Oh, I missed some questions:
I am down to six on my crew or possibly 5. Nice for logistics/organizing in a long race but not a lot of weight now that the winds are forecasted to be up.
We may see 6 foot chop or so in those winds. Lakesailor may know better; historically I tried never to be out there in 40 kts.
The western rounding mark is right at a major port city that we can duck in to if needed. It is always fun when a rounding mark in a night race are a bunch of submerged rocks.
