Transatlantic Beach Cat Record–Homann Holds Up: The Canaries is a busy place right now. But one sailor who apparently won’t be joining the action is beach cat sailor Greg Homann, who was on the verge of setting out to try and break the transatlantic beach cat record. No real explanation is given for this decision, and his web site says that the voyage is only “suspended.” But it doesn’t sound good. The decision to “review his program” followed his trial sail to the Canaries. Must have been a very nasty voyage…

Beach Cat Revelation: “Hmmm. Twenty days of this will turn me into one big salt water sore…”