It is well known that stuff spontaneously multiplies. You have to keep your eye on stuff constantly. Glance away for a second and there is more.
During the recent sail I felt there was too much stuff on GANNET and I really try to keep stuff in check. I like simplicity. I don’t like clutter. I don’t like stuff. So I have brought four waterproof—naturally on GANNET—bags of stuff up to the condo. Two of food. Two of clothes. And I am going through them and throwing out stuff, which is one of my pleasures.
As noted in the sailing log I came across boxes of apple juice with a use by date of June 2021. Gone. I also have about three dozen cans of tuna fish, which now that I no longer often eat lunch, will probably out last me.
Both food bags have been reduced by half.
Clothes next.
I have uploaded ten short “Not Colebra’ videos. As always these are unedited raw footage.
If you are interested you can find them here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdl7dZLxNI4VIB_eOiaNgiQ/videos
Reminds me of Arthur Davies in Erskine Childers’ Riddle of The Sands - if he didnt need something it was chucked overboard.
ReplyDeleteOne of the many reasons I like that book.
ReplyDeleteFrom chapter 13 - i think the final sentence applies to you:
ReplyDeleteDavies had a supreme aptitude for the work. Every hour, sometimes every minute, brought its problem, and his resource never failed. The stiffer it was the cooler he became. He had, too, that intuition which is independent of acquired skill, and is at the root of all genius
I have read THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS a couple of times, but not recently. Thank you for the flattering reference and causing me to read the book again soon.
ReplyDeleteHey Webb, this is not related to your latest trip . I'm sure you have heard this by now about Sailing magazine. I was thinking you might have published in it quite a while back.
ReplyDeletehttps://sailingmagazine.net/article-2626-end-of-an-era.html
I have seen that. I am not sure I ever did publish in SAILING. In the US mostly in SAIL until Patience Wales retired, then in CRUISING WORLD.
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