Simple,

Sorry I'm slow in responding but ole Buddy. Remember this is Labor day
week-end and by golly I'm finally sailing again.

A lot of catching up to do. This is Pitch Regatta Week-end and though I
didn't have time to prepare my boat for racing I am not going to miss
being a spectator!

Neal, I was thinking of you the other day.
I made another concession to age. I set the 150% up in the furler. It
was at the slip but the ole Man wasn't steady at all going forward. I've
run a semi- permanent safety line system from the mast to the bow
pulpit. I thought to myself, "Neal will give me **** about this." but
then I thought maybe I should tell him about it, so that maybe he can
start thinking about doing the same thing. He spends more time on the
pointy end than I do.

They work pretty well. If you want to talk about them let me know.

Ole Thom