Tag Archives: plumbing

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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Cabling into Spring

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Steve

About a half-dozen times in the past 24 hours, the Polaris mobile-lab project has been reinforced. This is going to be wonderful tool, I think… not only to bring R&D; facilities within range of the system I’m trying to focus … Continue reading →

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Work Trip #2 – Tankage

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Steve

In what is probably going to become something of a routine, I’m now on my second “winter work session” aboard Nomadness, blogging as I go. Since the last installment, I’ve done a fair bit on the home front, and also … Continue reading →

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Notes From Work Trip #1

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Steve

I can already see how the winter is going to take shape, and it’s going to take a major exercise of will to get through it. “Next steps” bubble to the top of OmniFocus and get flagged, I make a … Continue reading →

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Autopilots, Salinity, and Gizmology

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Steve

There is something refreshing about a deadline that looms with implacable insistence. Instead of the casual plasticity of self-imposed schedules, there arises an urgency tied to the plane tickets of house sitters and the contractual inflexibility of marina move-out dates. … Continue reading →

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