Sometimes life makes you want to find a happy place.

I was cruising the internet yesterday, on a reach before a followin' sea. (Pearl was makin' for the trades on the outside.) I had started out watching a YouTube video that Ronstan had posted on Facebook. Well, you know how it goes when you start watching sailing videos... 

One video led to another, and I found myself aboard Rick Moore's S/V Sophisticated Lady. About a half dozen videos in, I saw one called Mr. Happy. Be sure to spend some time looking at Rick's beautiful pictures and videos. 

Too late to make a long story short, but that's how I was introduced to Janti and Happy Island.

I'm just going to shut up now and let you watch the videos.

Here's another good one from Goats on the Road.

And a great article by the really nice folks at Rum Therapy.

http://www.rumtherapy.com/2013/03/happy-island-the...

Pearl and I are going to meet Janti one day.  All we have to do is sell 10,000 packs of paper umbrellas.