Sail la Vie has new sails, new running rigging, tuned, inspected, standing rigging, a pretty, red, windvane-tail, new electronic navigational goodies, a new clothes closet, added organizational shelving, new batteries, new fresh-water lines, twin baby kayaks, and much time and energy put into her engine by her captain, (one helluva handy guy!) She is quivering with excitement over anticipation of her journey.

Sail la Vie is sleeping sweetly, having been lulled into slumber by the rocking of the last passing Seattle ferry. She is dreaming of going over the horizon.