Break a leg!

"Breaking one's leg is not a good thing to hope for - therefore - by some superstition - if 'good luck' causes bad luck, then the perceived bad luck of breaking one's leg causes good."

The planning had been long and meticulous. They were going cruising at last! Two Brothers and one Sook (a.k.a. Captive) on a two+ year cruise around the globe with the half-way mark in Sydney for the next International Zaf. They were hoping for good luck and while no one said "break a leg" that is what happened.

Brother Blue Stache had just put his home and boat Casual Class up on the hard as he and Diana had been making plans to retire and take up their around-the-world-cruise with Brother Brise-Galets in mid-May. But a fall on Casual Class badly fractured the tibia of Blue Stache's right leg in late April.

With their boat recently in storage and his inability to live on it even if it were not, Brother Boats came to the rescue and, in the true spirit of the Brotherhood, has offered living quarters to Blue Stache and Diana. Shortly after his release from Hospital, Boats and Tricia invited the rest of the Table to their house for an Emergency Tip-a-Few where everyone could gather to check on our founding Captain's health and welfare.

With obvious disappointment, Blue Stache has taken the setback in stride as he allows his wound to heal. The reformulated plan includes travelling to Australia in early 2010 for the Zap and, if he is physically able, picking up the cruise with Brise-Galets from that point on.