I very much admire the surprising number of young cruisers, many with children, who have had the gumption to do this early on in their lives but most of us are in the post-retirement demographic which implies a degree of health risk. This nessecitates extra caution in what is a very physical activity. The trouble is that in weeks of cruising you only need to make one foolish mistake and it can be all over. So I got bored yesterday and decided to borrow a small kayak to see if it would fit on the deck (it didn't). Janaki was sleeping and still delicate so I decided I could haul it on deck by myself. This was stupid in any circumstances, the more so less than a year out of back surgery but..... Anyway the result is I cannot bend over and am moving about VERY gingerly. The good news is that the pain is in my back and not down my legs so no slipped disk this time but a lucky escape. Both of us being laid up is not exactly getting us in the right frame of mind to head out into the relatively exposed passages to Puerto Rico. No matter, we have plenty of time and will not head out until we are ready and the conditions are right. This does mean there may not be any travel adventures to post about for a while.