Thanks Dave for bringing me up to speed on the prior Zac threads.

I just haven't been that attentive to the sailing news groups here in
the past year... that I use to monitor on a daily basis... for
reasons
that are obvious. Starting with the decline and fall of A.S.A..

I hope he has a good adventure.

I hope so as well. For a young fellow he is apparently quite
knowledge
and an able seaman due to his past upbringing. Plus he has a good
support system... and thus far his negative encounters while under
way have been minimal or at least reasonably so.

Best regards

Bill