[PUP] Dealing with schedules

[Peter Pisciotta]

> Firstly don't let the boat during the shakedown
> period become a holiday vehicle for the kids on
> tight schedules. We had to leave Brisbane in
> inclement weather to meet a family member who had
> booked a non refundable air fare to a destination 
> where all accommodation was booked out. 

There used to be a guitar-playing woman who played
self written sea ballads and chanties at the Solomon's
Trawler Fest (her's was an extremely popular seminar).
She and her husband had cruised the Caribbean aboard a
modest sailboat for years and made a small living off
CDs and paid events. 

Her guidance on visitors was the best I've heard:
"They can pick the time, or they can pick the
destination. They can't pick both." I think that's
about right.

Peter