September 2, 2008

Back at SeaWe dropped the mooring at Majuro 24 hours ago, and are now halfway to Ailuk Atoll, also in the Marshall Islands, but 250 miles north of the capital. We,ve been wanting to get away from the developed area, and this should do it. We hear there are almost no motors on Ailuk, and transport of people and goods around the lagoon is via traditional outrigger canoes (albeit with sails made from modern tarp material). We, and Sequester, are out of practice for ocean sailing. I'm patching things up as we go, and making a list to work on while we're in Ailuk. Nobody else's yacht to work on there, just ours and the local canoes. I'm hoping I have a working copy of our send list for these emails. Neglect, plus the computer virus made a shambles of the addresses. Also, I'll try sending direct from sailmail to all. Please remember, if you answer, keep it short, text only, no attachments, and DON'T let anyone else have this address. If a spammer gets the sailmail address, we're dead for the next 6 weeks. My next project now; try to recall how to send sailmail via the radio. Having internet access, however shoddy, spoils me. More soon, probably from the flat water of the Ailuk lagoon. Ted