BWB, PTWBF, and Visits

It is a strange feeling to make my first blog update in many weeks but there is some relevant post circumnavigation information to be presented.

During my brief stay in Fremantle I was asked by the Fremantle Sailing Club to produce an article for their quarterly publication, the Blue Water Bulletin.  The three-page article, titled A World Circumnavigation, has been published in the current July-September issue, which can be accessed from the club's web site at http://www.fsc.com.au/home/. On the left side of the home page there is a hot link to the BWB .  In the issue are three interesting articles on the Bali Race which I may enter as a "rally" participant in 2015.  A perusal of the issue will give an indication of the vibrancy of the Fremantle Sailing Club both in scope and depth.

I have been honoured with an invitation to give a presentation at this year's Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival and have been scheduled to speak at 9.30-10.30 AM on Sunday 8 September at the Maritime Meeting Room West.  I have titled the presentation A circumnavigation after Retirement.   The PTWBF web site is at http://woodenboat.org/festival/ but the schedule of presentations does not seem to have been published at this time.

I've been based in Kingston, Washington for the last month enjoying the hospitality of my brother Arnold and his wife Sandra, and  have made regular visits to Port Townsend to catch up with friends.  On 24 July I will fly down south to visit La Paz Mexico, San Diego California, and Prescott Valley Arizona visit more friends from the circumnavigation.