The Excellent Adventure

This gem, just in from the Ethicurean: Rigging the aquaculture game Federal regulations mandate that when an oil company decides to stop using an offshore rig, it must remove the platform and associated equipment within a year. Doing so, according to some sources, can cost up to $5 million. Under the MMS’ proposed “rigs-to-reef” program, [...]

Tags: aquaculture, Environment, Navigation

By way of goading Jason into writing the thing up and posting it, I’m just going to link to ToastFloats’s description of their recent journey from Neah Bay to San Francisco. http://blog.toastfloats.com/2008/09/im-sleepy.html

Tags: Toast Floats

There’s something to learn every single time you take the boat from the dock. Take this morning. We’d put off doing the pumpout until there was no more putting it off, if you know what I mean. Had. To. Go. So, off we went. Cast off from the dock, head down the channel, and as [...]

Tags: learning, Maintenance

After getting my head handed to me on a yahoogroup for daring to ask about greening my galley and possibly replacing my propane cooking appliances with electrical, I was amused to see this article on gCaptain, “Solar Powered Ships“. Granted, this is commercial, not private, shipping we’re talking about, and the economies of scale are [...]

Tags: Environment, living aboard

We have, in our salon, what Rowan refers to as "the three couch". The thing looks like a big "3". Go ahead… picture how many curves that is in terms of cushions. And of course, we have two small boys; a species not known for their ability to keep fabrics and sitting surfaces clean. Which [...]

Tags: Catamarans, Maintenance, Upgrades