2007 - Welcome to KensBlog

The meaning of life

Sometimes it's the simplest things in life that mean the most. I have my two sons (DJ - 34 and Chris - 28) here in

December 30, 2007 No Comments

How do I update my charts?

Perhaps one of you reading this is smarter than me on this topic:I know that charts are updated from time to time. How do I

December 29, 2007 No Comments

Adding more wires to the Atlas

I added another wire to the Atlas today (which didn't accomplish anything). I'm starting to get good at all of this wiring stuff. Yesterday I was

December 28, 2007 No Comments

Grounding the Atlas

I spent the day on the boat "tinkering". At Atlas' request I added another ground wire to the system. I'm a software developer, not an

December 27, 2007 No Comments

Fighting the Atlas again

I'm now in Cabo. I was on the boat briefly today, to see if I could get shore power going. I couldn't. I did write

December 26, 2007 No Comments

Heading back to Cabo

I'm now on a plane headed to Cabo, to rejoin the boat. Merry Christmas everyone! In honor of Christmas, here's a picture of Cabo for

December 25, 2007 No Comments

Marry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! We're still in Seattle, where it feels much more Christmasy than Cabo. We go back to Cabo Christmas morning. This morning I

December 23, 2007 No Comments

Kosmos

Eric and Christi Grab, who are circumnavigating now in their Nordhavn 43 sent out an email Christmas card. I couldn't resist posting this excerpt from

December 20, 2007 No Comments

The boat calls me

Last night at 2am I received a call from the boat. Whenever it loses shore power a robot voice calls me. I've received "the call"

December 19, 2007 No Comments

Nordhavn 55 fuel efficiency

My friend, Buddy Bethea, posted this picture on his website, showing his boat (a Nordhavn 55) running at 9.4 knots burning only 5.3 gallons per

December 18, 2007 No Comments

Year: 2007