Have never raced my M-15, actually decided early on that I wanted to enjoy the boat, didn't want the stress of racing. But I have done other racing, mainly on foot, bicycle, even swimming, never figured I had any chance of winning a marathon or triathlon, but always enjoyed the event for the enjoyment of participating. Will you enjoy participating in the event of the race to Alaska? Your answer, yes or no, should be your answer to the question. Steve M-15 # 335 ----- Original Message ----- From: "nebwest2@aol.com via montgomery_boats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> To: "montgomery_boats@mailman.xmiss" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 8:17 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Race to Alaska in M15

Yeah, Gene would be an outstanding resource! I'm watching how this shapes up. As there are no classes and virtually no rules other than sail or human power only....I'm afraid that nothing I have access to sail would be competitive with some of the groups likely to get involved due to the $10k first prize. There is nothing for second. Right now I am thinking " if I am racing with no chance to win....then I'm, not really racing....I'm really there to experience the trip....and a MUCH slower pace than race pace would be the way to plan that trip. But....not really sure ...I keep flip flopping. If there was actuall a singlehander class and some sort of control on boat size.....like in the everglades challenge....I would be more likely to jump in I think. Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone

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