Sailing Saoirse - WE HAD TO PREPARE for our FIRST WINTER STORM❗️(EP 24)

❗️WE WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE FOR WINTER❗️ In this episode we weather our first Western Cape storm! We had fair warning of the storm and there was quite some hype and buzz around it being the first big one of the season. As per usual, you build up this big dramatic scene in your head and when it eventually comes time it feels a lot smaller than you anticipated. It was still big but not as big as our imagination led us to believe! We aren’t complaining or anything but with us being on day 61 of lock down we were eager for some action! To prepare for the storm we got some PVC canvas from Tony Boock from Boock Signs, (the awesome guy that did the printing on our sails!) once again coming to our rescue! Karen tried her best to sew up a dodger in time for the storm but working with the PVC was tricky, it slid around the sewing machine (because of its plastic finish) which made sewing it very difficult. Karen thinks that with a walking foot it might be better but with lockdown we had no way of buying one, so we made do with what we had. We had issues with water getting in through holes made for our grab bar on our sugar scoop so Colben promptly sika’d that down, showed us how to clean off sika a little easier and demonstrated what he will be using the grab bar for!! Our LOVE for animals and our need to feed all the animals we lay eyes on has given us a lot of work in the evenings! Denver and Colben often go fishing for fish to feed the feral cats that live around the marina, Denver then cuts up the fish and distributes them between +-6 adult cats and 3 kittens. With it being winter we can’t stand the thought of any of them going to bed hungry. Mykonos has a feral feeding scheme and we have been told that there are about 30 cats around Mykonos itself that they feed. Karen's long term goal is to start a non profit that would contribute to the spaying and neutering of cats and dogs on islands that we visit. We believe that the less unwanted animals running around, contributes to a lot less animal neglect and abuse. Animals are a huge part of our lives and Karen has been part of animal rescue and rehabilitation for the last 30 years. We hope you enjoy our video and don’t forget to subscribe to see where the wind eventually takes us. Thank you for watching! Follow our adventures through our Instagram accounts Sailing Saoirse : https://instagram.com/sailing_saoirse_?igshid=znj7ld5ngqdh Teagan: https://instagram.com/teagszastron?igshid=1r17b6b6ek75s Colben: https://instagram.com/colbenholmes?igshid=2zhc76usbj0k