Viva la France! or in this case hello St.Pierre!! We arrived here at 1830 after a 33.5 hour motor boat ride into head winds and seas. Crew went down early but we managed . just had a nice dinner and 3 two fingered rums!
 It has been a harrowing two weeks getting everything together and working In fact  didn't get the alternator regulator issue resolved until Wed afternoon! Then raced with our second home Northern Yacht Club. We finished DFL but have been used to that for years!! I think we made some life long friends at the club and would highly reccommend it to anyone coming down East as a place to come to.
 We left at 0800 Thurs morning in company with Trollop (not the girl the boat) skippered by my long time friend Ted and his crew John who I have also known for longer than needs be mentioned. We motored out of Sydney Harbour and headed East into an easterly wind and seas. didn't take long for the crew to head below into the bunk. After about 10 hours trollop threw in the trowel and change course for Port Aux Basque and points West.. Ted is taking the boat home to Midland on Georgian Bay.
 We perserverred and kept going. This mornig was foggy cold and damp. Sally woke up at about 0900 with a smile on her face!! I headed below for a nap and when I woke up an hour later the sun was shining the sea was blue there were porpoises around and everything was all right in the world! Will probably leave here tomorrow after a booze run to the local duty free. Might get some pictures off later. by for now