Explore. Dream. Discover

One week from today, we plan to take Mark Twain’s advice...”Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed in the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor.  Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.”

Mark Twain makes it sound so easy...just throw off the bowlines.  For some people it might be that simple, but I have been accused of having a ‘touch’ of OCD or it could be my Type A personality.  Either way Keith and I have an extensive list of boat projects we were hoping to finish before we left.   A few weeks ago we realized that the list would not be finished, in fact the list will never be finished, so we changed our strategy and decided to thoroughly plan the future projects we would like to complete and order all of the parts/supplies before we leave.  The idea is that when we are anchored in a beautiful cove for a few days, waiting for a weather window or just enjoying our freedom from schedules, we would have everything needed to complete a project.

Soooo on most days for the past few weeks our package delivery looks like this, and yes...this cart

contains a bathroom sink!  I think the marina office will be happy to see us leave:) On June 29 when we throw off the lines (actually we’ll be bringing them with us) our boat will be sitting a little lower in the water, because we plan to embrace the true definition of cruising = fixing your boat in exotic places! Maybe Mark Twain was missing one tiny thing...

Explore. Dream. Discover. Work On Your Boat!