MAVATAR: Fluid Plans

Everybody knows in the boating world that boating plans are fluid plans, they are like words written on sand only to be washed away by the waves. What is supposed take two months takes four months instead. You get the picture. Our parts from France did not arrive yet and this is a very common occurrence, to wait for parts. It started to get cold in the boat yard, and therefore Chris was not able to do the job that required the right temperature. Mainly, Chris was inspecting water tanks and found a crack in one of them, to fix this is few weeks of work. Most of our equipment for the boat arrived. Life raft, huge anchore, and other loads of electronics, It takes time to put everything together and prepare the boat to be ocean worthy, safe and full time livable, especially when we can’t outsource the work because it is very expensive. We had to change out pods to room controlled and everything that we own had to be moved from one pod to another, it is exhausting work to move boxes all day, again! You can see some photos below. We went through the list of things to do, and we did not find it surprising that we will need at least two or three more months to complete the projects, at least the most important once. We decided to get a brake from the boat work, wait through the winter and travel instead. Plans changed in an instant, as if though something was telling us that it was the right thing to do. Plans changed, and we are going to travel through Europe for three months, visiting cool places, relatives and skiing in the Alps, December to March. It is extremely important to prepare the boat to a certain standard, it is something one can never rush, when safety is involved. nomads learn to be flexible, versatile, open to new opportunities, this allows for the new adventures, letting life takes its course, and letting synchronicities happen, and living life the way it was meant for all of us. Because we delayed our cruising trip, so many other amazing things happened to us and my art world. As it stands now, we plan to finish the boat in the spring and then cruise the eastern coast until it will be time to leave to the islands. Booking air plain tickets, renting cars, dealing with health insurance, finding places to stay in Europe, is a full time job. Every member of our family chose a place to visit. Next season we hope to get to Europe by boat and live there for a longer period of time.

I have been finishing my painting schedule, wrapping up art classes, completing all my commissions, and filling galleries with art to last for the next three months. I have painted so much that I can use a brake, and get fresh look at the canvas after our trip.

Oriental was an amazing place to stay, but it is time to move on and see other places. It is a small, cozy town where one can still feel community life, where the entire “small” town is the kids playground in which the residents take care of each other. Just when you think a place is beautiful, it gets more beautiful somewhere else. I look forward to the next few months, traveling and seeing where life will take us.