Wild Song

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Food

31 May 2011
PH
I am grateful to the Rushden (near Northampton in the UK) branch of Waitrose (upmarket supermarket chain) who seem to have fulfilled all my dietary needs, and helped me to the car with all of it.
I read somewhere the a complete meal needs protein, vegetable and carbohydrate so I reckon that if you need thirty meals, say, then you need thirty of each of those - that's the plan I've been working too. Plus the treats, of course. Apart from the fish and meat (protein) everything's now on board. One of the problems with boats with beautiful lines is that their sleekness leads to lack of stowage space. I sometimes wish I had a nice, fat motorsailor - but not often.
One problem, and it has recurred throughout the fitting out, has been planning for weather extremes. With one hand I have been installing a Refleks diesel heater to thaw the deck ice on chilly Patagonian mornings, and the next moment trying to devise a bimini and other sun shades. It's been the same with food - I can't imagine I'll want porridge in the tropics, but I certainly won't be able to survive on just fruit in the deep south. It all makes for a very perplexing wander around Waitrose. Next task is to try and cram the latest load onto the poor boat.
Vessel Name: Wild Song
Vessel Make/Model: Victoria 38
Hailing Port: Falmouth UK
Crew: Paul and Libby Heiney
About:
Paul Heiney and Libby Purves are writers and broadcasters in the UK, are married, and have sailed together for over 30 years. Libby is also a monthly columnist for 'Yachting Monthly' magazine. [...]
Extra:
Both Paul and Libby have written about their sailing adventures. 'One Summer's Grace' is Libby's best-selling account of their voyage round Britain with their, then, two small children. Paul wrote of his solo transatlantic experiences in 'The Last Man Across the Atlantic'. The clue's in the [...]
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