I'd have emailed except for the nospam address.

You mentioned racing on a Newport 27 out of Toronto. Do you know
anybody who might be looking for a cheap Newport 27 to fix up and go
racing against you? My son owns one in Kingston and won't get to sail
it for the next 3 years because of his coop program, so it's probably
time to sell. It's fundamentally sound with a good A4 and blown out
sails.

Ryk