Ardea, now teeming with aspiring cruisers!

Ardea is happily accommodating her soon-to-be crew. The weather at the docks in Berkeley has been amazing (couldn't help but notice the weatherfax forecasts on Monday showed a pretty ideal window...) and we are beginning to charge through projects at an unprecedented pace.

With the help of Anna and "Spanish the Easy Way", we're brushing up for Mexico- according to the book, we should expect phrases like, "No es el gato, es la mesa" to be really handy down there.



Still plenty of time for beers!



The next few days will bring the installation of the hydrovane self-steering system, ordering solar panels and numerous small projects. We recently acquired a couple needed pieces of equipment: a dinghy, a whisker pole, some sexy foulies, and we're starting to stock spares. Also, the SSB radio is rigged and working! Still need to get licenced, but soon we'll be HAM ready. It's all coming together quite nicely.

We're prepping for a three day jaunt to Drake's Bay in about a week. Dana, Anna and Taylor are chipping away at boat projects while Connor is busy passing off his projects at the ol' office (only three more weeks!).

 More on projects and SF Bay fun soon!