Whether we are skilled sailors or just sailors for the very first time, it could be useful for all of us a general overview to the good rules and practices to be followed during our holiday on Wendy.

RESPECT: It is necessary to respect rules of good education on boats, where spaces are limited. Order and cleanliness are essential in a community life: not only for yourself and your personal effects but also in common areas. At sea you are not alone. You can also have fun respecting all those mooring nearby: this means controlling the music volume or not shouting during the day and, above all, at night.

COOPERATION: In shifts, everyone will have to participate in daily cleaning, cooking, pantry and keep in order our boat. Please remember that life on board is based on the collaboration of all the crew members, carrying out the specific tasks assigned by the skipper and switching between those activities that can could be performed by everyone.

SAFETY: Safety is the predominant theme both on the sea and on land. Everyone must follow the skipper’s guidelines.

FLEXIBILITY: Do your best to adapt at all situations and respect the needs of others maintaining harmony. At sea, it is always necessary to take into account the possibility of a small unexpected event: for those who get on board the boat must have a "flexible" approach and be prepared to accept scheduled shifts, changes of habits and of program and of food.

WATER: There is no plenty of water in the boat and refueling is not often so immediate and obvious. The tanks, however large, are not endless. Therefore, it is necessary to learn how to use the least amount of water, avoiding waste. Since there will be lots of swimming in the sea during the day, we only foresee in the evening a real shower with "marine" shampoo and bath foam, designed to be used with salt water (the famous "sailor's shower"). 

During the day, please make rapid rinses with the external shower to remove salt from the face. To brush your teeth, just use a glass of water. Dishes and saucepans can be washed and degreased with salted water and only at the end rinsed with a drizzle of fresh water. Never let water leak from the tap.

TOILET: First of all, please remember that you are on a boat where space is limited. You will have to share this small space with another person you might have just met. Respect for spaces and especially hygiene is important. Always keep it clean thinking to the one who will come after you.

Wendy has a bathroom in each cabin, with a shower, sink and toilet. Generally all is in function if those who have been on the boat before have paid attention to the guidelines. You don't have to throw anything in the toilet especially toilet paper, which should be put in the bin. Please be very careful with hair and other things that could end up in the drains. In the bow’s toilets, to discharge the toilet, there is a manual pump that uses sea water. In the stern‘s bathrooms, there is an automatic button to press (it uses salt water too). 

Outdoor, at stern, there is a hot and cold shower. You will have more fun, you can dry yourself better, have more space not spraying the whole bathroom, not clogging the drains, not consuming energy and above all you do not have to dry the bathroom making it accessible to those who come after you or in any case leaving it clean.

SMOKE: On the boat you cannot smoke in the below deck, but only outdoors and downwind in order not to bother those who do not smoke. Cigarette butts must not be thrown: they are not biodegradable and take years to decompose (use a plastic bottle with a tap to build an airtight ashtray in which to pour two fingers of salt water to collect the stubs).

WASTE: we have to avoid pollution and minimize the accumulation of waste. Waste bins are not always available and for several days you may be forced to live with your own waste. Please subdivide waste in this way: 100% biodegradable waste - that is "wet" - from non-biodegradable waste, for reasons of stowage. Particularly harmful are plastic, cans and detergents. Please be careful to eliminate plastic and cardboard wrappers of the purchased products before storing them on the boat: less garbage will be produced and more space will be saved. There are small plastic mesh bags on the market (such as those used by divers to put the fish caught) that can be used as washing machines: dishes and cutlery could be lowered into the sea for one night and in the morning they are perfectly degreased, even without using detergent for dishes. "Marine" shampoo and bath foam to be used with salt water are usually more biodegradable than normal products on the market. The organic could be recycled at sea.

THE DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE SKIPPER: He is the captain of the boat and he is the manager. He has the task of leading the boat, providing safety on board and keeping the deck clean (outside of the boat). It has decision-making power for all that concerns boat’s handle and the passengers’ safety, and he calls the shots on the decisions of route, schedules, shifts, etc. .. The skipper does not always cook, but takes care of the pantry’s coordination and delegates some tasks to the crew. In the role of group leader, he has the right to land participants in case of need, especially if they jeopardize the safety of the group or themselves. The food fares of the skipper and of the hostess, on boat and on land, are always responsibility of the participants.

COMMON EXPENSES: All Pantry’s expenses, Harbor taxes, water, fuel, etc., will be paid through a petty cash that is set up between the crew members and from which the skipper and the hostess are always excluded.