We really are off sailing now. We leave at lunchtime today. There was an influx of people yesterday - the Tall People (Jim, 6ft 5in, and Cathy, 6ft 2in) arrived mid-afternoon, and the High People (Scott and Laurie, who met each other on Everest) arrived last night. We had a First Night Party at a ridiculously cheap Mexican eatery - huge quantities of margarita and shrimp for about GBP 10 each.
And now we're off out to sea. At last.
My laptop has died - the same hardware fault that my previous MacBook had, which causes it to power down at random. Plus I'm unlikely to have internet access as we harbour-hop down the coast. So I'll be picking up emails via my cellphone, so no large attachments please!
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At this time last year Roz was rowing the Atlantic. From time to time she had problems with her electronics and was unable to put her message on her website. In a phone call she would ask me to do it for her.
This is happening again - not because she is rowing, but because her computer is ailing. She has asked me to mention that the Geographical Magazine (Royal Geographical Society) for this month, December, has an item on page 101 entitled "Explorer's Essentials" written by her. It is a list of 10 items that were invaluable to her on her voyage across the Atlantic. Her Kakadu golf gloves are at number 6 on the list. The picture shown with that article is this one of Gloves with Holes.
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After a lengthy spell gadding about in the Caribbean, at last Sedna has arrived in Miami. She got there on Tuesday night. I don't know yet what shape she is in after all her travels, but at least it seems she still exists and her container didn't fall overboard en route.
So now she will be cleared through customs and once anybody deigns to get back to me with a price quote, I'll get her shipped over to San Francisco. I'm hoping she may get there before I go back to the Bay Area from 15 to 20 January so I can assess her condition, but given her sedate rate of progress so far, and with Christmas coming up, I'm rather doubtful...
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A friend pointed me in the direction of Tip the Planet, a green website bulging with quick tips on how be live a greener life.
There's all kinds of useful information there, including how to have a greener Christmas, what fish are being overfished to the point of extinction, and even how to clean your shoes with a banana skin(??!).
It may all sound like small stuff when you look at the scale of the issue, but every little bit helps.
Meanwhile, I'm finding it hard to get in the Christmas spirit here in Mexico, where it's 90 degrees in the shade...
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