Salsa Verde just got the nicest upgrade from its loving crew! It’s a custom GPS/speaker/bottle holder that will fit right in the companionway!

And that’s on top of the new light spin sheet and handheld VHF! Wow! Thank you so much guys!

Today was the first day in a looooonng time that I spent alone on Salsa Verde. I needed to fix and upgrade some stuff. I changed one battery, I cleaned the engine compartment, I finally installed the new spinnaker halyard that Joey and Marise gave me, I installed home made lazy jacks (for next week’s single hand regatta!!!) and I figured out a simple “auto helm” system… I also tried to install the table top “u shaped rails” under the cockpit, but then I ran into some tecknical problems… So I decided to go watch the Christmas Parade that was going on in Julington Creek! Power boats all decorated with Christmas lights and music, riding slowly in circles inside the “bay”…. It was really funny, they do this every year apparently. Later, to make my evening even more special, I watched fireworks from the galley while eating my chef Boyardee Ravioli What a day! I hope the Gators won…

Sorry for the mess: Lines drying in the sun!