San Francisco Holiday

Hi all, We are enjoying ourselves on our San Francisco mini hoilday. Although I have spent some time doing repairs we are still getting time to go out and see many of the cities attractions. We've been on the cable cars (Nadia thgought they were fun but too noisy), Pier 39, the SF Zoo, had lunch in Chinatown, taken in the Exploritorium and had many nice walks throught the cities neighbourhoods. Nadia has really gotten involved in sewing crafts, she is working on a patch work blanket, doing beadwork, and reading her usual 5 books a day. Her and Brenda are working their way through Harry Potter and are now on book 2.

Dale and I put the repaired windlass mount back in place yesterday. It wasn't welded quite right (what else is new) but after some thought and a few modifications I think it is more likely to last than before. For you non boaters the windlass is used to raise the main anchor, without it we would have to use a much smaller anchor which can be hand hauled. Dale left us yesterday after a full month on board. I told him we would be about 2 weeks total, ha ha, that was a good one. He will be missed but I'm sure he is happy to get back to Suelaine and his regular life. I wish him all the best in all of his adventures.

We will get busy studying all the pilot charts of the Pacific and decide on the best route south of here.

Many thanks to everyone reading our blog and to all those who leave comments, we love reading them,

Pete