We had another Christmas Choir practice last night. Everything is going well and we sound pretty good. One of my weaknesses is when we are doing four part harmony I will drift over to the melody line if I lose my place. Not too bad for me but bad for other basses standing around me. Oh well, I don’t do this professionally.

After the practice I headed over to the monthly Yacht Club meeting. It was a very small group this time but was very nice and laid back. We had a little Christmas music playing in the back ground as we talked about sailing. The main topic tonight was Pacific crossings from the west coast of the United States. One of the guys was talking about cruising on a 38 foot boat. He was relating a story about their arrival in Tahiti. They had arrived in the evening in a sheltered harbor and anchored for the night. A massive storm blew up several hours later an within 10 seconds the boat had been wrenched from its anchorage and washed up on shore. They survived the ordeal but in the final analysis the boat had to be lifted onto a freighter with a crane and sent back to the States for a major overhaul. It was a very engrossing story.

Everyone here has settled into a nice routine and all are anticipating the Christmas Party on December 23rd and the Christmas meal on December 25th.