Yeah I agree this is a pressure point of the project. People might suggest venturing into piracy-danger waters or not really understand storm seasons, but i see these dangerous directions as something any micronation might face.

It might be that the elected committee have the power to make emergency proposals - or just ignore direction if people's/the vessels safety is at stake and then explain afterwards why this was done. Really the governance part of the project is an experiment in direct democracy, with minimum elected officials. Anyone can be removed, so it's in their interests to do the best for the community.

@Dominic I like the flotilla idea a LOT - I hope this is what the project evolves into, but by starting with one vessel it adds this tangibility - you can join this one thing, not just a concept or website. But really if we get 8,000 citizens instead of 4,000 it makes more sense to get a 2nd vessel, rather than a bigger single one, and start the fleet