Despite the gastroenteric impossibility of a cat actually ingesting that much, the Captain was once again draped over my writing arm, yet another glistening bowl of salmon bits within the circle of his left paw.
‘We’ were hard at it, hammering out the final phase of our action plan. I had just typed the last bullet point, when all feeling drained from the arm pinned under the cat.
So here it is.
The final instalment of our Invincible Plan to Get Cruising:
Planning the Voyage
- Sketch out route for complete voyage
- Plan each passage/ leg of voyage:
- navigation
- route, distances
- expected weather
- best times to leave
- Plan crew events for morale:
- goodbye dock party / start the passage
- mid-passage celebrations
- milestones & mysteries
- birthdays, seasons, festivals, holidays
- end of passage celebrations etc
- Provisioning:
- food
- equipment, spare parts
- medical kit
Admin
- Financial:
- banking, cash access, credit
- manage monthly payments/ investments
- income stream plan etc
- Personal & ID:
- passport
- visas
- emergency contacts system
- Health:
- checkups
- vaccinations
- prescriptions for medical kit
- Housing: sell, rent, house sitter?
- Contents: sell, give away, dump, storage?
- Photographs: scan and store all on hard drive and online
- Communication set up:
- internet connection
- travel record blog
- land mail collection
Revise and update final cost estimates for all – and add in buffer!
Any other critical departure preparedness areas to cover?
Guest post by
--The Can Opener
(supervised and approved by Captain Cat)
(supervised and approved by Captain Cat)
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