Random thoughts and rants on boat design, boat building, and other boat bits for those in the 99%...
An interesting subject/discussion, what excessive profits for pharmaceutical companies means, and something you might want to check out before you buy that soft drink/water in a plastic bottle...
I've been following an ongoing Musard 29 scow project for some time and it's nice to see that it continues to be a source of good ideas.
Listening to Amanda Palmer
So it goes...
Concentration camps for the homeless, Greta Thunberg making some sense, and, well, this is just all kinds of cool...
Sailing Simplicity seems to be on to a winning program that you really should check out.
Listening to Ital Vibes
So it goes...
Regarding the American carbon footprint, some sense being made, and over in the "crooked imbeciles and toadies" department...
Peter Foerthmann (the Windpilot guy) has an interesting take on the GGR and self-steering.
Some new rule changes for our Bahamian neighbors now that they're climate refugees, starving killer whales, and in the "Just follow the money" department...
It's been far too long without some trebuchet content here at Boat Bits.
More about the Floating Arm Trebuchet and how to build one here. For those of the dumb and dangerous ilk you could always scale up the plans to better fit on your foredeck for some serious mayhem and mirth.
Listening to Puddles Pity Party cover Warren Zevon
So it goes...
Interesting but hardly surprising, some asshole with a gun, and in the "What happens if you do things the legal way" department...
A rather impressive achievement you may want to check out.
Listening to the Silversun Pickups
So it goes...
Climate denial triggering, some depressing but needful reading, and in the "Profit based killing" department...
Sailing Anarchy has something interesting on a CAL 20 you might want to check out.
Listening to Silversun Pickups
So it goes...
The latest U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assholery, some needful reading, and a bit of good news...
Serious stupidity at the DNC, regarding those conflict of interests, and in the "This is just so frelling AWESOME!" department...
So, according to current forecasts, Dorian will slip by to the south of us a hundred miles away. That said, it's still nervous making but thank goodness for ever better forecasting tools in the quiver.
Something you might want to factor into the mix, very much NOT a thing to joke about, and in the "Kids in cages indefinitely without trial" department...
Regarding the dire times we find ourselves living in, some talking points of note, and on the subject of the what America is disconnect...
