Greetings!
Had a nice weekend with Jim and Rosi. They are at the municipal marina in Gulfport - in the shadow of several enormous casinos. They had a relatively good passage from Jamaica. Some problems with the throttle as I mentioned before, but they were able to get this fixed on Friday before we arrived. They also had more problems with the furling genoa. They had this sail patched in the Canaries, but they developed a substantial rip in it some time in the Yucatan channel. Fortunately, they had the spare genoa that Gerhard sent to them while they were in the Canaries. The old genoa looks like its not worth repairing - the material seems to be pretty weakened after a year at sea.
We motor sailed out to Ship Island (barrier island) on Sunday and found a nice stringer of balloons which must have come loose from a wedding or Mardis Gras float. They made the boat look very festive.
I also brought along hard copies of all the unread emails and Rosi and Jim had a great time pouring over them on Friday evening. They will probably remain in Gulfport until Tuesday when they'll move into Lake Pontchatrain. I still haven't gotten a firm answer of when Jim will return to Madison, but I suppose it will be before April 1st. Rosi will remain down here with Libelle until the weather becomes too uncomfortable.
That's all for now
Alles Gouda,
Yvonne
