As many of you know since China we have been preparing for our next big adventure, the 2006 Star World Championships. The Star Worlds is considered by many to be the pinnacle of yacht racing with the list of champions reading like the Sailing Hall of Fame. This year the world’s best sailors will be tested on San Francisco Bay, some of the most difficult racing conditions anywhere. With winds typically in excess of 20 knots, strong currents, short steep waves, and icy cold waters it makes sense that the world’s most feared prison, Alcatraz, sits in the center of the bay.