_Lark_ /again/ in Opua, actually. Their windvane broke on deployment a few hours (?) after departure "Monday". (_Their_ Monday, presumably.) Sea-state was rough, so they decided against 10 days of hand steering (or using battery in their electric auto-pilot).
Back to NZ while awaiting a part from Germany.
Mark_
22:00 21 June 2011
21 June 2011
20 June 2011
16 June 2011
Rescue Tape
I thought this sounded somewhat like the rigging tape that sailors use, so I watched their promotional video. At about 2:56, notice the scenery behind the "military" vessel. (It's probably only "stock" video footage, but even so....)
Even if one is not going through Deception Pass, the stuff may be worth having along. Local big-chain hardware places have a generic version.
Mark_
Even if one is not going through Deception Pass, the stuff may be worth having along. Local big-chain hardware places have a generic version.
Mark_
15 June 2011
Dick's Pix
Dick S. (Maggie Rose) has had some of his regatta pictures published in The Anacortes American.
Mark_
16:34 15 June 2011
Mark_
16:34 15 June 2011
13 June 2011
TV as Computer Monitor
Someone asked me recently about using a TV as a computer monitor.
We have been enjoying our gen-2 Apple TV (which streams from a number of Internet sources via Wi-Fi), but before that we connected our MacBook to the television. The aspect ratios of Macintosh and the TV were slightly different, but all-in-all it worked well enough.
Lifehacker article: Computer to TV.
Mark_
14:22 13 June 2011
We have been enjoying our gen-2 Apple TV (which streams from a number of Internet sources via Wi-Fi), but before that we connected our MacBook to the television. The aspect ratios of Macintosh and the TV were slightly different, but all-in-all it worked well enough.
Lifehacker article: Computer to TV.
Mark_
14:22 13 June 2011
12 June 2011
_Lark_ departed?
Linda's computer was online (Skype) today, so perhaps they have not yet effected their departure.
I didn't speak to her, but Skype showed her machine as being "available". I can think of no way that this could be the case except that it actually was within a hundred feet or less of a wi-fi station <i>on land</i>.
Mark_
22:00 12 June 2011
I didn't speak to her, but Skype showed her machine as being "available". I can think of no way that this could be the case except that it actually was within a hundred feet or less of a wi-fi station <i>on land</i>.
Mark_
22:00 12 June 2011
11 June 2011
_Lark_ is off for Tonga!
I have just had a brief text iChat with Linda. They have tanked up, provisioned up, and they expect to depart their berth in Opua in about 1/2 hour (as of 14:00 PDT) for their 10-day passage to Tonga.
She had just completed a Skype session with her mother. Isn't this all great?
Mark_
14:04 PDT 11 June 2011
She had just completed a Skype session with her mother. Isn't this all great?
Mark_
14:04 PDT 11 June 2011
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