Prostate Cancer Pin-up Boy, November 2015.

11/11/2015 - A day to remember, or is it a day not to forget or even an unforgettable day? This year, for us, all of the latter apply. From this year forward, Remembrance Day will have another and quite unconnected significance for us. The Bloke attended his post-operative doctor's appointment. Robotic keyhole surgery to remove a cancerous prostate was confirmed to be successful.

Phew!

We'll spare you the gritty detail unless you'd like a private conversation but like to take the opportunity to remind all you fellows out there, to take Prostate Cancer seriously and not evade medical checks like sissies! 3,000 premature deaths are annually attributable in Australia to this cancer. It need not be so.

In June this year we'd calculated that 4,100 nautical miles had so far been traveled on our mission to circumnavigate Australia. In the circumstances we are so glad that we took off in 2013 and not waiting for official retirement age. Since June, we have restricted our voyaging and spent 5 months around Sydney enclosed waters and Pittwater to facilitate a medical journey. Surprisingly, we've added a further 400nm to our log just around here! Very happily too, sharing some of these miles with Bullet, the Professors Martin, also Sister-in-law Jan and the 'General'. Sydney sailors are lucky indeed to have so many destination options without much of an ocean challenge. We've seized the opportunity to savour some of these cruising grounds, reconnect with friends plus add some new ones. We have so much to be thankful for.

For now, we are in recovery mode and rewriting our sailing plans for 2016 -  in the sand at low tide of course!