Hang in there Steve! I feel your pain! 115 at 3pm today on its way to around 117 or 118 today here in Havasu. It's definitely time for us to pay for gloating all winter! At least you have your Monty back on the water already after taming the Keel-a-monster! I wish 'Jo and I could follow you up to San Fran. Last year this time we went up there and spent a weekend at a bed and breakfeast on the beach in Half-Moon Bay. Oh man, was it beautiful. Long night at work last night and I thought I'd catch a couple hours sleep when I got home at 7am and then go out and work on Dauntless. Slept a couple more hours than I thought I would. Got up to go out to the boat, opened the door, ....................said "forget this" closed the door went back to being a potato on the couch. Oh well, up at 5 am tomorrow to catch the cooler air and get back to working on the old girl. Oh, and Bill.....you are right that I'd love to take Coyote off of Johns hands. As far as "racer trained", well......although Jason and I like to fancy ourselves as "world class" sailors, truth is most of you out there reading this would put our sailing experience to shame! We just like go out and have fun. Yes we race, but more often than not we are looking at someone's transom! But, we always make sure we have fun. Unfortunatley, Jason is leaving for his new home in Idaho next week and taking M17 #313 with him. I'm sure he'll hook up with the Monty sailors up there on their beautiful lakes. I'll miss sailing with him. Dauntless' blisters are almost a thing of memories. Just a little more filling/glassing to do and it'll be onto the next step. Oh how I wish we were on our way to the San Juans to join everyone up there like originally planned. Sean