Hi guys, the raft up sounds like a great idea. Thanks for suggesting AJ. Culebra will probably join you all.
This week I finished up plumbing in the spare fuel tank for the trip home. What a relief to have that done... and it works! A few weeks ago I got my sat phone, installed an external antenna and tested texting, grib file retrieval, email and such. The major projects are all done. Lots of little stuff to tinker with. Thinking about food now, watching the weather off shore. Planning to go off shore this weekend Sun-Mon to try everything out under bouncy conditions and practice on the SSB. Hopefully 1 or 2 of you would be around for some radio checks while I'm out there (John/Dream Chaser, I'll try you on 4B, maybe we could pick a few times that are convenient?). Oh, there's so much junk on the boat that has to come off first, though... including the big AC-powered shop vac.
See you over there tonight.
Paul/Culebra