This post is a bit late, but I wanted to thank everyone for coming to the Extreme Sailing event that we held at KYC on Tuesday.

Brian is a marvelous speaker and a very dynamic individual.  We had a bit of scare mid-afternoon as Brian ran into a little trouble in upstate New York.  I won’t tell the story here, because I really don’t want him on some terrorist watch list,  but ask me to tell you the story the next time I bump into you…
We managed to raise a good bit of money toward the boat, and I am still overwhelmed by the generosity of folks donating without taking the tax deduction.  It means so much to me that people want to contribute to this dream.   It totally reinforces that this is a team effort and I just hope that I can live up to the challenges ahead.  We’ve got a long way to go, but I’ve taken Derek Hatfield’s tag line to heart:   “NEVER GIVE UP!”

I also wanted to send out a huge thank you to the team that made it all happen: Megaera, Lana, Liz, Brandon, Peter K: you helped make this a great event.  And of course Brian, who demonstrated his amazing ability to role with the punches and make it work with cards he’s dealt.  Brian’s generosity and kind spirit came through to everyone who attended.