A take-down notice of note, someone else’s retirement thoughts, and a boat friendly bike review… Stored in the settee I’m currently sitting on is a tool box with a set of pro bicycle tools. So, wherever we sail, I’m able to fix bikes. You’d be surprised just how many bikes on boats need fixing. Of …
Not unlike Germany in the 1930s, a voyage of note, and in the “some interesting desalination science” department… I’m mainly just waiting for parts these days. A condition most boat folk find themselves in from time to time. Of course, if I had a simpler boat there would be less parts I’d need… Just something …
Yep, it’s still “H” season, not a great idea, and who’d have thought… A long time ago, we were sailing in the English channel headed towards Fécamp when we got into a school of mackerel. Since we had a couple of handlines out and were trailing a log it got crazy real fast. These days …
A cartoon that says it all, an interesting post from L,G,&M, and how a lot of us feel… So, the current piratical increase in cruising fees for folks visiting the Bahamas makes for a non-Volkcruiserish destination. The good news is that at least we know in advance and can avoid visiting or sailing through the …
EBM with a couple of pictures, a good question, and in the “somewhat troubling” department… Boy howdy, every time I look at charts they’re even more expensive. Yeah, I know, paper charts are old fashioned and electronic charts combined with a phone, computer, or chart plotter are what all the cool folks use. I long …
Some very good news, something about that court decision, and a class that sounds interesting… Well, I don’t know about you but a class on medieval history is something I’m looking forward to doing while in some secluded anchorage. Which brings me to the reason some of us live on boats and cruise… Face it, …
What I’m listening to, some LA backstory, and in the “just clueless” department… Well, that was an interesting weekend. Israel attacked Iran, There was a whole lot of demonstration going round, and a very embarrassing military parade. As for me, I broke another mooring which set a new personal record of two failed moorings in …
Something quite interesting, I’m still coming to terms with the passing of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, and in the “THIS IS NOT A DRILL” department… Time does have a way of trucking right along as this factoid came to my attention with my morning coffee. As I recall, in general, it was not the …
Some watercolor science, a needful book, and Greta’s voyage cut short… The last couple of days have been a right pain-in-the-ass. It’s true that bad stuff always come in threes and I have a lot of crap to catch up on. The fact that three surprising and unrelated things can happen all at once is, …
Aw shit, something on legal capitulation, and in the “boats make sense” department… “All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.”― Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune I’ve never been a big Frank Herbert fan and, other than Dune, his writings just …
