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For those that havn't come across it yet ....
Google - "Yachting TV"
  This is a free , online broadcast , about boating in Europe . Go to the "achives" , once you register ...remember it is free , and you will find past episodes under different catagories that are easily downloaded for viewing when convenient .
  At this time , the Current Episode is an interview with Jeremy Rodgers and the Contessa 32 Association where he mentions the Contessa 26 and how it was first designed and built , with help from David Sadler . I beleive that this will be of interest to your group here in North America .
  Also other episodes about Piloting with Tom Cunliff and another passage on a replica of Spray . Other catagories include Technology , Reviews , RYA , Cruising ie - Arc Ralley . This video was well done as it reminded me of my 2 trips across the pond . Watch both parts as it is  pretty much what it is like , day to day , to cross the Atlantic .
  All in all a very good program with pretty sailboats that we only see in European magazines and lots of great scenery . I play these shows on my TV and the picture quality is as good as it gets .
Check it out and enjoy ,
Pogo

Does anyone have any experiences or knowledge regarding the installation of a gasoline Honda saildrive or  Yamaha saildrive . Curious if these are working out to be a reliable , cheap aternative to older diesal and gas engines .

Once again I enjoyed reading your trip log for your Atlantic Ocean circumnavigation . I beleive that most Contessa owners bought their sailboat to maybe someday under go such a passage . Owning a Contessa is a great first step for those with a mission or a dream . The affordability of the Contessa allows most people the opportunity to do the same kind of trip that is usually done on larger more expensive craft . I had the opportunity to crew from Tenerife to Sint Marrtin on a 64 Baltic last year , something I always wanted to try . Although I enjoyed the transat very much ( excellent captain and crew ) there is alot to be said about singlehanding a small sailboat across or around the Atlantic . The boat that I was on was awesome, but at times I found that I lost touch with the experience as we had alot of luxuries not found on a small sailboat . I can imagine what it must of been like watching those large Atlantic rollers continually coming up behind you in a sailboat so close to the water . Maybe , someday , others will take the big leap like you did , reading a trip log about somebody that did certainly helps to inspire the rest of us . Thank you for sharing your experience !

The latest cover of Boatworks magazine has a picture of a Contessa 26 with red sails . It has a stick ? attached to the stern pulpit and looks like it is being used to control something ...does anyone know what it is ?
Season's Greetings

Although I have been looking at Contessa sailboats in the past , I have yet to go for a sail on one . If someone in the Toronto or Georgian Bay area would be willing to introduce me to a wee sail on their boat I would be more then happy to go and to return your favour with a sail on my little cat boat which is near Midland . Thank you.