As this is a cruising group and contains little info on actual
cruising, to give those contemplating sailing off shore I am posting
this email from a friend of mine who, like me, is also a solo sailor.

Jack, a US citizen who originally hailed from California, is a retired
deep sea diver who lives aboard his 40 foot ketch which has
registration in Hobart, Australia and which flies the Australian flag
- that's where his US registration expired during a circumnavigation
with his family. He left Chaguramas in Trinidad mid May and sailed on
the inside passage direct for Saint Thomas with a cargo of cheap jam
made from real fruit for some friends.

He prefers uncluttered destinations, always anchors out and has an
aversion to what he terms as "water Winnebagos". He is one of the most
practical and self contained sailors I know.

So, if any of you chance to see his boat, call over and say hello. He
will appreciate a friendly smile.

subject: Greetings from the fairly far north

G'day Peter,

Arrived here at St Peters, Cape Breton Is., Nova Scotia on the 18th
after 14 days of uneventful sailing from St Thomas. almost Virgin
Islands.
Nothing broken or major dramas. It was good to be at sea and now it
is good to be here in a very different environment. Had one of the 2
to 3 days of summer the day I reached and it is lovely here with the
sun shining. I will be moving across the lakes to Bedeck in a few
days and am considering a frolllic to the S shore of Newfoundland and
the French Islands for a baguette or 3. Will see how the weather
develops. Expect to be raising sail for down island where the butter
melts toward the end of October.

So it is with me and Kulkuri.

Hope this finds you well and doing well.

Don't stay away to long -"Sailors and ships rot in port." H Nelson

Take good care and be well.

Fair winds and foul friends, Jack - Ketch Kulkuri

QQ: "Not all who wander are lost." J R R Tolkien