You will remember that Jack Aubrey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Aubrey has to bring his badly damaged ship to Desolation Island to make repairs. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grande+Terre/@-49.187292,69.3142365,82938m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0xb36b481ca16fd0e7:0xb9964abcebd3657f!8m2!3d-49.3948275!4d69.3544625!16s%2Fm%2F0lc9n1w?entry=ttu

I am back in Okinawa and, having more or less recovered from the major bash I had, can get on with repairing my poor boat that has been much distressed by typhoon damage.

However, Okinawa is not Desolation Island – far from it!

There are two major problems to be fixed; the jib is ripped to shreds and the jib furling equipment is smashed beyond redemption. The beautiful cockpit cover has had big chunks torn out of it. Who are you going to call? Mitsuda san of course. https://thequietripple.com/2019/11/07/a-cover-up-2/

He is a cooling stream to a panting hart. We have very little language in common but we understand each other. He will repair the cover, cut a new jib and track down the best furling system that will certainly be different yet probably much better than the original. Hooray!

Those are the big jobs but there are many, many other things that need to be done. I plead with son James and he agrees to come over for some time to help me out. Thanks James!

Laughing, coughing and sneezing are still very painful but I am on the mend and now look forward to a period of fun boat repair.

Okinawa is not Desolation Island.

I am invigorated!