There is a waterproof full-travel keyboard in the world! The company is Paravant, which makes laptops for military and rugged field use, and they're talking about it now to see if they want to release a keyboard only for this project. I promised them publicity and any data on interfacing and application...

The help flyers are starting to get nibbles -- had a brief meeting this morning with Mike Brokowski, in ME. He's had 5 years in the Navy working on nuclear reactors, so has had his hands on real equipment... we'll meet again tomorrow to talk about specifics, and another call came in this afternoon.

Good talk with Kurt Hughes, a multihull designer in Seattle who is becoming known for the cylinder-molding technique. He feels that my boat will be slowed by the use of kayaks as amas, since a true ama is much faster. Trade-offs can be brutal... anyway, he's sending his new book of designs and info, so we'll get to study some more possible solutions to the problem.

Short one today -- afternoon at the beach, evening music and party, followed by a bit of writing...

More soon! Cheers, Steve