LaLaLand

We are staying in a penthouse condo in the Long Beach area with amazing views over downtown and to the Hollywood hills in the distance.  It's a ten minute walk down to the ocean and pen FF49 where our beautiful girl resides (for now).  I am pleased to say that she is all we thought she would be, in pristine condition and has obviously been cared for very lovingly by her previous owners.  We completed sea trials yesterday, in what the broker and the owner both described as "highly unusual conditions".....about a one meter swell and 15-20 knots of wind...(hehehehe, how would they cope with Perths' sea breezes?) and Fully Involved was romping along at about 8 knots over the ground under full sail....the water here is absolutely filthy by the way, and we saw a dead cat floating in the pen area yesterday....

After the sail, we had the rigging surveyed, good for another 5 years the surveyor reported.  Lift out is tomorrow, will blog next time with photos, so cheerio from the Land of the Free for now :)