Kendrick fell ill with a long fever, and fell into debt. But by spring his prospects improved. The fever abated. He sold Martínez's furs for $8,000 and his own for $18,000, a far better price per fur than Gray had managed. Now flush with cash he paid his debts and rented a house in Macau while making various preparations for a return voyage to the Pacific Northwest. He had "Lady Washington" refitting as a brigantine similar to the privateer "Fanny" he had captained during the Revolutionary War. A second mast was added to "Washington", along with new sails and rigging.