Daniel Ford with some drone news, insanity in the operating room, and today in the “Yankee go home” department… Sail magazine currently has an online article about eating smaller reef fish like lionfish as a way to avoid getting ciguatera. The problem is that lionfish are not safe where ciguatera is concerned. Image by Makabera …
EBM with a solid point, another Fiji mermaid, and where news and AI meet… I’ve always been a fan of Practical Sailor magazine and, while I had a few issues with the publication, it was the best place to find mostly unbiased information on various boat products and systems. The key to their success was …
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EBM with a needful link, Krugman on Crypto, and something from the “Instant Karma” department… In a world where most cruising articles ignore the real to concentrate more on the consumer side of things, it’s nice when you find an article that is based on common sense. 48° North with “A Quick Jump to Cruising” …
A question of note, needful stuff regarding vaccines, and in the “catastrophic population collapse” department… The yachting press has long been a disappointment. Every month I read 48° North because there’s almost always a good article that will bring a smile to my face or some info that will come in handy when one or …
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I mostly spent yesterday watching the wall to wall coverage of the impending hurricane Milton. What I should have been doing was installing a couple of vents on the Islander. The main take-away from the media coverage is that 99% of the folks involved did not really understand hurricanes or ‘grok’ the nature of killer …
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One of my favorite cruising books I’ve come across is Orca and if you have not read it you really should. I mention this because there’s a sequel “Thicker Than Ice” by John Pennington that’s even better. Truthfully, I was not able to put the book down till I was finished and there are not …
