It was hard to say goodbye, but it's not au revoir, just see ya soon! We hope! If not, that what's still hard to learn...knowing that it's a transient experience, and everyone sooner or later leaves for their new destination or deadline. Knowing and accepting are two very different things. Whennnnnnnnnnnn.

Phil Kellet hopped on a bus from Prickly Bay to St George and jumped aboard Altair to get away from his boat Moondancer which is in the shipyard! He really needed a break and it was a spectacular day! We didn't know what to expect. Every past experience of going around the southwest corner of a country and bashing into the easterly swells and wind is usually frustrating to say the least.

It was anything but that. We sailed Altair around the SW cape and Port Saline Airport (the man-made peninsula that juts out into the sea) in a sweet l.5 hour glory trip. I think Phil was hoping for a few more hours away from the yard stress, but we all had a good time and we are finally at anchor.

I'll take bobbing at anchor, or sailing, at best, any day over being at a Marina!

We're FREE!

Dudley and Bec