Last year my wife and I went to Catalina Island. There was a lot of excitement with an outrigger canoe race from Avalon to Newport Beach. It sounded like fun so I joined a local club last October and started racing. Well, here I am about 5 miles out from Catalina on our 31 mile crossing. (the orange and blue boat.) It's really a great thing to aim for something and achieve an goal. So for those of you who always wanted to do something, get out there and do it. Next year my goal is to complete the Molokai to Oahu 48 miles crossing race.