November 2008

How much inverter capacity do I have?

Here’s a puzzle for those of you who are electrically minded. Others will want to ignore today’s entry and wait for tomorrows blog. My boat has

November 30, 2008 8 Comments

One down, three to go

Darn.... One of the four boats traveling with us to Japan just dropped out (The Stabberts on Starr). We're disappointed, but not surprised. I have

November 29, 2008 3 Comments

Pirates and AIS

I noticed this posting on a message board today: Arild said: "...On Nov 26 a report from IMO indicated that pirates may be using AIS

November 28, 2008 12 Comments

Boat Batteries

In my blog entry a few weeks ago I mentioned that I’ve been thinking of swapping to batteries from www.dynobattery.com. This triggered several comments on

November 27, 2008 7 Comments

Sans Souci update

Greetings all! It has been months since I have sent out an update on Sans Souci. I have been posting blog entries almost daily, but

November 26, 2008 No Comments

Live Piracy Map

This was just posted on the Passagemaking Under Power list, and is interesting enough I wanted to immediately repost it here.It's a map that shows

November 25, 2008 7 Comments

A new weather site

We've been at our home in Cabo since Friday, which is only relevant because it indirectly explains why I don't have an update for today. We

November 24, 2008 1 Comment

Answering Email

I received an email yesterday which I thought I would answer here. My comments are preceded by *** -Ken W----------- Ken, I didn't want to post these questions

November 23, 2008 No Comments

A wild day at sea

David Sidbury, owner of the second Nordhavn 68, just sent me an email about a cruise he took yesterday. I'm reposting it here, which is hopefully

November 23, 2008 5 Comments

Pacific Marine Expo

A busy day! I began the morning on Sans Souci meeting with Perry Anderson, of http://www.cleanmarinesystems.com, a company that makes ultrasonic flow sensors. He wanted to

November 22, 2008 7 Comments

Month: November 2008