I have been waiting for my new jib to arrive for months. It had to be specially cut by a sailmaker on the mainland. Boats in Japan have white sails and it has been very difficult for them to source the tan sail material so emblematic of the Norfolk Gypsy.

The sail arrived yesterday! Hooray!

I now have to attach the sail to the new furling system. I fear this will be difficult.

To make things more tricky, a typhoon is blasting its way up the Chinese coast.

Trying to control a loose sail in a high wind is more or less impossible It flaps around like crazy. I will have to wait until things calm down before I can bend on the jib. How frustrating!

Tim gave me a baby tree about 4 years ago. It did not do very well mainly because I abandoned it regularly to go to California.

It is doing so well! Just likes having me around I suppose.