I must agree with Steve's comments that he learns something new every time he goes out. I've only been sailing for 70+ years, and I still learn something new EVERY time I go out. If you don't learn something new each trip, you just weren't paying attention, or listening to your craft, or watching the weather. Captain Alan Villiers in his book "The War With Cape Horn" quotes this from Captain Robert Miethe about his four-masted bark Pitlochry: "She listened to the wind . . . " When your M15 listens to the wind, try to hear what she is hearing, then see if you can hear it, too. Steve, I have fond memories of Whidbey Island--I flew out of Port Angeles for 4 and a half years. No, my e-mail address is not salacious, it just refers to my last sailboat, "The Old Cat." Check her out at <http://www.unicorn- systems.com/theoldcat.htm> ...