Some banned words, defrauding charities, and in the “One can hope” department… What with the Felon’s tariffs about to ruin just about everyone’s budget, I thought some frugality advice to save money would not go amiss. Obviously just a cheat list if you will. There will be a lot more with more details and examples …
A film I really want to see, orphaned oil wells, and in the “about those marmots” department… I need a new pair of oars. The reason being that I’m selling a couple of dinghies and they sell better with oars included. With me so far? Anyway, for a bit of amusement, I decided to check …
A good read, something anger inducing, and a good reason why I’m not shopping at Amazon… OK, I’ll be the first person to admit that a watermaker on a sit-on-top kayak is dangerously close to insanity. That said, you have to admire the guy for doing what most consider an impossible task. Just watch… Yeah, …
A needful read, not unsurprising but still depressing, and in the “Eggs, did somebody say eggs?) department… I’m currently having a lot of problems dealing with the current surfeit of insanity. Or, to be more precise, I just can’t believe what’s going on. Then again, the simple fact that the great unwashed hordes now consider …
Scalzi with a good post on billionaires/boycotts, Ian Welsh saying what we should already know, and over in the “REMF” department… I’m finding it difficult to continue doing what I need to do with crap like this raining down on our parade. For instance, yesterday’s task (installing a couple of solar controllers) should have been …
A very good point, some democrats should take note, and an important read… It’s no secret that cruising can be expensive. Nearly everyone will tell you that but I’m not one of those guys. While there are numerous reasons that cruising can be dauntingly expensive, with a bit of care and forethought abject poverty can …
Some Tesla news, about that anticipatory obedience, and a welcome alternative to Amazon… I used to work in a boat gear consignment shop and it taught me about what works, what doesn’t, and how gear fails. It also confirmed my suspicion that 90% of sailing folks are idiots who love being treated like an ATM. …
Something from the “possible pandemic” department, a timely yet apt cartoon and we’re back to zombie apocalypse territory… How about a DIY build your own sextant kit? Not a bad Holidaze present at all. That said, the Celestial Navigation Starter Package might be a better investment in the long run.
For starters, it’s a monohull somewhere between 26 and 38 feet long and, while there are a few outliers, the average falls somewhere around 30 feet. By current “Yachting” standards it is too old to be fashionable and its age is somewhere on the wrong side of 25. The main thing you can say about …
Back during the aftermath of Hurricane Maria with nothing better to do, I painted “So It Goes” while at anchor in the mangroves. The paint I chose was Rust-Oleum aluminum paint. My thinking at the time was that it was something Phil Bolger mused would make a good boat paint, it was dirt cheap ($13 …
