Some scary climate stuff, cruisers in Mexico might take note, and books you won’t find at the Nimitz Library… I just came across an interesting article regarding a new electronic flare in PBO. While it appears to be just what a lot of us are looking, the “Advertorial” write up did not impress. Advertorial = …
Something about Amtrak, a very good point, and Elie Mystal saying the needful… This brought a smile… However, it did get me thinking about how it’s well past time to see some sort of ground swell against Elon Musk’s other business, Starlink. Sure, I see how a lot of cruisers feel that it’s very important …
So much for that promise, this made my day, and in the “Mindful vs. Mindless” department… I’ve got to run off and get my COVID booster and flu shot today. While I’m at it, I’ll be checking for whatever other vaccines we’ll be needing for our coming travels. My experience in cruising and film jobs …
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 …
The upside of bringing back Polio, something about Tesla, and in the “Beyond Our Wildest Imagination” department… That recent Atlantic Rally for Cruisers fatality where they were unable to rescue or even find a participant who had gone overboard wearing a self-inflating PFD with a PLB got me thinking that you really can’t buy safety. …
Yep, once again, I’ve found myself sitting inside a boat while all hell breaks loose outside. Tropical Storm Ernesto was surprisingly nasty and, while not a cat 5 hurricane, seemed to be just as kickass as Maria was. In hindsight, we really should have gone to our preferred hurricane hole rather than stick it out …
Dengue fever is on the rise and it’s time to buy some serious mosquito netting and insect repellent. Just sayin’
Lately I’ve been thinking quite a bit about buying and installing an AIS transponder but stuck in the need/want and affordable/ not affordable tests. The bottom line being that I just don’t want to spend $700 or so for a transponder with all the needful bits. Here’s a solution for an alternative solution that would …
The nice thing about most classic plastic boats is the fact that they were mostly built like tanks. Fiberglass and polyester resin were cheap and did not require much in the way of expensive labor to slap together so, for the most part, a lot of very strong boats got made in the late 60s …
on the subject of PFDs.
