Archive for March, 2011

The Countdown Has Started

Friday, March 18th, 2011

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The last face of our preparations for a longer passage is looking for weather and deciding on the exact date of departure. We have been doing that for a couple of days now.

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Warm beer causes death

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

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Our fridge and freezer breaks down the evening before we are getting guests from back home!

Not only are we forced to serve non-alcoholic beer (all alcohol is banned in the Maldives), which we can live with, but now we have to serve it warm, which may be difficult to live with.

Room temperature here is minimum 30C, so it will be a challenge to keep any food on board also. And as I have explained elsewhere on this web site, the resorts in the Maldives are not welcoming cruisers. Catering will be a challenge indeed.

Take a look at this link: Wife shoots husband dead for giving her warm beer.

Dumb as a Brick? – to the Med at All Costs.

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

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Maybe you think I’ve written enough about piracy already. Yes, but I haven’t said enough.

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