Tag Archives: adventures

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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The Zen of Geeky Boat Projects

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Steve

I’d like to welcome new visitors from Cruising Compass! Other nautical folk, if you haven’t seen this, it’s well worth a look – a great cruising-oriented weekly news source presented by Blue Water Sailing magazine. I’m anchored north of Hope … Continue reading →

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Digital Nomad Redux

Posted on May 16, 2009 by Steve

Why does it take the stirrings of springtime to accelerate the indoor jobs, all those geeky things that should be done by the time it’s warm enough to embed them in a boat? I sit at my desk, unencumbered by … Continue reading →

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621 Miles of Recognition

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Steve

Nomadness has completed her shakedown cruise — covering 621 miles in 2.5 months. This is a languid pace, in geographical terms, but the experience gained was considerable… enough to induce a near-total inversion of the project priority list, satisfy a … Continue reading →

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A Boy and his Boat

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Steve

We are now in Deer Harbor on Orcas Island, back in the US after 2 convoluted weeks in the Gulf Islands of Canada. This photo is from Montague Harbour on Galiano Island… we were hiking among the glacier-worn rocks, shell … Continue reading →

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