Anne - the inaugural LCT pooch championship on the Hanseatic was (narrowly) won by Brad, and that was at the 11th hour as Ngaire, Ken, Peggy, Jerry, Brad & I awaited our flights in the Admirals Club in Buenos Aires. We used the original scoring - with the new method that rewards positive bidding the scores will be higher so you shouldn't have any problem beating his score.

Jim - I wouldn't worry about combining emails - everyone back here will be eager to hear it all and see your travelogues when you return.