I am back in Seattle after a couple of weeks away from this great city. The summer is over for me, but it was a great one. This past summer held many new surprises, almost too many to list. A great regatta in Canada, a great regatta at the Gorge, traveling down to San Fran to race in the Berkeley Circle. I worked at a new job this summer and made some great friends in the process. Topped of with a trip to the USA's version of the "City of Sails", Newport, Rhode Island. I bought a sailboat and took it on a trip to the San Juan's. All good things must eventually come to an end. I started work this week at Papa Johns again, and it is time to get ready for the school year, hoping for it to be a successful one.