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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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Astoria Virgin
Watch Astoria Virgin This is supposed to be a video blog, so finally I am getting around to catching up on the chapters of the story. Here’s the first Vixia video from April 7, shot with an HF-11 I later … Continue reading
Go west
There’s the getting there and the coming back. In the spirit of small footprint, I want to go west with low impact so no flying. Getting to California by train is reasonable, but leaping from CA to HI is another … Continue reading
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Tagged amtrak, big world small footprint, BWSF, california, hawaii, no jetting
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Progress
There’s so much to do I want to post a regular progress report as a tool to amp up momentum. There’s a point of no return that needs to be reached ASAP which includes selling the car and subletting the … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn, gear, Honda Odyssey, liquidate, sublet
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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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Music
As currently described, all three of Dan’s kits would probably fit into the big backpack. It would be super if I could bring the little Larrivee Parlor guitar too, but that’s probably pushing it. I have no idea how I … Continue reading
Documentation / production
I am thinking that my current set-up isn’t really appropriate for the Desire Project. I’ve got an HVX-200 but maybe something smaller would be preferable, perhaps two smaller cameras rather than medium one. I’m thinking a Canon Vixia Hf11 – … Continue reading
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Tagged desire, gitzo, hvx-200, production gear, simplify, solar panels, treking, Vixia, waterproof
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Camping / trekking
I am all about back country if the opportunity presents, sleeping cheap on the islands. I need at least a sleeping bag for bedding on our fine Desire. Add the basics – an internal frame pack that can hold a … Continue reading
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Tagged camping, ceramic water filter, dan kelly, kai schwarz, sleeping bag, tent, treking
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scuba diving / free diving
I am NAUI Openwater 1 certified, but it’s been awhile. I grabbed my books to refresh. As you know, I love water. It’s likely we’ll be interfacing with Cetaceans. I see bliss and insight in our future, in and out … Continue reading
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Tagged camera, cetacean, flippers, free diving, jason lome, mask, NAUI, regulator, scuba, snorkel, underwater, wet suit
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Dan’s plan
April 1st, count down. I am green to go, but it’s all visualization and hutzpah presently. I’ve got to sell a good deal of gear to enable this, so on my ride back from Michigan last night I made some … Continue reading
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Tagged camping, dan kelly, email, gear, Honda Odyssey, kai schwarz, liquidate, michigan, production gear, scuba, sublet, treking, visualization (magic)
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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
Yo, We’ll just edit or password protect certain posts so only we can see them. They are safe-ish for now, I’ll do something about them once I am back. You can do it too once you futz around with administration. … Continue reading
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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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Welcome to Version 0.1
Hello and welcome to The Desire Project, code named The Desire Project. Here are our initial emails that started this off. We can just post everything to each other here from now on and build the archive. You/me will need … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, email, new york city, on desire
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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
Update
From: DAN Subject: update Date: March 14, 2009 9:09:00 AM EDT To: KAI Hey! I am keenly interested in doing Desire in May. There are several projects that have to be closed down before, it’s slightly … Continue reading
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Tagged dan kelly, desire, gear, kai schwarz, liquidate, sublet
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Re: alternates (to flying)
From: DAN Subject: Re: alternates Date: February 27, 2009 12:56:48 PM EST To: KAI Thanks, I’ll look into it all. I’ve started to build a plan. I found these so far. http://www.cruisersforum.com Attitudes and Latitudes Forum … Continue reading
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Tagged cruiser, dan kelly, kai schwarz
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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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Alternates (to flying)
From: DAN Subject: alternates Date: February 26, 2009 4:15:36 PM EST To: KAI Kai, I’m looking for alternates to flying from cali to hawaii – cruisers, working boats, zeppelins, etc (not cruise ships). just priced amtrak … Continue reading
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Tagged amtrak, california, chicago, hawaii, no jetting
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Aloha
The original front page for the blog up until July 26, 2009. In the summer of 2009, 2 artists sail the 8 seas of the Hawaiian Islands aboard Desire. On Desire follows their discussions and discoveries about global health and … Continue reading
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Message
From: DAN Subject: message Date: January 13, 2009 9:18:14 AM EST To: KAI got your message, am presently up to my ears. will call or write soon for the next wave. your email response was very … Continue reading
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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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x click at your own risk x
CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION Those x’s could mean pirates, poison, or porn – the dark and dangerous stuff. Beyond this link a region of shadows and half remembered dreams, the wiring … Continue reading
Der boat
From: DAN Subject: der boat Date: December 29, 2008 8:37:04 AM EST To: KAI yo mofo, happy merry and best wishes for the upcoming year of the ox. do you have a blog about your sailing … Continue reading
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