Last Sunday, July 27, Lisa and I were lucky enough to take a morning Cruise on Derek Hatfield's Open 60, Spirit of Canada.

It was the most exciting thing we have ever done on the water at 13.5 knots.

I have down loaded a couple of movies. One is a clip of Lisa working the "coffee grinder" to raise the 400 # sail. To see a main sail almost 10 stories high is incredible! And of course the boat is kept sailing flat by simply swinging the deep keel bulb over to windward with a push of a button (hydraulics).

The other movie clip is from mid-ship facing the cockpit to give an idea of the smooth and fast ride.

By the way, Derek has worked so hard to develop and build this amazing machine in Canada but he is short of cash to start the race in October. Please support him anyway you can at SpiritofCanada.net.