We spent a lot more time this year trying to prep Gypsy Wind for the summer. The heat is really a killer. But this year we carefully covered 90 percent of the boat with blue sunshade material. We put the dink on the foredeck and covered it with a partial layer of sun shade material.

We left her in Eddie's capable hands. He checks on her every week along with a wash down now and then. Gonzalo is doing the bottom clean every month. And Jorge is doing some maintenance for us while we are gone.

We left on Monday, May 23rd for the states. I can't believe we have been gone for two weeks! We will return every seven weeks to check her status ourselves.

We are now traveling the great US of A in our land yacht, Jessie. We are still moving about in Arizona on our way to California. Catch up with us on Facebook.