Gentle reader, please accept my abject apologies for not writing sooner, but time has been in short supply. I returned from the desert in August to find that hungry termites had been eating my house, bringing forward the planned kitchen renovation by a year or two. Then out of the blue I was called away to location manage a documentary film shoot in Central Australia which took all of October and some of November. The renovations were almost complete by Christmas, and on Boxing Day I sailed in the Melbourne Hobart yacht race, crewing on Escapade, a Farr 38. We saw in the new year from the balcony of our suite on the Elizabeth Street jetty at Constitution Dock overlooking the Sydney-Hobart fleet, prime position for the annual fireworks display. Over the next few days the party gradually packed up, and on the 4th. January, Escapade put to sea again for a three week cruise back to Victoria. We plan a leisurely sail up the east coast of Tasmania and through the Bass Strait Islands. On board is skipper and owner Robert, his wife Felicity, their daughter Aimee and my good self. Over the next few weeks I plan to share with you our journey home.
