LIVING UP A LADDER

Hauled out and blocked nose to wind as always. Edwyn the yard manager always gets his mask and snorkel on to make sure the lifting straps are in the right place. It is one of the reasons I keep coming back here.

I am being extra careful on the ladder as I heard recently that my heroine Jeanne Socrates had fallen from deck level while working on her boat in the yard.

Two attempts to​ ​start​ ​off down the Pacific from Victoria, B.C. - on 19th October and​ ​​on​ ​13th November - were thwarted in 2016. This was planned to be a fourth solo circumnavigation and a second sail nonstop and unassisted around the world but​ ​stormy weather twice caused damage, firstly requiring a return to Victoria for repairs and the next time forcing her​ ​to pull in to San Diego​ for further work.

She​ ​was all set to re-start on​ ​5th​ ​October 2017 from Victoria, B.C.​ ​but she suffered a nasty fall from ​a ladder at ​deck-level onto the hard just a week before her planned departure. She's now recuperating well​, despite several broken bones,​ but has had t​o​ postpone this attempt to October 2018.

So it is Extra Careful Jones on the ladder.