Ha!, that was yesterday! Today was pure CHAOS in Charisma!
Oh, My! Where do we sit!
The galley. Where's the stove? How am I going to cook dinner tonight?
The main cabin looking aft. How are we going to put all this stuff away!
We invited Donna, the Goddess of Administration for Riverside Marina (where we are) into see our progress. Her comment; “Gosh, it’s a lot smaller than I thought!”
Well, like they say; “It’s always darkest before the dawn”. It’s evening now and actually 3/4’s of the stuff in the picture is now put away, so we’re getting closer (Donna would be more impressed).
On the other hand, I just created tomorrows list of stuff to do and there’s seven new things on it!
It never ends. BUT, we’re departing on Sunday no matter what. Not to Fiji yet, but we’re leaving the nice, comfortable slip at Whangarei and heading out for a shakedown. First to Urquarts Bay for the night, then further out, maybe Barrier Island for a couple days. We’ll see what the weather allows. The main thing – we have to test the new sails, run the water maker (it’s been “pickled” for six months) and in general make sure everything’s ready for a 1200 mile trip north and six months cruising in a third world environment.
But more importantly, we’re gonna catch us a fresh red snapper for dinner….
I figured out where you can put all that stuff you need to pack. Just store it in that neat little canvas house that Ann built. 🙂 It’s also very clear that you have another big new business opportunity. Sailboat tents! Maybe even real tents. That’s how most the backpacker companies got started – one little idea they sewed up in their garage (boat) start up.
You can even move the sewing off shore. Oops, it already is. 😀