I’m in Washington DC and it’s the first time I’ve wanted to go home early and just couldn’t because the flights are all full. It’s a strange feeling. (I have been stranded due to snow storms before but the last time that happened I had Frank to keep me company.) Luckily, it’s not a bad […]
If, like me, you are a bit skeptical that your cell phone, or even more unbelievable, your iPod might cause a problem on an airplane, IEEE has an article that attempts to explain the danger and point to specific annecdotes where electronic usage might have caused navigation problems, IEEE Spectrum: Unsafe At Any Airspeed?. While
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Here’s a cute story of a couple trying to smuggle their dog into Hawaii (which has a six month quarentine): Busted! Please Put the Dog Down, Sir, and Step Away – New York Times. But what I want to know is how did they just happen to end up on a plane with Mickey Hart
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Always wanted to see Antartica? Here’s your chance. Raytheon Polar Services is hiring a Blaster for a project in Antartica.
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I had a great week sailing in the BVI on the Moorings boat Salaway with Offshore Sailing School. I made new friends and learned a lot. One of the coolest things we learned was how to "heave to", how to stop in the middle of the ocean. The joke of the day was several thousand
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Today we had a smooth sail home with the wind on our side. We tried to stop at the Indians for some snorkeling but there were way too many jellyfish. Now if the land would just stop moving …
Today we dropped off Anne-Marie, our instructor, at the Moorings and sailed over to the Bight ourselves. It all went very smoothly, no hiccups until after we moored and the fastening that held our mainsail to the halyard broke, but Jeanne managed to fix it. Willy T’s wasn’t officially open but they fed us anyway.
We sailed to Jost Van Dyke today and anchored next to Foxy’s Taboo. On the way over we stopped at Monkey Point for some awesome snorkeling. Big coral with lots of ledges. Lots of fish of different kinds and sizes. Caves. And I saw a turtle! About 2.5 feet in diameter. I floated right over
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We arrived at the North end of Virgin Gorda today where we practiced docking, my least favorite of all boating activities. We did pretty good and I asked to practice again in the morning. 50 foot of boat with lots of mass in winds and currents next to hard surfaces like docks just make me
Today we sailed from Marina Cay to Anegada. On the way we learned how to turn the boat around in a space no wider than two boat lengths when motoring. It’s called back and fill and it uses your prop tilt to help push you around. Then we practiced man overboards which was a lot
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