A bit of Orca news...

Interesting with a dash of scary, all kinds of depressing, and blasphemy pretty much says it all...

A new species of Orcas or what?

NOAA has more on the subject you may want to check out.

Listening to the Wrecking Crew's Hal Blaine who is, sadly, no longer with us

So it goes...

fun with fin wave propulsion...

Russian bot season again, stuff you need to know, and this really should piss you off...

This is all kinds of interesting.



More details here.

Listening to Rosali Middleman

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Bumpy foils and all...

American jobs needlessly being flushed down the toilet, a thing to keep in mind, and in the "adding insult to injury" department...

Now how did I miss this design?



They sorta/kinda had me at the tubercle foils.

Listening to the Mad Caddies

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An energy-passive water harvester...

An amazing exercise in horrific tackiness while preying on and exploiting grieving families,  something very much worth a read, and some troubling Coast Guard news...

They had me at energy-passive.




Listening to Richard Swift

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Some drones of interest...

Musing on climatic events, something to watch about pangolins, and an interesting read ...




Listening to Southside Johnny

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a podcast of note...

When the cure cuts into the profits question, some needful listening, and about those t-shirts in your closet...

The latest On The Wind podcast is an interview with Tom Cunliffe.

Do I really need to say anything more?

Listening to Lara Bello

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Progress...

I'm 'sure' this is just a coincidence, a good cause. and in the "can you spell c-o-n-f-l-i-c-t  o-f  i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t ?" department...

I suspect that this could very well be the future of wooden boat building.




Living in the future is sorta/kinda interesting.

Listening to a Revolution playlist

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On the subject of REAL fiber fiberglass...

Setting a good example, an interesting webpage if you eat meat, and in the "Rantings of an increasingly isolated and worried individual" department...

Dave Z from up there in northernmost tRumpistan dropped me a line this morning to mention that Capucine Trochet of Tara Tari fame is going full tilt boogie doing the chantier thing and building organic fiber composite boats. Is that cool or what?

Listening to The Pretty Flowers

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In the "not everyone needs an expedition boat to cruise southerly waters" department...

A dog of note, a long read worth reading,  cowardly predators, and an attaboy to McCain, Collins, and Murkowski for doing the right thing...

You really should check out this site about cruising in the low latitudes.

Really.

Listening to a different sort of ZZ Top cover

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Killer robots and Lionfish...

Werner Herzog with a needful documentary on texting, highwaymen/women in 2016, and an article well worth reading...



Listening to Nicole Atkins

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What you can do with your old coke bottles...

A nomadic community with ideas we should be emulating, something you really might want to read about, and in the "no future/no reality/no considerations" department...

Here's an interesting idea for cooling down a hut, small house, or, dare I say it... a boat.



More information can be found here and it is well worth the read.

Listening to Boom Box Repair Kit

So it goes...

an interesting concept...

Some stuff you really need to know, just one reason (of many) why unions are a goodly thing, and an apt observation...

How about something interesting via Pecha Kucha?

More information on the Foldaway mast can be found at the Balpha Mast website.


Listening to Gallows Bound

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Handy this...

Some politicians earning their salaries, needful reading, and Amanda Palmer getting it right...



Listening to an album load of Bob Marley covers

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Because we need more people asking why/how...

Why you might want to avoid having a stroke in Virginia, some interesting thoughts regarding Fox news, a man making a whole lot of sense, and an important message to businesses running Memorial Day sales...

One blog with an inquisitive nature I follow regularly had a very interesting post today and you really should read it. While you're over there you might want to pour yourself a cup of coffee and check out some of the other posts as there is a lot of good stuff to read.

You're still here?

Listening to Adrian Duff & the Mayo Brothers

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Something worth watching...

Not exactly surprising this idiocy is happening in Florida, it might be time to reconsider the needfullness of a watermaker aboard and is this just might be the future of marine toilets...

A series to keep an eye out for.


The Craftsman Project - 001/Brent Ferris from Russell Brownley on Vimeo.

Listening to the Bad Shepherds

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So, just how did old school sailors in a hurry tack a dipping lug rig?

Just one thing you should read today...

This is just amazing.



Maybe it's time to reevaluate how we think old school sailors actually sailed?

Listening to some Neil Young covers

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Tempting...

A well deserved award, a good point, and help if you can...

Now here's the sort of race I could seriously get behind.


R2AK - Are you ready? from Pink House on Vimeo.

Listening to Renaud

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