Stash and Lash. That’s the key to a happy me. After we’ve been sitting tied to a dock for any length of time, we tend to have things sitting all over the place and it takes me anywhere from a few hours to a couple days to get everything put away where I’d like it to be. We also have the typical list of pre-passage activities to do–just in case we decide to go somewhere a bit far away.  We’ve been in one place for too long. We have far too many things sitting out and about just waiting to be flung across the cabin in a seaway. Most things aboard Mahdee do have a place–the old adage of a place for everything and everything in its place works well. We also have piles of periodicals and just “stuff” sitting around and about. Those things are the problems. No place for sundry “stuff” because, well, the particular “stuff” doesn’t really belong on the boat.

Usually we have one large rubbermaid bin filled with the stuff that I just don’t know what to do about. I can tell, when we get underway this time, we’ll have two or three rubbermaid bins of questionable things. I suppose that’s OK for now.

Since we’re getting underway and we’re not quite sure where we’re going, I’ve been keeping an eye on the weather. It’s really too bad that we’re committed to a few things here in the Bay area during the next few weeks. The weather is showing a very nice window of calm waters and literally no winds along the California and Oregon coastline from Point Conception all the way up to the Columbia River. Really amazingly nice weather for going North right now. Too bad we don’t really want to go North right now.