Just a quick note to mention that Great Escape has started their journey (way to go, Conrad and Roxanne!) and FantaSea is in Sarasota for now while Iris does a little more work back in P'cola -- looking forward to both vessels' next posts! (links to these are in the right-hand navbar)

Had some very tasty pizza last night (Mr. Z's in the Winn Dixie plaza: the W-D is open until midnight, Mr. Z's is open until 10 pm, and FYE video is also in the same plaza) with Ginger and Maury from GypsySails. They haven't been updating their sailblog, partly due to computer issues, but they are both healthy and doing fine: Maury's working on base and at West Marine (feed the cruising kitty) and Ginger is sewing new sailcovers. As usual, they are charming and cheerful and willing to share helpful info like fishing tips! Thanks for a fun evening, GypsySails! And we will try that potato chip bag thing :-)