Despite D doing a wonderful job on this blog I thought it was about time for the female point of view about this living aboard lark we have embarked upon
Do you, while drinking your wine in the cockpit in harbours, enjoying the view, come across those simple souls who enquire in passing " what do you do all day? Well, gentle readers, this is what to tell them.
"Imagine living in a tent with the flap open all day, the wind and dirt creep in covering all the surfaces which have to be brushed and wiped on a daily basis".
Shopping has to done. Do we hop in the car and dash down to the local supermarket? We do not! Unless we already know the area {and usually we have just arrived) we have to first find it and (this could be a good mile away) grab our trusty granny trolly and set off before the summer temperatures climb to 40 degrees or more. Once found, we take advantage and stock up with as much as possible then lug it all back, usually to an impatient skipper who is only waiting for your return before casting off. One then has the fun of trying to cram it all into small fridges or various lockers praying that the skipper doesn't decide to put up the sails in a Force 6 so one ends up working at a 30 degree angle while preventing the groceries escaping to the floor.
Washing day? Of course one just throws it into the washing machine. Not on this yacht they don't! Everything that can be hand washed - is. Then it is wrung out and either hung up on a line or draped over any surface that is available so that one spends the next couple of days living in a wash house.
Gardening? OK we do avoid that one but the outside of the boat needs regular wiping down to get rid of the salt and rust stains, the metal work cleaned and polished and the grease and muck scrubbed off the hull.
Cooking? I am lucky that D takes his share on that chore but no washing up machine and the water has to be boiled first and conserved to the end of the day"
Admittedly we do enjoy wonderful views at fantastic places but sitting there with nothing to do? ...What do you think !!!!!
Do you, while drinking your wine in the cockpit in harbours, enjoying the view, come across those simple souls who enquire in passing " what do you do all day? Well, gentle readers, this is what to tell them.
"Imagine living in a tent with the flap open all day, the wind and dirt creep in covering all the surfaces which have to be brushed and wiped on a daily basis".
Shopping has to done. Do we hop in the car and dash down to the local supermarket? We do not! Unless we already know the area {and usually we have just arrived) we have to first find it and (this could be a good mile away) grab our trusty granny trolly and set off before the summer temperatures climb to 40 degrees or more. Once found, we take advantage and stock up with as much as possible then lug it all back, usually to an impatient skipper who is only waiting for your return before casting off. One then has the fun of trying to cram it all into small fridges or various lockers praying that the skipper doesn't decide to put up the sails in a Force 6 so one ends up working at a 30 degree angle while preventing the groceries escaping to the floor.
Washing day? Of course one just throws it into the washing machine. Not on this yacht they don't! Everything that can be hand washed - is. Then it is wrung out and either hung up on a line or draped over any surface that is available so that one spends the next couple of days living in a wash house.
Gardening? OK we do avoid that one but the outside of the boat needs regular wiping down to get rid of the salt and rust stains, the metal work cleaned and polished and the grease and muck scrubbed off the hull.
Cooking? I am lucky that D takes his share on that chore but no washing up machine and the water has to be boiled first and conserved to the end of the day"
Admittedly we do enjoy wonderful views at fantastic places but sitting there with nothing to do? ...What do you think !!!!!
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