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Well, this weekend I will be finally launching my Cavendysh on Lake Erie.  After a number of projects and a 40 day detail out in the western states on wildfire, I am looking forward to sailing.  I am looking to do a crossing over to Canada in next 2-3 weekends.  We can set up a sail so you can see a post 1983 Contessa 26 along with a new windvane and traveller system for the mainsail.  ~jklee

I had one built for me last autumn.  There is a photo in the gallary, though not the best and just before I installed it.  The plates at what I used to bolt through to help its strenght in holding.  Future photos of the traveller will be coming. jklee

Well, I can find my marina but not my boat:-(  My boat did not get there until late July.  Still, a great resource for one sailing to a distant harbor to know what they are looking for and at.  jklee

I have the West Marine and I got the medium headsail bag and it handled the 110 sail (hopefully my new 135 this summer) I have.  It worked just great and it was nice not to have to unhank the sail at the end of the day when it is all wet as there is a mesh bottom of the bag for the sail to drain.  jklee

I am looking into buying a Whisker Pole and wondered if anyone had any thoughts on them.  I mainly see Forespar "small telescoping" or "heavy -duty" whisker poles.  I have used them once when I was in a sailing club in Florida for running with the wind and it worked great.  Thanks, jklee

I have noticed on other websites that they are having the same problem we our as lately.  So we are not alone.  I get the feeling these people are the same as those that have their cellphone go off in the middle of a movie.  jklee

Adrian,  I do not know the working of spam but we have been hit alot and you have doing a great job keeping them at bay.  I wish we as a group could help you out on this.  You need not apology.  I for one Thank You for your effort in keeping this website together.  ~jklee

Well, in the states (USA), one goes through rolite co. in Wisconsin.  Their e-mail is roliteco@execpc.com  and phone is 1-800-253-6466
The products
6816 Rolite Metal/Paint /Fibreglass Polish  is sold in pounds (not oz) for $17.50 and I was told to get 2lbs for the boat
4916 Polish/sealant (final sealant to use after above ) 34.99 for 32oz.  Same price as the 16oz above which surprised me
They were really friendly and if the order person did not have the answer they passed me the person in the warehouse that did.  Even when finalizing the order the person check with the warehouse person on each idea to make sure we got it right.  And as the old saying goes, it is in the mail (UPS in this case) tomorrow.  ~jklee

Okay, not to belittle the point, but here is a little history; the fastest sailor around the world to date is Ellen MacArthur 2006, who also came in second in the 2001 Vendee Globe, won 2002 Route de Rhum and at age 19 solo around British Isles. Catherine Chabaud became the 1st woman to races in Vendee Globe in 1996 only 6 races after Robin Knox-Johnston did it in 1969.  Chojnowska-Liskiewicz was 1st woman to sail around the world sole 1976-8, though at the same time a grandmother, Ann Gash, did the same in a Folkboat from Australia 1975-77.  Ann Davison was first to solo Atlantic 1952-3.  Naomi James was 1st woman to circumnavigate world via Cape Horn in 272 days with only 2 stops (she had never spent more then a night on the water before this!) in 1977-78. Emma Richards was youngest solo sailor in 2003 Around Alone race and recieved from Queen the MBE metal for it along with Ellen MacArthur for her sailing following year (I believe).  Alice Otsuji Hager, 63, in 1984 solo - non-stop in International Folkboat from SF, Calif to Kagoshima in southern Japan in 78 days.  Florence Arthaud in 1990 won the Route du Rhum after being in this race every year since it started.  Kay Cottee was 1st solo around the world in 1988 in 189 days, beating Knox-Johnston time. in 1994-95, Lisa Clayton became the 1st British woman to solo - non-stop around the world in 285 day despite capsizing 7 times! Samatha Brewster 1996  in 67 foot steel cutter sailed  "the hard way" (west - east) 1970 around world in 247 beating Chay Blyth's 1970-71 record (sailed in original around world race) time by 45 days.  In 2006, Dolores Clover (mother of youngest kid to solo Atlantic in 2004) on Belmore, Contessa 32 also solo the Atlantic Ocean.  Then there is our famous Tania Aebi on the famous Varuna in 1985-87.  This is only a few of many women who have sailed the  7-seas and it shows that no one owns the sea no matter which side of the "x-y" gene side your on, unless you have big corporation backing you;-)  Still, even they have failed to survive the sea and for all of us that is the name of the game and telling your stories about it.  ~jklee

Tia,  One of my spring jobs is replacing my navigation lights that are low on the boat with a mast trilight/anchor light.  The thought here is to get the lights up as high as I can for others (larger vessels) to see me from a farther distance and so they are not effected by waves heights.  The wiring part is something that is new to me also but something I will figure out when I finally get to my boat's mast look it over after this wintery weather finally departs us here on Lake Erie.  If you wish to have the lights for legal reasons, you can always go down the line with Portable LED Lights w/ suction cup mounts, just a thought and no wiring needed. ~jklee

Adrian, do not be shy, you wrote a nice write-up on your Frog website, if others would like to read it.  Can't remember the address.
Seeadler, I have not read Tania's newest book yet, someday.
~jklee