Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best of everything in 20-Baker’s-Dozen (we’re told by a local Captain that unnecessarily uttering that famous number made up of a “1” and a “3” is bad luck for seafarers like us).

Our New Year is off to a technically-challenged start. Our laptop won’t turn on. Dead, no response. We’ve contacted the manufacturer, tried all their magic key combination suggestions, but it’s still dead. Sounds like we’re going to have to send it in, which is challenging in itself.

It’s not just a laptop to us…it’s our telephone, our TV (no Downton Abbey tonight or for the foreseeable future 🙁 ), it’s how we stay connected on the blog (I don’t know how tje kids do it…iPod-typing is not fun).

So, in other words, a real bump in our glide.

The weather is too feisty for us to go anywhere for several days, so we have time to sort something out. TCI has an abundance of sunshine and beauty, but not electronics/computer stores. Oh well…we’ll figure it out. On the Things-That-Can-Go-Wrong-On-Your-Boat scale, this is minor.

One last thing…we decided to head south from here…DR here we come.