We are almost ready to leave Madeira to sail to Cape Verde and then on to Suriname. The batteries are all charged up, the water tanks are filled to the brim, the food lockers are stuffed to capacity. We are ready!
Except we forgot to download movies on the iPad! Weather windows and tides can be ignored, there is always a “next one later.” Crossing the Atlantic without any movies would make for a very long crossing, so our departure time has been rescheduled to “whenever Netflix finishes downloading.”
For our first crossing, I was much more nervous about all the unexpected and unknown that awaited us out on the open ocean. Now, I know to expect endless blue swells and the need for some entertainment. We have books, games, conversation, and plenty of editing to do for our YouTube channel; but sometimes it’s nice to just turn off your brain and unwind with a silly movie.
Out at sea, we will watch anything. It can be good, it can be cringeworthy bad, but it’s the only thing we have so we will watch it for the duration of the passage.
Yes, a properly downloaded movie collection on the iPad is a requirement for going out to sea! A large enough requirement that it could postpone the very start of our long voyage. 1,100 nautical miles to our next island in Cape Verde and then 2,600 nautical miles to Suriname. We are expecting to be disconnected from the outside world until mid November, so having some shows is always a comfort.
