Ok, so this is going to be the weirdest intro I've ever written on a blog posting. But yesterday I was thinking about the zombie apocalypse. Specifically, why everyone is so all about zombies all of a sudden. Vampires, too, but zombies are really at a high point culturally right now. I mean, Gangnam Style, TOMS shoes, and zombies. Boom, there's 2012 for you.
Anyway, I was thinking about the zombie apocalypse. And now, hear me out. If there WERE a zombie apocalypse, wouldn't you be safest on a boat (and no, I did not start that thread)? You could sail around the world, being self sufficient, and outwit the zombies. That is, as long as fish didn't become zombies, too. If you throw fish zombies into the mix, we're dead. Well, half dead.
This of course got me thinking about living on a boat and whether or not we could do it. I've always said that (zombies or no) the moment my husband finds a marine head that is designed by and for women, I'll start to entertain a conversation. Until then, well, he's going to have to keep mowing the lawn.
Turns out I'm in the growing minority of thinking that living on a boat would be a challenge because the ARC, the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, announced recently that it's expanding to accommodate more sailors who want to get involved. Called the ARC+, a second start will occur on November 10 for a limited 50 boats who wish to participate in the ARC. A stop in Cape Verde has also been announced.
From the ARC's press release:
Called ARC+ the new route will depart from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Sunday 10 November, two weeks ahead of the traditional ARC start, and includes a full week of activities, seminars, and social functions before the departure, all included in the entry fee. Additionally cruising sailors will benefit from all the discounts associated with participating in the ARC, including substantial offers at eighteen marinas en route from Northern Europe.
A stop in the Cape Verdes has been added to introduce ARC sailors to another archipelago en-route to the Caribbean, and gives an attractive route alternative to those owners returning to the ARC for whom this is not their first Atlantic crossing. The ARC+ fleet will re-group in the Cape Verdes before setting off with the trade winds across the Atlantic to Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia for a tremendous Caribbean welcome, and a full programme of social activities and tours for which the ARC is renown.
The thing is that I realize not a single ARC sailor is signing up because of the zombie apocalypse. I get that. And I don't want to insinuate that there's a correlation here in any way, shape or form. But what I AM saying is that if there IS a zombie apocalypse, these ARC sailors are going to be on the winning end of that battle, you know?
I'm just saying.
