I knew my Patara would be the top dog at years end and deserved it was with contenders at his stern ( sometimes very very far behind ) he beat handy caps that would have made others remove themselves from the water fantastic to see Dave back still puffed a bit but puffin is better than not ay an the new boy on the block Peter “is this the boy to give my Patara a run” ? shame that Sue and Graeme had to leave they would have loved the days sailing wouldn’t be great if sue got a boat and was in there with us (something to consider au girl ) there is a real contender for my reserved spot bull dog Barrett he and I will have to sit down and have a serious chat Ricky and his godson Tristan did a superb job doing there thing today an what the hell is big bad Ben doing ……. Antarctica ” really ” why not just sail around Bruny island to get ya rocks off quick question is your wife going to …….the admiral wanted to know I think he said that my day was perfect I beat predator several times that’s all I was after so don’t look into the results of the race to interpret anything else. Lastly thanks to the admiral for all his effort in getting us up and sailing at the pond Congratulations sailors of the pond you are without doubt the best in the state Merry Christmas everyone & a Happy New Year KERMIT LA FROG