HOW TO ENJOY ON A BOAT FROM CHARTER (Without blocking the toilet)
Joseph J. Sastre
HOW TO ENJOY ON A BOAT FROM CHARTER (Without blocking the toilet)
Preface
Sports sailing has grown enormously in recent years. own
from a motor or sailing boat, has become as normal as owning an apartment in
the beach and at a very similar price. To the same extent, the fleet of vessels of
charter has had a spectacular development, appearing numerous companies that allow
rent a sailboat anywhere in the world. It is becoming more and more common for families or
groups of friends decide to rent a boat to spend a week on vacation with
skipper or without skipper, living a truly unforgettable experience.
But for many of these people who rent a boat, it is often the
first time they come into contact with ships and the sea. They discover that the boats
they move too much for them, that they are narrow and do not have the space to which they are
accustomed on land, that there is not exactly much privacy and that they depend
too much of the weather and the state of the sea, something that in our lives as urbanites
we do not consider The experience can be unforgettable, but in a negative sense without
try very hard
In my role as skipper of charter boats I have been able to verify in many cases, that the
Whether a week of sailing is fascinating or horrible depends largely on
small details, (which in the reduced space of a ship), produce enormous effects, both
positive as negative.
Know what to bring, how to use the toilet, how to organize meals, how to move around the
boat, how and where to anchor… is essential to fully enjoy a cruise and
you don’t usually know until you make a mistake, already on the boat.
This book is not a navigation book, it is a book on how to organize yourself in order to enjoy
a small sailboat in the sea. It is based on pleasant and less pleasant experiences.
that I have had after a few voyages and charters. I hope they are from you
utility and allow you to fully enjoy those wonderful moments that occur when
They spend a vacation aboard a sailboat.
NOTICE TO MARINERS
If we want to enjoy during the stay on the ship, before embarking, it is convenient
keep in mind the following aspects
A cruise on a sailboat can be an experience from heaven or from hell. The
difference is whether you feel comfortable on the boat or not. In the second option, not only do you
it will seem very unpleasant, but you will make life insufferable for others and if we are in
holidays, blessed desire to have a bad time! (and also paying!) A boat, for starters
it floats and therefore moves with the sea. This is unavoidable. If you get dizzy, then take it clarinet.
Give up or come prepared to avoid it. In addition, the spaces are quite small and more if you do
heat. If, to try to get some air in, you leave the cabin doors open, the
privacy is conspicuous by its absence.
The bathrooms… they don’t work like the one at home, you hit a lever and you
you forget Not here you have to do a more elaborate and conscious job to empty it and that the
next you will find it in perfect magazine condition.
If your intention is to tease your friends with the collection of summer outfits, then go down
on the zodiac for dinner, they will get wet. In short, it is not the right place to boast of
locker room.
Before you decide to embark, it is better that you do, (with sincerity), the following
questionnaire:
1- Do you get dizzy or do you think you get dizzy?
2- Is it an inconvenience for you to live in a place that moves?
3- Do you have what is called “a strong character”, (that is, either your will is done or there is no
who can hold you?
4- Are you very jealous of your intimacy?
5- Do you dislike anyone who comes?
6- Are you picajos@ or a professional “seeker”?
7- Is it very important for you to go “toe in white”?
8- Are you bored reading, looking at the sea or the sky?
9- Do you get desperate easily?
10- Are you a bit fussy about sleeping?
If you answered yes and with conviction to more than two questions, I recommend that you
choose another of the many activities that adapt to your way of being. you’ll have a good time and
you will not create a bad atmosphere on the boat.
If you still have doubts and you are still determined to go on a cruise, it is advisable that you do
before a test, a touchdown of a day or two, before ruining your vacation and those of
your companions on the ship.