Ordering provisioning deliveries while cruising remote Pacific atolls
One practical cruising strategy Lauren Landers Sailing uses in remote areas like the Tuamotus is ordering groceries for delivery when local produce is unavailable. She delayed an incoming shipment by one day, from Sunday to Monday, to give herself flexibility. That flexibility came at a cost: staying an extra day at one anchorage pushed her departure and meant she had to make the passage to Fakarava in deteriorating conditions rather than the better window she had considered using to go straight there. It illustrates the real tradeoff between provisioning logistics and weather routing in remote cruising.
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