Provisioning
Dale left Monday night and is now safely back home and snug in her own bed. On the boat, we are slowly finding all the things we stowed away to clear her bed--which is normally our "garage". We had the rental car for another 2 days, so several trips to grocery stores were next on the list. People always want to know how we manage food and supplies for a long trip, but the easy answer is that we just buy as much of the stuff we like as we can find room for, and it all works out. Important things have to be carefully planned for though. In the photo are 2 liter cartons of no sugar added fruit juice. During land time I measure how much we use, and for fruit juice, it is 2 liters a week. Our Atlantic crossing should only take about 3 weeks, but we don't want to have to go grocery shopping right away, and of course we aren't leaving right away either. So 10 more 2 liter boxes joined our stores yesterday. The other essentials are toilet paper, crackers and peanut butter, rice, pasta, and as many fresh fruits and vegetables as we can fit in the cool box. We could easily go several months without re-provisioning, and CORMORANT is just about as loaded as we want her to get.
We are enjoying Marina San Miguel here on Tenerife and will stay in the peace and quiet for another few days before moving on to La Gomera. We are getting eager to go now, so it won't be long.
We are enjoying Marina San Miguel here on Tenerife and will stay in the peace and quiet for another few days before moving on to La Gomera. We are getting eager to go now, so it won't be long.
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