUD’s for future training.  Mike Pinckney and Mary Kate have done an excellent job taking care of me during these challenging weeks.  A special kudo’s goes to Maureen and her performance during these most difficult times for her and her family.  Thanks to her, everything came together.  Her committment  is extraordinary.