In a couple of days I will be heading back to Dora Mac in Annapolis and Mercedes is coming two weeks later.

As usual there´s a whole bag of spareparts to bring and the list of service and repairs is long.

Last week I had surgery for cataract after decades sailing tropical waters (uv-radiation enhances risk of significant cataract) and there´s a three week convalescence after the operation when heavy work must be avoided.

Hopefully I will manage to get the boat up running without bilge yoga which is often part of reality on an oceangoing motortrawler.