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Monthly Archives: May 2010
A thousand words
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World
Tagged cargo, Hello World, launch, pack, tow, trailer
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Shakedown
Morning of Friday May 28, three weeks after the original launch date. If I can get on the water in the next few days, I’ll likely be sailing into late August early September. I’ve still got a 3 month window, … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, Hello World, repairs, training / practice, vision / planning
Tagged project, september, shakedown
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Wild beach
I started the staging area in March and completed it yesterday with the help of nefs and their pa. Steve zapped the stumps from the two big poplar trees. Jonathan, Patrick and I moved the logs to the lake to … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged Hello World, jetty, log, mast, sand, sapling, staging area, wild beach
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Questions
Sarah Castle recently tweeted an New Scientist article by Deborah Mackenzie, Living in Denial, Why Sensible People Reject the Truth. This may have been a continuation of our exchange over my Stephen Hawkin inspired ET conquistador proposal, so I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, health / survival, self education / research, training / practice, vision, vision / planning
Tagged edward bernays, inquiry, koyaanisquatsi, query, question, saddam hussein, sarah castle, science, sigmund freud, stephen hawking, technology
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Armor Amour – chapter 3 (bloody hell)
There’s a terrible tragedy at this end of this post, so if you’re the weepy type close your browser and check back tomorrow. How to glue pennies to the bottom of a Hobie Cat, the completion of Hello World’s armor … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, repairs, vision / planning
Tagged 404, before 1982, copper, fahgk!, hatches, pennies, penny, plate, space shuttle, tiles
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Into mystery
Getting ready for my swim this morning, here’s what’s waiting. Maybe I’m still dreaming…
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, visualization (magic), wilderness
Tagged fog, future, mystery, quiet, swim, unknown
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Swimming
Yesterday afternoon I tested both the Aquapac underwater camera solution and my Gul skin out wetsuit with a swim to the blue line. A classic tao situation. All the cheese and yogurt I’ve been eating is starting to show – … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, gear, health / survival, Hello World, self education / research, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged blue line, blueline, cheese, cold, cramp, crystal lake, fat, gul, hobie, sailsport marine, scott, skin out wetsuit, swim
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Swimming
Yesterday afternoon I tested both the Aquapac underwater camera solution and my Gul skin out wetsuit with a swim to the blue line. A classic tao situation. All the cheese and yogurt I’ve been eating is starting to show – … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, gear, health / survival, Hello World, self education / research, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged blue line, blueline, cheese, cold, cramp, crystal lake, fat, gul, hobie, sailsport marine, scott, skin out wetsuit, swim
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Wanna get out there…
Started to run Indian Trails this morning when the strange cramp in my starboard calf returned with a vengeance. I’m getting fat, now what? I walked out of the woods and onto the dunes to try a little tai chi … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, training / practice, vision
Tagged dunes, indian trails, national park, sand
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Watching paint dry
That’s how much fun I’m having right now. Hello World’s first finish coat was applied this morning. Speaking of Malcolm X (today’s his birthday, he’d be 85) here’s an insidious bit of racial marketing I came across. The VOCs from … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, gear, Hello World, repairs, vision / planning
Tagged brightside, headache, interlux, malcolm x, racism, respirator, voc
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Armor Amour – chapter 2
Here’s the back page from the vintage Hobie Cat brochure that came with Hello World. Hobie had an intriguing angle on catamarans in 1979 – camping. Perhaps being a subsidiary of the Coleman Company had something to do with it. … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Hello World, repairs, self education / research, vision, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged 9/11, aluminum, aluminum powder, armor, beach, camp, camping, cargo, copper, damage, demolition, hobie, impact, inertia, landing, nanocomposite, pennies, penny, plate, steel, thermite, tile, twin tower, twin towers
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Armor Amour – chapter 1
When Hello World came down from the rafters I was dismayed to find she was still wet. Before lofting her last October I had drained the standing water from the hulls. Though I suspected her fiberglass / foam sandwich was … Continue reading
I know the journey has started when…
I know the journey has started when I don’t know when it’s going to start. The moment when the handcrafted Hello World slides into surf cannot be predicted. I’ve been back in the water since the year flipped. I’ve shared … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, nonviolent communication, open source, repairs, self education / research, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, training / practice, vision / planning
Tagged facebook, Hello World, interlux, jackie ankerson, launch, mark zuckerberg, victoria weinstein, west systems
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-5 days – fly true
Despite precautions, when I crawl into bed I feel the prickle of tiny glass fibers on my naked skin. I mingle with Hello World, we become one flesh. Hello World is more than my production platform, transport and home. The … Continue reading
-4 days – child’s questions
A cup of ginger tea before donning the yellow hazmat suit and starting the day’s fiberglass fun. The Brunton inverter is whirring away somewhat creakily as it charges this iPhone. Most of the gear has already been checked for solid … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, health / survival, Hello World, policy, repairs, self education / research, sustainable, training / practice, vision / planning
Tagged brunton, carbon footprint, fiberglass, Hello World, jor-el, kal-el, krypton, loreen niewenhuis, mining, moses, petro chemistry
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1 day – intrigue
“Our long years of negotiations with foreign countries… have yielded no results this far. With the oil revenues we could meet our entire budget and combat poverty, disease, and backwardness among our people. Another important consideration is that by the … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, self education / research
Tagged bp, british petroleum, Democracy Now, gulf coast, iran, mosaddegh, oil, oil rig, spill
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2 days – pushback
Are we ready? Not quite yet. Fiberglass repairs will take another few days. An ordering snafu has delayed the arrival of some gear. Chuck is fabricating cargo plates that need to be tested. This weekend’s weather forecast is not beach … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, Hello World, maker, music, repairs, vision / planning
Tagged delay, launch, party, progress
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4 days
Driving in to Traverse City for another round of errands. Fiberglass repairs are in process. Could wrap primary hull repairs this evening, with fairing and paint by Wednesday (2 days). That’s when I’ll decide whether to launch as planned or … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, food, Hello World, repairs, vision / planning
Tagged errand, fabricate, launch, repair
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6 days – family
Woke up with a big happy after an 11 hour crash. About 8:30 pm last night I started nodding and had to lay down. Could have been the wine and lasagna… or just the turnings of mystery. I clarified my … Continue reading