Zaurak's Bimbling Blog
Saturday 7th December 2019
We are now at the end of our second week at sea. Family members Yael, Maia, baby Noa, Mike, Char and baby Toby are flying out to St Lucia today, leaving two weeks after us and arriving roughly a week before. This direct comparison reminds us that we are not on this journey for efficiency, and, despite the skipper's claims, we are rejecting the notion that we are sailing to the Caribbean for environmental reasons, based on the number of periphery flights that were required to put this trip together. That said, why are we doing this?
Skipper Richard: it's my dream. If you are a cruising sailor, sailing the Atlantic in your own boat is the dream.
Claire: someone's got to look after Dad [skipper Richard].
Alice: a chance to decide if I like sailing -- good to test this out on a quick, low investment sailing experience...
Caroline: three weeks of fun and sun with a challenge.
Adrian: after two years of cruising in Scotland I fancied a warm weather trip: shorts and t-shirt downwind sailing!
Pete (father of baby Noa): snatching a few hours sleep here and there, soaking wet one moment, hot and confused the next, it's essentially solo parenting but with more sunsets.
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