Bluewater Sailing – A Little Guide 1. You’ll never be fully prepared – and that’s okay. Perfectionists never leave the dock. Something will always be missing. Most of it you’ll replace, improvise, or forget you even wanted. 2. Salt and sun destroy everything. Metal, plastic, fabric, sails, skin, nerves – nothing survives long. Even stainless steel rusts. Just more slowly. 3. Bureaucracy is part of the journey. New island, new rules, new stamps. Same grumpy (sometimes kind)...