I am happy to report that we’re finally under way again. We are currently at anchor with a beautiful view of downtown Sarasota. Tomorrow or the next day we’ll head offshore from Venice to the Dry Tortugas (weather forecast permitting). We finally got to use the water maker today and it works great, filling a 6 gal jug in 1 hour. With warmer seawater, it should make 8-9 gal/hr. This past Friday we enjoyed a visit from a friend we met while in Gulfport. Raf and Linda have cruised Florida’s west coast and the Bahamas and have given us a lot of good information. Raf was in the Tampa area for business and came by for a visit.

We haven’t heard from some of you in a very long time (you know who you are). We’d sure like an update or a howdy from you sometime. That’s all for now, keep in touch.

David and Claudia