"When I think of all the fools I've been, it's a wonder that I've sailed this many miles." -Guy Clark

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

packing


I have been enjoying - and, yes, enjoying is the correct word here - packing for the upcoming sail.  I could really do it all in a day or two, but I prefer to take my time and do a little bit each day.  Above you will see the large duffel, towards the upper left, that will contain my clothes.  The clothes are kept in the small duffels, one each for shirts, pants, under garments and thermals.  Sleeping gear is at the right, sleeping pad, bivy and sleeping back.  Somehow it all disappears once on the boat.


Today I’ll select the charging cables.  This I do not enjoy.  I want the right number of cables, cables that are the right length and have the correct connectors.  USB, USB-C, lightning cables and mini-USB, too many choices.  I need to be able to charge my phone, the mini-iPad, camera batteries for the GoPro and the power blocks.  It is more complicated than I like.


There will be food for 28 days, though I will not consume all that.  With stops in towns along the way - Oriental, Beaufort, Ocracoke, Manteo and maybe a few others, I will probably use three weeks worth of meals.


Yes, those are jelly beans mixed in with the trail mix.


In a couple days we head to the west coast for a little while.  Then back, then hoping to cast off around the first of May.

 

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