How the news on your TV and reality are not always the same, a good point being made, and a politician admits he made some real mistakes...Small is Beautiful:...
Then again he wasn't building a shrine...
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A trend on the way out, some riveting reading, and, just maybe, we might want to pay some attenion to the science...When I was a kid I spent a lot of...
Now this is interesting...
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A drought problem I suspect you were unaware of, some battery news, and the stupidity it burns...Listening to some Bj�rn Ulvaeus (ABBA) coversSo it g...
in the a "lot more sustainable" department
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A needful voice in the mix, just ripples in a pond, and a question we should all be asking...Maybe boatbuilders should pay attention... SURFBOARDS FOR...
a matter of seaworthiness...
| 0 comments |Labels: Bluewater, Catamarans, Sailboat design, Scow, Seamanship, shoal draft
In the "hardly surprising" department, this really says a lot, and some needful reading...I was recently looking at the study plans for one of Reuel Parker's...
An Earth Day link...
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Something happening here, a certain lack of logic, and this should kick start your Spidey sense...Hey, it's Earth Day. If you're looking for a short,...
So, if a guy tells you your chosen rig sucks why listen to him about your keel?
| 0 comments |Labels: Junk Rig, Sailboat design, shoal draft
Hitting the nail right smack dab on the head, thumbs on the scales of justice, and an apt comment...There's a discussion over at the JRA forum discussing...
Hey, here's a thought...
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A good run, a good observation, and a very good/apt point being made...I need to build another dinghy in the not-too-distant-future and perusing all of...
a pretty cool project...
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A show you might want to watch, some not so good news, and since the NRA is so big on cheer leading indiscriminate gun ownership maybe they'd like to...
In aid of less tyro glasswork...
| 0 comments |Labels: Boatbuilding, Good stuff, Materials, Surf.
Nope no global warming/climate change anywhere on the third rock, about that state sanctioned murder thang, and yet another reason I don't read Facebook...Fiberglass...
Some stuff to think about...
| 0 comments |Labels: Good stuff, Media, Simple, Sustainable systems, Tiny House, Tools
A question I keep asking myself, don't you love it when right wingers do their math, and in the "Better Conditions = Happier Workers = Higher Profits"...
Ego and money...
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Not good at all, Percy Sledge RIP, and about connecting those dots...Since we were speaking about sailboat races yesterday... Yacht racing is mainly about...
and the only sailboat race I find interesting...
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About holding corporations accountable, a CEO of note, and when did kids walking home from school become child neglect...Listening to Ray Wylie HubbardSo...
Now, here's a thought...
| 0 comments |Labels: Cruising grounds, Media, Surf.
Kinda creepy, yet another good reason (of many) to not visit SeaWorld, and when Dick Dorworth writes something I pay attention...It occurs to me that...
Surplus to requirements...
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News of note, some important political content for boaters, and in the "it's about time" department...Over the next couple of weeks we're doing our annual...
On spending a lot of money on something simple or getting creative...
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Inspired timing, some interesting numbers, and something interesting about coral...Here's a question you might want to ponder while you go about your...
Because we're all handy folks on boats...
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Some thoughts on the concept of "home", a quick take on threat assessment, and a needful read on the subject of denial...Here's Tom Cunliffe making some...
about that boat in my head...
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Rivers at threat, Krugman getting it right, and some needful reading...I'm pretty sure all of us have couple of boat designs floating around in our heads...
a chance to cross an ocean...
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Something worth watching, on the current cost of higher education, and Donkey Mountain does make a good point...It's not always easy to get some bluewater...
Affordable clean water...
| 0 comments |Labels: Boat Systems, Health, Things that work
Your world economy on austerity and unconventional monetary policy, that's the way it was/is, and I guess in 2015 America bigotry pays off... Bucket Filter...
fear of...
| 0 comments |Labels: Boatbuilding, Books, Cruising Culture, Fear
This really made me stop and think, so did this, and, as it happens, this did as well...The other day I was thinking about the stumbling blocks to being...
because rust never sleeps on a boat...
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Badtux gets the word freedom right, why Kansas is no longer on my places to visit list, and a question/answer session with a guy who should be in prison...The...
a couple of boats I'd love to have...
| 0 comments |Labels: Rigs, Sailboat design, Sails
A fracking waste, some scary reading, and in the "still not over it" department...I happened to see over on Orcas island in the great state of Washington...
Catch it if you can...
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Something needful to know about your medical insurance premiums, a really good post from Ian Welsh, and a tidbit from the "what bias" department...The...
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