I've been on the line to the NP (that's North Pole, not Neil Pryde), and Saint Nick is not too happy with some of the whinging he's seen on the forum about not being able to sail on the 25th. He told me, "what's the point of laying on wind for these bozos if they're all going to stay home, get smashed and play on the PS3 with the kids? I might give it a miss next year if this sort of thing keeps up."

Anyway, it's a dead-set cert that Mr Claus want everyone to have a bonzer time on the water so refuse that third beer with lunch, hit the water, and make the man in the big red suit proud.