Well, here's the deal, in case anyone's watching!
A friend of mine, Bud, who's been sailing since the days of the French Revolution, will be going with me up as far as Pittsburg. (We think...) From there, I'm on my own. For some reason, it seems he doesn't want to sail back. (He knows about the slog back from his days as a young man when he made the trip with lots of beer on board...and nothing else, from what I understand!) However, he had agreed to buy me dinner at Benicia as compensation!
I have talked to Richard, but we have not hooked up as yet.
I have talked to another who has done the Doo Dah, and he is confident that I might find someone along the way who's willing/wanting to do some travel along the way. I guess when you're on a boat called No Agenda, 'going with the flow' is to be expected!
Brian