Notes from the first meeting:

We got a good feeling for him. It was a nice daytrip, not too windy and clear skies.                      

V:

-For fun, and my own entertainment, I imagined him looking like the klychee sailor, smoking a pipe, long hair, windburned skin and wild eyes. But of course it wasn't like that. He was very slim and slender. Sharp, distinct voice and rapid movements. He moved on the boat like a weasel. 

The first thing he told us: You girls have to stop your mumbling, or else this will never work out. You have to be able to communicate with me when you are on the sea. - From now on we will try to articulate ourselves better but, on the sea you are mostly quiet anyway, I was thinking. 

J:

-We started to talk about the route, the weather and the wind conditions. Calculating time and speed estimating the trip to 72 hours if we stay at the sea the whole time and sail day and night. We will have to sleep in shifts.