Lazy, langurous day, with drizzle and fog. Sometime after noon, while the ladies were off on an art tour, John and I took Heliotrope out for test drive, trying out the new self-tailing winches and making sure the bilge pump pumped as purposed. Just jib and mizzen in a gentle breeze—tranquil and relaxing.

Later, prior to dinner, I sat in the Zen spot and listened to a long line of little waves lap along the shore. I could look far, select a wave while it was still well out, and then watch it roll along, sometimes for nearly a minute, until it lapped the littoral, plashing along the regoliths. Lazy and languorous. Relaxing.