Coordinating everything

We are back in the Azores and ready to go to Portugal as soon as some parts arrive. That is the hiccup. 

Our batteries are dead so we ordered some replacement units. They were supposed to arrive two weeks ago and be ready to pick up when we got here. Well, it turns out that the company producing them doesn’t have them stocked in their warehouse for distribution yet! 

At the last moment before we go into the water, we need to source and install a new battery bank on top of everything that also needs to get done.  

This is Cruising. Problem solving and rolling with it from here to there.  

Anniversary Time!

3 years ago, Maddie and I started our lives together. Little did we know that three years would take us so far away.  

Now we are thousands of miles from where we started and an entire ocean away! Shortly after the wedding, we told our families that we were going Cruising full time and spent the first year of our marriage preparing the boat for passage making.  

From there we have been strengthening our relationship by spending every moment together as we voyaged down the East Coast and then across the Atlantic Ocean.  

Now we sit in the Azores, preparing for another ocean passage to make our way to mainland Portugal, and we get to spend weeks at sea without any distractions from our relationship. 

Galley Backsplash

We are back in the boat and ready it finish the galley with all the finishing touches.  

Maddie painted tiles with glazing that I will then mount with 3M 4200. The 4200 will adhere them to the bulkhead while also sealing out water from the gap in the galley.  

Weather Window

Tge hope is that we can shove off from the Azores in the first week back. This way we have a lot of time to sail to Porto. I know that the most dangerous thing on a boat is a calendar, and that Cruising was supposed to be the end of our scheduled lives; but two years into the voyage and we are planning on being in Porto near an airport before July 9th, so we can fly to Venice on July 9th. The longer we wait to leave Terceira, the less time we have available to us. This means that we need to leave and fast!

Packing?

Returning to the boat means that we need to pack all of our belongings into weight restricted bags and set off on s very long journey. The concern that we are forgetting something is looming in the back of my mind because I can’t just “buy it there”. 

We are taking everything that we think we need to take to get the boat to Porto and finish our refit. The plan is to arrive, then finish the boat and shove off!