March 21

"Sometime in the 19th century, the Royal Navy attempted to finally dispel the old superstition among sailors that beginning a voyage on a Friday was certain to bring bad luck. To demonstrate the falseness of this belief, they decided to commission a ship named HMS Friday. Her keel was laid on a Friday, she was launched on a Friday, and she set sail on her maiden voyage on a Friday, under the command of a Captain James Friday. She was never seen or heard from again." You're buying this right? This story, as recounted in Wikipedia, is complete bunkum, but a goodly percentage of sailors (your knowing one should not prevent you from living a full and productive life) will not depart on Friday.

Sultry, steamy day on the isthmus. Would return to boat from floundering around on the internet at free internet site, trying to marshal resources for upcoming voyage, but a thunderstorm has, for the moment, frustrated that impulse. Sunday is an unused day in the banana republic, an occurrence not completely foreign, here, to many other parts of the week, so internet and boat projects, which will likely excite little enthusiasm for awhile, are only alternatives to doing nothing... hey, wait a minute. Nobody mentioned that last thing. OK, I'm done.

Jack