Did I mention that we aren’t heading south this winter?<\/p>\n
“YES BOB, YOU’VE BEEN WHINING ABOUT THIS FOR A MONTH NOW!”<\/p>\n
Yes, yes, I get it.\u00a0 Anyway, I accept that but now I can spend the next few months stressing about all that has to be done to get Pandora ready, and I mean REALLY READY for next summer and our planned trip back to Antigua in the fall.\u00a0 \u00a0 that means all of the little projects that somehow get pushed off into the future when deadlines are tight and time short.<\/p>\n
Planning ahead has always been a focus of mine and having a list of all the little niddly (is that a word?) things that need to be done, like that tiny persistent leak over the galley makes me feel like I am heading in the right direction.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 even the simplest fix often becomes a big job.\u00a0 For example, that galley leak is probably coming from a loose fastening on the traveler but fixing that will involve lots of disassembly down below as well as on deck.\u00a0 Easier said than done.<\/p>\n
Yes, I am a\u00a0 planner.\u00a0 And, speaking of “strengths?”, I once worked for someone who liked to remind me that a person’s greatest strength was also their greatest weakness.\u00a0 And, surely, planning, for me, is both a blessing and a curse.\u00a0 A blessing for me and a curse for poor Brenda who has to listen to me go on, and on, and on, about what I plan for Pandora and our time afloat.<\/p>\n
Let’s just say that I have lots planned and before I know it, spring will be here.\u00a0 OH, I am so counting on that being true.\u00a0 We’ll see, but I’ll keep busy, of that I am certain.\u00a0 And no matter what happens, I am PLANNING on the weather improving in May.\u00a0 That I can plan for with confidence.<\/p>\n
Enough of that for now.\u00a0 For those that visit this site from time to time know that I am drawn to all sorts of boats and I ran into this video the other day of a really neat launch that surely costs more than more than a even a few boats like Pandora.<\/p>\n
This carbon fiber wonder would look pretty slick in any harbor.\u00a0 \u00a0 It clearly says, “I have arrived” even before it even gets to the dock.\u00a0 Check this out.
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