As I write, Jason is out in our shop shaping fir which will become our cabin-top water catchment system. I’m looking at piles of gear lining our front hall–sea boots, piles of books, water jugs, line waiting for me to splice to make headsail tack pennants. My computer has way too many tabs open. At some level we’ve been working toward this adventure for 20 years, but now we’re really getting ready. We’re hoping to leave from Alameda mid January 2018.