Monday, June 18, 2012

Optimism

Optimism...is writing down a plan for what you'll be doing for the next six years.


The other night Alisa and I sat down with Jimmy Cornell's World Cruising Routes and came up with the outline of an itinerary to get us back to Kodiak in six years.  The last time we sat down with World Cruising Routes and wrote out an itinerary like that was back when we were sitting in our house in Kodiak, wondering how we would get to Australia on Pelagic.

It's just an outline, of course, and subject to change.  In particular, we wrote down one or two ideas that we know are likely not possible, agreeing that we would figure out the details when or if they become an immediate problem.

Of course it tempts fate to plan out this far.  But that's really half the point - a sea adventure needs a pinch of the audacious about it, you have to be grasping at big things from the outset.  And I (and I think Alisa) have always operated best when the adventure is a bit goal-oriented.  I like to have a destination in mind, especially if getting there involves just a little struggle.

So this itinerary has us ending up in Kodiak, and starting off by leaving Tasmania this coming summer, bound for Lord Howe and the Auckland Islands.  Then a season in the western tropical Pacific.  And then...

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  1. it's barely readable mike! or that might be on purpose... i suppose there should be an escape to the northern atlantic somewhere? maybe stop by in holland for a bit? it is just 10 minutes by pushbike to the scheveningen harbour from where we are... and we've got some news, too: a new arrival is expected by jan 1, 2013, according to the midwife's calculations, that is...

    love from the lowlands,

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    1. hey guys - that's GREAT news! Alisa will be really excited.

      And yes, it was intentional to make the photo of the list too low-res to be easily read. Can't advertise our plans too openly! I've thought a lot about a European cruise, but... well, I think we might be running out of time when we get to the Atlantic!

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  2. boy do I wish I could read the details on that sheet of paper!

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  3. You're killing me with the low res photo! OK so we've done the same exercise a couple of times lately... with some very different itineraries... who KNOWS what will happen. We mostly just can't wait to get going again. Hey, there's a sweet family heading your way soon... looking at doing the same jump to NZ in the summer. Will have to get y'all in touch.

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    1. Looks like making that picture low-res was the way to go - sharing the details I think would count as over-optimism! Only one overall itinerary at this point, though.

      Definitely put us in touch with your friends...

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