PACKING AND UNPACKING

MASTER'S PERSONAL LOG SUPPLEMENTAL:

The last several days I have not been down to ABISHAG. I am sure that she is just fine. What has consumed my time has been sorting through my remaining "stuff." Back in the fall, I did the first sort through of my "stuff" and I got rid of a good 75% of it. As all of you know, or at least those of you who have had to move in recent history, one always has a lot more "stuff'" that one realizes. Even having gotten rid of as much as I did, I still have a lot to sort through before I move onto the boat full-time. I have "trashed" a dozen trash bags full of stuff and am just starting on the clothes. I have discovered that the best way to do it is to just not look at things and stuff it into the trash bags, tie them off and heave-ho! If you stop to look at everything or even most things, it will take an eternity to even make a dent in the pile.

It is a rather freeing experience. It is a bit disturbing at how much stuff I have and have to get rid of. Just thinking of all the money I have spent on all the stuff in the trash bags is distressing. I am sure that there will be a certain amount of stuff that I won't be taking and won't be getting rid of and that will need to be stored, so I am not going completely ascetical. However, anything I save to take with me I have to find a place for on the boat and 39' x 11' isn't a lot of space. And just finding a place for it all is not the least of it. How one stores the stuff on the boat affects the boat trim and performance. There may be, probably will be, an even further "winnowing of the chaff" before departure and perhaps even after.

Well, back to the "sorting" . . . . . . and I haven't even begun on the stuff that is stored in the garage!