Well, after being held up on Quadra Island, British Columbia waiting for a new propeller to be shipped from Florida we have finally made it back to the US.

We spent the last nine days working hard to get the boat ready for offshore passage to San Francisco before nasty weather rolls in from the north. There are still a number of make or break situations to resolve but I think that a majority of the work is behind us. Some of the the improvements include a self steering windvane, new removable inner forestay, new sails; jib, storm jib, and spinnaker, a new marine head, raw water plumbing, engine overhaul, fresh railstripe, and coming soon radar, AIS, and single side band radio reciever for offshore weather.

There are some changes in crew. Hannah is back in Indiana at Earlham college and we are joined by Steve Rinker and Shawn Cole for the next leg. Despite the hectic nature of numerous and diverse projects all within the same few feet of airspace, the four of us are already working together like a well oiled SABB engine . Thats about it for now. - Gib