April 6th 2019
The last shoppings. Filling up the diesel tank, getting the last fresh groceries like fruit and vegetables. Also some last minute chores: washing the exterior of the boat, placing the EPIRB, fitting a separating board in the locker underneath the couch so that the cans with food stay where they are.
Today we really had to empty the small storage we rented at the marina, where we kept our tools and other stuff you don’t need everyday. It is rather discouraging to look at the pile of stuff that still needs to find its way into the boat knowing that it’s already filled to the brim.
Fitting everything into our boat was like a big 3D-jigsaw puzzle. We probably re-arranged every locker about 3 times. And the boat needs to be balanced out as well, you can’t just chuck all the heavy things in one locker because they fit so snugly. The weight has to be distributed equally between port and starboard and between bow and stern.
Two o’clock in the morning we were finally done. We now carry so much weight that the water line on the hull is exactly on water level.
Tomorrow we want to leave at 10 morning.