Exit strategy.

I'm checked out of the hotel and lurking in the lobby until the airport shuttle comes to take me home!

 Many frustrations accompanied the positive aspects of this month's tour. The worst of which is jealousy, perhaps the most demoralizing emotion.
  After fighting my way through the professional ranks of this sport for a half dozen years now, a team of under 25's is being assembled and funded to promote young, American off shore sailors.
The first project is July's Transatlantic race from Newport, RI to Portsmouth England on a 6 million dollar 65 footer. I think it's terrific that such a project is in the works, but a pity that I'm too old to qualify. Puma's Volvo Ocean Race Team and Ramble 100 will be competing in the race and such exposure would be a great way to secure one of the under 30 positions required for the circumnavigation.
   This could officially be my quarter life crisis.
Get me home.
T