Now that the ski season is wrapping up, we are spending more time at the boat. The Bay Area is a riot of spring color and reminds us that summer and fall are just around the corner. Only 5 months before we take off! In the last couple of months we have been making plans for the bimini, refrigeration system, energy capture, sails, and standing rigging replacement, digitizing photos, films, and music that we want on our voyage, and studying for technician class ham license. I've been learning how to make Greek Yogurt in my crockpot along with a lot of other low carb recipes. I hope this can transfer over to using a a dutch oven in a solar oven. This should work for most high temperature recipes but probably not for the yogurt. In the meantime, I've been buying air tight containers to store provisions. It hasn't been an idle winter.
Major work on and for the boat will begin in April and hopefully will be complete by the beginning of July when Russ and I will phase out of our jobs and retire. Then we can complete the finishing touches before our journey. Unfortunately, I doubt that we will be doing much sailing before we head out the Gate and head south. We do plan to attend the boat show in April and will sign up for the Baja Ha Ha in May.
