Cetacea arrived safely back at the dock yesterday, with both the crew and boat somewhat bruised but none the worse for some wear. I've got probably a solid month of repairs after going through the gale on the way home, but having learned some hard lessons I also know what to improve to make Cetacea the cruising vessel I know she can be.

Rather than discourage me from leaving port again, thus trip has shown me that both Cetacea and I can handle more than I thought so long as we have a good crew to help out, which we did and I'm grateful for. Next time, and there will be a next time, all of us will be better prepared. So I'm going to keep this blog active for a while. Who knows.... I might want to do the BaHaHa to Cabo sometime.

There's an old superstition that bananas on a boat are bad luck. Not being one for superstition, we had bananas on the boat. Next trip, I might leave the bananas home......

Until we sail again!