I just sent this blast:

Preparations for departure are proceeding at a frantic pace. David Willcox with his team arrived yesterday and everyone slept on board last night… a huge milestone and hard to believe given the state of the boat a few hours before. Today we are fitting the transducer for our new depth sounder and a boarding platform aft. Tomorrow we leave and pick up our speedboat down the coast. No time for more now. Next report on arrival in Bali.

Rick

ps Our website went down a few days ago but will be up again tomorrow. Seems  our old Island Aid credit card expired and I had forgotten to update our server company.