Robert this is gonna be a bit long but....i havent raced a model boat in 9 months, and it feels like 9 YEARS! I cant begin to tell you how glad i was to hear that you were going to start running boats again after you had lost Rhonda...to me, you made the choice to go on with life as im SURE Rhonda would want you to do...you have alot of good memories made in this hobby....keep making more for yourself and just have fun with it....doesnt matter how you finish, just enjoy the whole deal! I cant begin to tell you how much i MISS associating with people in this hobby(some of them posted on this very topic)even if it was for just 5 MINUTES!Many of these people went WAY out of their way to lend a hand to me, and i did my best to help out if i could....the list of good folks in this hobby is LONG, and yes unfortunatly there are a small group of those who are in the hobby for all the wrong reasons, but i have never wasted my time worrying about those silly, misguided people, and just did my own thing with those who enjoyed the hobby for what it is....GROWN PEOPLE SIMPLY PLAYING WITH TOY BOATS!If you do the same you will enjoy it too! I miss racing little boats terribly...and i hope maybe one day ill run again, but either way i have have SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES made because of this HOBBY and the PEOPLE in it, and you can to ol buddy....just FORGET ABOUT THE BAD STUFF because its a waste of time and focus onthe GOOD STUFF.....because there is ALOT OF GOOD STUFF in this hobby! NOW DO IT!!