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Author Archives: Kai Schwarz
The Short Story about the Garbage Patch – More Brown Noise
This last trip was a luxury ride across a sacred place for me. We survived in spite of our lack of preparation. My main reason for this sailing gig, besides a ride home, was to have an opportunity to see … Continue reading
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Garbage Bits in the Pacific
Just a teaser… Story to follow… After a 2:00 am start C-130 calls us att dawn to help with rescue:: Overturned boat:: Man is rescued minutes before we get there after standing on the boat all night: We return to … Continue reading
Mid Pacific Garbage Vortex
~~Mid Ocean Garbage Vortex~~ Last January while attending Seattle’s annual boat show I came across the ‘Junk Raft’, a catamaran sailing vessel built out of trash and found objects by Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Joel Paschal. Over the course of … Continue reading
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Jungle delivery – Hawaii to San Diego, August – September 2009
Just about the time that I was realizing that ‘Desire’ wasn’t going to be ready to sail back to Seattle and I realized Dan wasn’t going to make it to Hawaii the universe conspired for me yet again. I got … Continue reading
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On Desire, an expedition towards sustainability
~~A stab at understanding sustainability~~ On Desire, an expedition towards sustainability. This discussion is half of the primary focus of the On Desire expedition. The other half being the real world implementation of sustainably practices. I believe that there are … Continue reading
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The hydrodynamic advantages of multi hulls and keels
~~The Hydrodynamic Advantages of Multi Hulls and Keels~~~ Dan and I had a great discussing yesterday about twin keels/hulls verses mono keel/hulls. I was noticing that the amas (pontoons) on his Hobie Cat are asymmetrical. When attached to the trampoline … Continue reading
Freaken Kraken
I’m doing some research and trying to get up the nerve to shoot some video at the Natural Energy Lab of Hawaii and I came across this fascinating news clip: SATURDAY, JULY 07, 2007 “Octosquid” Discovered Off Hawaiian Coast It’s … Continue reading
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Kauai Channel Race – Siesta trip canceled
~~Kauai Channel Race – ‘Sieasta’ Canceled~~ Running a racing sailboat requires a lot of work. The Kauai Channel Race is probably the most challenging race in Hawaiian waters because of the distances involved and the exposure to unprotected waters. In … Continue reading
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Kai’s Kauai Channel Race aboard Siesta 31 July 2009
I have never been very keen on competitive sports. I prefer engaging in activities where I am more focussed on bettering my own abilities rather than beating other people. Sports like hiking, climbing, back country skiing, scuba diving, and long … Continue reading
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Kai’s Babalu chronicles May – June
08May’09 1339PST ~900knm from San Diego- We are officially in the tropics now having crossed the Tropic of Cancer yesterday in light airs heading for an imaginary gate at 0degrees N x 130degrees West. We are sailing downwind in a … Continue reading
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Telemetry 090707
Back in Kona after a long weekend in Honolulu, racing on Siesta and whooping it up under the 4th of July fireworks. Sick as a dog from a cold, most likely picked up on the flight to Honolulu.
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Tagged cold, honolulu, july 4, siesta
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Telemetry 090630
So here I am again, in my well appointed fiberglass barnacle on the edge of paradise behind a chain link fence, only this time no dogs parole the perimeter. Instead of smelling cordite and consumed jet fuel I’ve got whiffs … Continue reading
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Tagged bernard motisie, captain zardoz, chain link fence, cordite, diesel, hobo, paint, vagabond, vog, zen
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Telemetry 090630
I don’t think Dan’s coming to Hawaii. It seems, for ideological reasons as he won’t fly in a jet due to it’s carbon footprint. I can respect his convictions though I don’t fully adopt them as my own. He’s been … Continue reading
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Tagged armadillo, blue water, carbon, collective culture, dan kelly, desire, footprint, hawaii, hobie cat, humanity, inter-island, kona, nervous system, portland, radar, radar reflector, radio, san francisco, seattle, solar panel, sustainability, transpac, wind generator
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Telemetry 090620
8:50 AM 8/3/06 For me, the ocean is a place that keeps me riveted to the reality of the moment. A place which is always changing and one that keeps me focused and alive in so many sublime ways. I … Continue reading
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Tagged acid rain, battery, bees, bf2, blue water, boat yard, brooklyn, desire, dirk schwarz, dirt, equipment, ford 150, kealeakua, kona, manhattan, manhattan bridge, melted rubber, oxidation, ozone, queens, salt, tar, the moment, tools, transpac, uv, volcano
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Kai’s Babalu chronicles, May 3
9:00am PST – 166 knm off of Baja, 23 knm from Guadalupe Island We’re sailing along at ~6 knots with a reefed main. Feeling fine to be on the open blue again with 3300 meters of water under the keel … Continue reading
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Kai’s Babalu chronicles, May 1
07:30 am PST We are finally away from the dock and the associated land based madness headed for sea with all systems go! We play our theme song as we wave bye to friends and muppets.
