In between socialising I worked though the to-do list on Sadiqi. Having a boat I have come to the conclusion that there will always be a list of things to do. As soon as you come to the understanding that you will never ever come to the end of the list harmony will prevail. What normally happens is while working on one item in the to-do list more items will be added to the list. The other alternative is not to keep a list hmmm. Then, somewhere in the middle of an ocean a realisation asserts itself with the thought “I wish I had fixed that”!
The passage planning for the continuing adventure is very time consuming. Permissions and visas from the countries being visited have to be acquired etc. Also, to make for a good trip the weather charts are deeply investigated. One does not want to mess with Mother Nature and cyclones, if at all possible. Ron and Juliet on “Que Pasa” have been the vicinity of three cyclones and survived to tell the tale. The picture along side tells the story – avoid the purple bits, if in the vicinity and its possible head for the equator. Fortunately, I have the ability to download and view weather forecasts at sea using HF radio and computer.
