Ronin often refuses the spoon. Last weekend, I just gave up and let her do it herself. Maybe that’s all she wanted. Unfortunately, it’s pretty messy.

We just heard from the new owner of the Time Machine. Donald is doing a complete refit. It will look great with a new paint topsides.

The rudder of my dreams. The design for this is based on Bill’s rudder on Wing and a Prayer. It is firmly mounted in a (break away) sleeve but can be raised out of danger to operate in shallow water or pushed deep for maximum performance.

Ronin inherits her mother’s obsession with Star Wars characters. It has occurred to us that it will relatively easy to arrange for it to be her first movie as well.