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Sailors write their plans in sand

Jan 2, 2021SailingSaetta1 CommentSailing and Cruisinganxiety, atlanticcrossing, CanaryIslands, Change, changeofplans, cruising, decisionmaking, decisions, GranCanaria, LaGomera, Lanzarote, Passageplanning, sailing, sailinglife, sand, stress, structure, weatherforecast, weatherwindow

Sailors write their plans in sand. Sounds romantic, doesn’t it? I see a pretty beach, nice sunset, sandcastles, candles and maybe a cocktail if I hear this saying. This saying is very true, but for me, the mental picture I have with it, is not at all how reality feels for me. I like structure, I like order (although Miguel will disagree with that one, seeing how messy I can be sometimes). If I have […]

Decisions, decisions, decisions Part II

A while ago we posted a blog about a couple of our decisions before departing on on our trip. Today we want to show you a couple more decisions we have made, and for some of them, how we enjoy them! Safety equipment Some things we really wanted/needed to buy before leaving were a life raft and an EPIRP. Our life raft is almost 10 years old and it needed to be serviced. Apparently this […]