<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">As many of you have noticed and commented, the Albacore websites have been down for several days due to a technical problem.<div><br></div><div>The web team is in the process of resolving the issues. <b>The International, USAA and CAA sites are back up with significant functionality.</b> You may use sites for general information and regatta schedules. A few areas are still not operational (North American discussion forum and photo galleries...). Our expectation is that full functionality will be restored by March 8. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your patience during this outage.</div><div><br></div><div>Peter Duncan</div><div>USAA webmaster</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://albacore.org/">http://albacore.org/</a></div><div><a href="http://albacore.ca/">http://albacore.ca/</a></div><div><a href="http://usaa.albacore.org/home">http://usaa.albacore.org/home</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>