Isobel has been taking on more and more responsibility. Everytime we think of giving up life on the boat because of some complaint we have, we look at Isobel and think of what we could do to replace some of the lessons she is learning.

Check out this video of Isobel picking up a mooring

We use hand signals to communicate between the bow and the helm. The helm always confirms the signal by replying with the same signal (you can see her checking to make sure I saw the "Engine Neutral" signal.

Look at her face in the last image and you can see that she knows she contributed to the household in a meaningful way.

By the way, this was her second mooring pick up. The first one it was just she and I on the boat, Lara wasn't there as a back up and there was no photographer. The only discussion was confirming the hand signals we would use.

Photo Credit: Alicia Reitman, Music: Chris Joss, A mooring pick up well executed: Isobel