Announcing Finding Dory - Webinar 2: Food/Medical Provisioning and Passage Nutrition

 

In collaboration with Helena and Steve from "Noforeignland", I have the pleasure and honour to coordinate/administrate "Finding Dory", a social community of cruisers who plan to cross the Atlantic (East-West) next winter (2025-2026 season).

You can read about the background, purpose and setup of this group, and planned webinars in this post on Noforeignland - which will also guide you how to join this Whatsapp-based community.

So,... we are ready to kick off our second free webinar on August 11 (20:00 Rome time, 18:00 GMT). And I am SUPER-thrilled to have two formidable ladies presenting this webinar on food and medical supplies provisioning, and overall passage nutrition. A well-fed crew is a happy crew. And likewise, a healthy crew, is a happy crew too. And Carlota and Sarah will help you, to keep your crew happy, I can assure you!

While our first webinar was more of an overall introduction to "boat and crew preparation", we are now ready, with the next webinars, to dive "into the deep", discussing specific topics in depth.

Carlota, based on her extensive experience, will cover:

FIRST AID KIT:

Maintenance, storage and things to remember.

Content of the kit divided in medical supplies and medicines for each need.

FOOD PROVISIONING:

Fresh Produce Guide

Boat pantry divided in each group of food (f.e cans, dry goods…)

Storage of fresh produce and cans

Pest proofing

Using fridge and freezers

Using a high-pressure cooker

Waste management at sea

Then, Sarah will join in:

With her nutrionist's background and experience, in keeping even the most competitive regatta crews well-fed in longer passages, she will give us a absolute unique perspective on the importance of "quality and well-balanced nutrition":

Rethinking Provisioning: Why "Food as Fuel" for a crossing

What your body really needs for an ocean crossing and how to make it happen inspite of the confines of a sailboat galley

Small Vegan Kitchen’s Atlantic staples: Smart, Flexible, Minimal

Easy, high-performance meal ideas (One-pot, No-waste, Feel-Good)

This webinar will be held on “ZOOM” and consist of +- 60 minutes of presentation, followed by 30 minutes (or more if needed) of open Q-and-A/discussions/shared experiences amongst the participants.

Our webinars are free for all “Finding Dory” members. We will record the session and publish the link to the recording afterwards to all members.

The instructions on how to join this webinar, are distributed to "Finding Dory" members only, rather than widely distributing the link via social media, mainly to avoid spammers to join in, and disturb our webinar.

So, if you want to join in for the webinars, first join the "Finding Dory" community, and via our Whatsapp group, we will send you details on how to join each webinar. Instructions on how to join the growing "Finding Dory" flotilla on Whatsapp, you can find in this Noforeignland blogpost.

About Carlota:

Carlota Texeira is a sailor and cruiser. She has crossed the Atlantic and lived in the Caribbean for six years. Based in Gran Canaria, Carlota has been supporting transatlantic sailors for the past nine years with her local knowledge and experience. She is one of the organizers of the Viking Explorers Rally, a transatlantic event that departs every January since 2018. She also runs Nautical Essentials, a company dedicated to assisting yachts with everything they need before setting sail across the Atlantic, from logistics and provisioning to local support and last-minute solutions. Carlota is also featured and recommended in the "Superyacht Services Guide", a trusted resource in the global yachting industry.

About Sarah:

Sarah Powell-Fowler is a plant-based nutrition advocate, certified coach, and full-time sailor living aboard a 41-foot sailboat with her family. From her blog Small Vegan Kitchen, she creates practical, nutrient-rich meals for cruisers and high-performance superyacht teams alike. Author of No Eggs No Worries, a guide to plant-based alternatives for traditional egg recipes, she leads provisioning workshops, contributes to publications like Noonsite, The Cruising Association, Practical Sailor, and NZ Yachting and Boating, and shares her food-as-fuel philosophy on sailing and wellness podcasts. Her mission? To show that even in the most compact galleys, and for high-performance regatta crew, food can be delicious, healthy, and powerfully supportive of life at sea.

About Peter:

I will only be the moderator for this webinar, as part of my role as "administrator" for the "Finding Dory" flotilla. Since I retired from my job in the UN, I am a quasi full-time instructor-mentor-trainer supporting fellow cruisers and new boat owners. I am also a regatta sailor on "bigger" boats.