Archive for May, 2011

78 Boxes

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

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How much junk are you transporting around the world living on a yacht?

For the second time in a year we had to store all our belongings in a warehouse, so we have an idea. In our case, the number of boxes is 78 and then there is some additional stuff like cushions, matresses, dive tanks, bicycles, a kayak etc, etc.

Roughly, I would guess that we are talking about more than one ton of weight. And that is not counting our ten sails!

Why are we doing this again? Well, we are having a new teak deck laid, and the masts renovated.

More about those projects later.

Sailor’s toes

Sunday, May 1st, 2011

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This disgusting image indicates that space aboard a yacht is limited. Toes numbers 2, 9 and 10 have behaved particularly badly and are now completely deformed; the distal phalanxes (the bones at the tips of the toes) have been fractured and the joints damaged too often. The lower tendons of number 4 have been severed. Some fresh bruises can be seen at numbers 3 and 9. Every time a toe takes a new hit it hurts more than the last time!

In the unlikely event that you would like to see a larger photo, please click on it. How about toe-prints instead of finger-prints for identification?