Author Archives: Steve

The Tools of Extraction

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Steve

I’m aboard Nomadness at the moment, here to do the water-heater installation, but in classic fashion got drawn into the “opportunities” presented by this infernally glowing laptop. There seem to be two big changes afoot that will require difficult decisions … Continue reading →

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BEHEMOTH Memories

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Steve

This post is a sort of interlude; Dervish is now rigged and is about to join Nomadness in the marina, and Polaris is complete enough to begin accepting a distillation of lab inventory. Lot of progress, in other words, but … Continue reading →

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Dervish of the Salish Sea

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Steve

The trickiest part of an insanely complex and steadily morphing project is the way it warps the lives of all involved. I have a long history of watching relationships flounder while I devote all available time and energy to technomadic … Continue reading →

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Adventures in a Geek Playpen

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Steve

Oh good grief… has it really been 5 months since the post about clawing our way off a lee shore with a failed anchor windlass? It seems ages ago, back when leaves were on trees, the sun shone late into … Continue reading →

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Imperiled on a Lee Shore

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Steve

As in life, disaster at sea sneaks up fast. Conditions deteriorate in a downward spiral, quietly closing off options while you fiddle with trivialities, driving you inexorably toward a dead end long before you realize it. At some point, the … Continue reading →

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