went on a very windy sail today. it looked like it was going to be very wet but Bruce was able to find a way to go upwind without drenching all of us...thanks man....our sail ended with a fast kite ride home. As I write this it sounds as if there is a war going on outside. People have been setting fireworks off non-stop for ...oh...about 4 or 5 hours now... with house shaking, tooth vibrating booms about every 3 minutes............I find it very hard to sleep tonight.