My trip to Egypt was wonderful beyond words, but I will try. Grin. I have uploaded the beginnings of a MarkTwain White in Egypt website. I encourage you to make use of the “comments” section you find throughout the site.
 
 

Now that the Tako Cup has concluded there are two excellent video presentations of the event. Surfwidow Beaumont has released a very nice video of the overall event on YouTube. You can find it at her SL Sailing YouTube site . This site can also be reached from our Blogroll in the right hand column.   Or you can scroll down the posts and click on an embedded version on this site. There is also a broadcast of the Tako Cup Finals on Sail On, our weekly program on sailboat racing.

The USS-SL welcomes Waypoint Yacht Club. WYC is a club for Japanese and other Pacific Rim time zoned racers. They have a clubhouse in Santa Cruz sim and have translated a lot of USS-SL info into Japanese for their members. Their initial racing schedule will feature a regular regatta at 5am on Thursdays using the SYC start line. Taku Raymaker is the moving force behind this effort. Welcome Waypoint!

I am pleased to say that expansion of the USS-SL is still being planned in the background. We get several requests to expand the USS-SL each month, most of them turn out not to fit the master vision of a sailing community. However some do and these we talk to. Personally I would love to see Nantucket Yacht club in their own sim or sims. I also would love to see a connection made between the Sailor’s Cove area and the main body of the USS-SL.