After a test sail this past weekend I was ready to say to my spouse the boat is ready to head out into the Atlantic.

The fact the toilet doesn't work after I refitted it after it emulated a loose cannon around the cabin last year doesn't bother me, I have a bucket. I'm seriously shopping around for a second bucket after Eric told us he relies on 3 buckets, I'm hoping a second one may make me go faster. Oh and my deck level port nav light seems to have lost its lense [I blame the travel hoist, I always seem to lose one light as I enter or leave it], but I don't care as my tricolour is working with a brand new LED bulb. So I can go sailing for the next few weekends before I head for Plymouth. I'll leave the Crouch weather being fair on or around 18 May.