Thanks to all of you who have welcomed me back. I am still pinching myself to make sure it is really happening. Arion always was a pretty boat and now, with Jay Reynold's artistic and technical input, it has become an absolute jewel. Thinking of his generosity and friendship makes me misty eyed. My health is always going to be a challenge I have to deal with, given that I have an inoperable brain tumour that is kept in check with powerful medication and regular hospital visits. Other conditions, like getting shingles last year, place me at much higher risk than usual. I have learned two lessons however. One is to plan my projects more effectively so as not to reach tipping point in physical and emotional exhaustion and the other is to do a little bit each day until I get there. I'd like to go offshore again and sail to New Zealand and the South Pacific one of these days but will have to see how things progress. In the meantime I will sail up and down the Queensland coast, picking my weather and mooching along, building up experience with the rig until I can handle it with the same confidence I had in the old bermudian rig. Now that I have regained my physical strength and banished the emotional exhaustion and depression that knocked my hat off, I am filled with enthusiasm for the project again. For someone in my position, junk rig has to be the ideal solution to staying at the helm for as long as possible. I always think of Michael Richey, sailing Jester alone across the Atlantic ocean in his 80s. My next objective is to buy a digital camera, post some photos and write something for the journal.