Finding owners has been an interesting process - we are adding two to four every couple of months. I'm glad there is such enthusiasm for these old boats, and hope we can keep as many as possible in the hands of people who will appreciate their fine sailing qualities. Got my mast up and the boat launched somewhat after dark on Friday, then tuned the rig with the aid of a small flashlight. Saturday's forecast was plenty of wind. We had all we wanted, plus. We made a decent start in the first race, turned the windward mark in second place, then screamed downwind with the 150 furled to about 120 and showed 6.0 to 7.4 on the knotmeter (hull speed is 5.92). On about the third gybe, with the main sheeted in pretty far, the boom came across and snapped right at the bail for the mainsheet attachment. We had to drop out, as the broken end of the boom was bouncing around in a threatening fashion, hanging from the single slug at the clew (loose footed sail). Fired up the outbard and made for more sheltered water, tied off the boom and retrieved the broken piece. You will find out why it happened in the next issue of "Tell-Tales" (the suspense builds). 4 of the 7 boats in our class dropped out of that race (we had the only equipment failure, but there were a couple of injuries and one guy fell off a boat in spinnaker class) and it hurt to miss the second race, too, as this boat really does like those heavy wind days and I think we'd have done OK. Turned out the failure was actually my fault, not the boom's. I'm repairing the boom now and plan to race in two weeks, as my Tahoe-based brother will be visiting and he is at least as gung ho as I am.