PROVISIONING, go shopping!

Who has not ever forget to buy bread, tomatoes, fish ...? When you realized of it you have to down again...

On board there is problem because the simply “go down to the store” can be very wet and swimming is much more tired. Therefore, the anticipation of the provision should be made in time, calculating the days that we will sail on dry land without depending on the land where we are going to be, is not easy to find Tolosa beans, or not to speak olive oil or our wine.

Given these assumptions, we decided that: legumes, beans from Gernika and Tolosa, white beans, chickpeas and lentils, olive oil, Iberian cured meats, sausage, txistorra, bacon and pies supplied by “Sausages and Arbizu pates “(real good indeed!) and cheese we brought them home. Vegetables, fruit, bread that we get inMungia and really liked between those boys and girls who dress in green, and eggs, have a limited life and when we reached at our first stop was no longer a trace.

Thus, when we came to port to replenish these products it’s not easy because of these latitudes good fruit and vegetables, they haven’t much power to heat …

The on-board storage is important because here, on board, live about 50 earthquakes each day, and more storms, always just on the floor and as the food is not securely fastened as a leek you can see passing in front of your eyes. Storing objects on board, is called “stowed” and it is important to perform well to keep in good condition and above all, by the risk involved do wrong to think that instead of a leek can be a knife…

The PAKEA BIZKAIA is a boat designed for long trips with a crew of 14 people, we are eight, and it is why we have large storage capacity. Most foods are housed under the seats of the dining room where food surfing in a clean, safe and dry. We also have cabinets and a refrigerator that keeps us in good condition food like fish, meat, milk, eggs…

We hope to have conveyed a little of what life on board means and how different it is going to buy when you know that if you lack something, it’s too late, the market is closed …