New skill unlocked: We've had the whisker pole since we left Seattle 3 years ago. This is the first time I've completely rigged it. It does make dead downwind much easier. Now I hope my Genoa sheet is long enough to fuel the Genoa without taking down the pole!

Half way across the Sea of Cortez. Is the fact that I can post this, and also suffer brain rot from the Internet a blessing or a curse?

A new definition of America the ignorant, America the small minded. Exactly the opposite of the greatest country. I will never use this designation nor will it last beyond the current idiotic administration