Yeah man, it'd be good to see Ali/ meet you, has been far too long. I'm sailing at Thorpe Bay still, Jon's down in Emsworth so we don't sail together all that much. Truth be told we'll probably be even worse unless it's properly windy - can still mix it with the best of 'em when it calls for it, though
If you weren't so far away/ i found out when it was earlier i'd say to get down for the Nore Race at my club (ish) it's about 20 miles all round the mouth of the Thames, really really good race to do but f**king tiring, always seems to be stupidly windy too which is good fun.
500's are a dead fleet now though, would say get to some open meetings but there aren't any