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Kai’s Babalu chronicles, April 22
Earth-day and B-day. Still on the hard in San Diego. I had hoped to be several hundred miles out to sea on this day but instead we are waiting for the new engine, having torn out the old one yesterday. … Continue reading
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Kai’s Babalu chronicles, April 18
After several days at the Shelter Island Boat Yard and a bit more than a week tied up amidst the ‘muppet navy’ at the ‘cop dock’ we discovered that ‘Babalu’s engine is pretty much at the end of it’s life … Continue reading
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Kai’s Babalu chronicles, April 2
Aboard ‘Babalu’, Shelter Island Boat Yard, San Diego, CA I touch down at Lindberg Field in San Diego having made a clean exit from Seattle. Erica and Hans ans Deduytsche had left Seattle a month ago. In the past several … Continue reading
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Big World Small Footprint Continuum
Big World Small Footprint Continuum ~The Desire Project~ RAW Wednesday, April 1, 2009 10:04 AM (not foolish at all) From: “kai” To: “j gallone” Hello John, Here’s the scoop on what Dan and I are building. We’re calling it (working … Continue reading
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Tagged big world small footprint, BWSF, dan kelly, desire, john gallone, kai schwarz
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Sailbabalu
Dan, We now have the capability of updating our web blog on ‘Babalu’ by satellite phone at sea. This includes our position on Google Earth every time we update the blog. It’s still in it’s raw state but will get … Continue reading
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Tagged babalu, blogging, dan kelly, email, kai schwarz, sailbabalu
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Junkraft
Dan, Here’s an interesting site (sometimes buggy) about two guys who built a raft out of junk and sailed it from California to Hawaii. Cheers! ~Kai http://junkraft.com/blog/
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Tagged california, dan kelly, email, hawaii, junkraft, kai schwarz
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Re: go here
From: kaisail@yahoo.com Subject: Re: go here Date: March 31, 2009 12:51:54 AM EDT To: info@artisthouse.com Hey Dan, Thanks for setting this up. Can this be set up so that we can limit access to the information? … Continue reading
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Re: update
From: KAI Subject: Re: update Date: March 17, 2009 8:55:56 AM EDT To: DAN Sounds Great Dan. Things are pretty crazy for me here in Seattle right now as I get ready for my trip. I’m … Continue reading
Re: alternates (to flying)
From: KAI Subject: Re: alternates Date: February 27, 2009 7:15:42 AM EST To: DAN Hello Dan, It was great talking with you yesterday! As for getting to Hawaii I’ll try to find some more crew list … Continue reading
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Tagged crew, dan kelly, honolulu, horizon, kai schwarz, long beach, matson, no jetting, passenger, seattle, shipping lines
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The Desire Project – Big World small footprint
From: KAI Subject: The Desire Project – Big World small footprint Date: January 6, 2009 12:28:32 AM EST To: DAN Hello Dan, Sorry it took a few days to get back to you an answer your … Continue reading
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Tagged AC power, beans, big world small footprint, BWSF, desire, distiller, fishing, fresh water, fruits, grizzly bear, grizzly man, hawaii, helicopter, honolulu, john gallone, kona, pasta, rice, sailing, sailing the farm, san diego, scuba gear, solar panels, some almonds movie, sprouting, survival, underwater, vegetables, VW microbus, waterproof, werner herzog, wind generator
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