It sure has been awhile

I realized I haven't updated this blog in a realllllllly long time. Unfortunately there isn't a whole ton to say at this point. Mystic and I are in Santa Cruz, and other than day sailing and a trip to Monterey we haven't gone anywhere significant lately. Right now I am replacing one of her fuel filters with a better fuel/water separator, so she is dock bound until I am able to get a part in from the east coast. 

Plans for this summer include all of her bright work, oiling the teak, nonskidding the decks, and polishing chrome, then either this september or next it'll be time to head south. I still need to move my main sheet and add a dodger. I know people give me a hard time about demanding a dodger, but for all of you out there I just wanted to offer that you could beat into weather for awhile and see how you like it. Personally I consider myself a gentleman, and as they say, a gentleman never sails to weather, (and as I say, if I am gonna sail to weather, you better freakin believe I am going to have a dodger to hide behind.

Back in December I sailed to Monterey as I mentioned with my friend Alex. He had recently returned from Australia where he had brought his 44 ft steel cutter to sell. He is back in Mexico working on his Cape Dory 30 Moondance for a pacific crossing. I really wanted to join him, but I really need this year to get Mystic all tuned up to head our on my own. Hopefully he heads back to Mexico for his next boat and I will be able to meet up with him there. In the mean time I am going to fly down to La Paz and hang out with him for a week before he takes off.

Anyways this rambles and doesn't say much, but I just wanted put something up here. Ill try and update people more frequently on the goings on of Mystic, but who knows, I have never been very good at this blogging business.