Month: December 2019
Change of watch
Ten minutes to the hour I crawl out of bed, make myself presentable*, go upstairs to relieve Dunbar. He gives me a quick debrief on his shift - making good speed, wind has us directly on course, 410...
A video tour of Vingilótë’s sibling Alani
Balance 526 are semi custom: you can’t change structural bits (much: we did move a watertight bulkhead in the port bow back), but the rest is up for grabs. We made a lot of small-ish changes -...
Learning to communicate
My friend S. used to ride and train horses, and has spoken often about the tricks of that trade. She put it quite pithily and I can’t quote her verbatim, but I remember her talking about the...
Making the map track-only
As detailed in a previous blog post "Adding a map to the blog" I generate a KML overlay out of a download from the Garmin portal. As I was watching this, the KML file grew very rapidly. Even at 10...
Off the barber-y coast
It’s well known that normal, healthy humans shed hairs off their heads. 25 or 50 a day, something like that. But when you have very long, very dark hair, and you’re in an enclosed environment...
Facebook Post @ 1576078423#851
Autopost to FB working, all test posts removed
Alright, after this one we're going back to our regular scheduled programming provided by Irene from Vingilótë. We maintain a Facebook Page for Vingilótë, mostly so it's quick and easy to share...
Golden Sails
Sun on Vingilótë's sails, the main sail with the Code Zero peeking from behind it. The sails are a light gray, the Code Zero a silver gray, and made by Ullman Sails in Cape Town. Vingilótë's...