Living on a sailboat!

it is      "How can a regular person become a sailor?.....
    A regular person will never become a sailor!"
This is absolutely true, you must be a little bit crazy to live on a sailboat. It is more like a camping on a water, there is a little bit of place for everything. Like a house what has shrunk. Tiny kitchen area with tiny sink, tiny beds, tiny toilet, tiny space everywhere, but you have the whole ocean! 
​However most sailboats have a really nice storage place. Under the bunkbed, the sink, under the cockpit, under the floor etc... The only problem when you need to find something in a seconds u will make such a huge mess to take anything out from the storage. I personally arrange everything that way that whatever I won't use often that item is in the darkest deepest storage. 
The most important thing is to take as much food and water as you can. For some reason when I'm at sea I always want to snack. 
      Cooking on the boat!  Cooking on the boat is like a special art. I am not talking about cooking while at anchor or in a marina but when you are under way and the boat is healing or rolling.   Most Sailboats have some type of alcohol or gas burners that usually move with healing so the food always stays on the top of the stove. Most of the time when we are under way we will cook some fast and easy food as it is not an easy task to stand when the boat is healing.  If the weather is too rough then we eat just snacks.  But when we reach the anchorage we will celebrate with a nice meal and a glass of wine! 
      Sleeping!   Personally I never had problem with sleeping on a boat. There are bunk beds that might be small and uncomfortable a bit but you are on a sailboat! Sleeping in a marina can be a little bit hot or sandflies can bite but outside at an anchorage is just perfect. No bugs, nice breeze. Most of the time we like to go to bed from sunset to sunrise. One of the most beautiful things to do on a sailboat is to wake up early and watch the sunrise, have a fresh coffee with a nice breakfast. This is something that you cant put a price on. 
     Before I purchased my boat I've seen many magazines with sailors dressed in nice white shoes, white pants, nice shirt etc... After the first anchorage I sadly realized it is possible only in the magazines. When you pull anchor there is a lot of mud on the chain so no white and fancy cloths on a boat.  Most of the sailors don't like shoes onboard, I do agree with that.  Boats are kind of delicate, a shoe can easily scratch or leave marks on the deck.  Also the cleaning is never easy on a boat. 
       Seasickness is absolutely normal if the weather gets rough. I do get seasick sometimes. We always try to avoid bad weather but if it does get rough we eat a lot of food and may take a pill. If I get seasick I just try to deal with it and I know next day will be better. 
 Living in Belize over 10 years we learned that the weather can be crazy unpredictable. You never know what you will get, but you decide what you do with yourself.  Have a glass of rum and lets go swimming! 
      I think most boaters will agree with me that life on a sailboat has  some negative parts but this is one of the most unique way of life and you have a crazy amount of freedom.  That is what Belize Sailing Adventures is all about, to show you this crazy and amazing lifestyle for a few days.  You never know its might will change your life as it did ours...

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