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| Sunday, April 15th, 2012 | | 5:55 pm |
Deep blue sea
Forgive the typos, the boats moving and the typing position is awkward. So, many muscles hurt, it leaks into my cabin, the boat is as creaky as ever, and most of my watchmates are seasick (and other crew, too). But the sea is a marvelous blue, as is the sky, the helm has been refurbished and is still amazing me with the ease of steering, we*re sailing under fore and main topsails and forecourse at 5 knots, and I'm here! We had a booby on the mates finger today and yesterday we ha a whale and a bunch of porpoises catching air a few dozen yards from the ship (yes, the whale, too). | | Saturday, April 14th, 2012 | | 10:39 am |
BOUNTY is about to leave San Juqan for the season
We're about to leave San Juan for St Augustine!! It's been a busy week of catchup work and organizing, but we're ready to go. We'll be in St Augustine about the 16th. It looks like I missed all the fun at home. Lightning storms were a joy when I was young in South Carolina. Current Mood:  excited | | Friday, March 30th, 2012 | | 8:39 am |
| | Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 | | 10:20 pm |
A coconut, repost
I was listening to the R4 Extra version of "Coconut Chaos" by Diana Souhami at 05:30 in a van on the road from San Diego to San Pedro with 7 other sailors, and was vastly amused by the fact that it was that same coconut was the reason I was in that situation.
Her premise is that the BOUNTY mutiny was triggered by a coconut that Fletcher Christian drank and therefore was reprimanded by Bligh.
That episode lead to the building of the ship I sail on to make the movie in 1960 and that lead me to qualify for and Able Seaman (Sail) rating, which lead me to be taking the Lifeboatman course. That course required a trip to LANE VICTORY in San Pedro for the practical assessments, although the classroom parts are in San Diego.I was reminded that I want to post here, for people who aren't on FB. Apologies for the type face, I can't get it to do better. | | Saturday, March 10th, 2012 | | 10:30 am |
Morse Code Sound Sculpture BBC R4
 I'll have to listen to this show later: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d0fwz According to the BBC website, there's a section on a Morse Code Sound Sculpture. Current Mood:  blah | | Friday, March 9th, 2012 | | 11:48 am |
| | Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 | | 10:25 am |
| | Monday, March 5th, 2012 | | 8:01 pm |
| | 11:50 am |
ISS, again, from APOD
Flying Over the Earth at Night -photography from the International Space Station on Astronomy Picture Of the Day. http://www.youtube.com/embed/FG0fTKAqZ5g BTW, I'm trying to post to LJ more, and trust it gets crossposted to FB. Current Mood: busy | | 11:04 am |
Tall ships and Ocean Film Festival
I was talking to the dentist about what I do, and told him, and I'll tell you all- HAWAIIAN CHIEFTAIN and LADY WASHINGTON are in the Bay area still- Redwood City for a couple of days, San Francisco for a couple of weeks and Sausalito after that. Also, the SF Ocean Film Festival is starting tomorrow for 4 days. I just finished reading Shipbreaker which brought to mind a film i saw at a previous Festival about the actual shipbreaking that takes place in Bangladesh. Most of the films are wildlife films, but there's one that seems to be about marine archeology, and I'll make an effort to get to it. | | 10:41 am |
ISS on the radio
I'm listening to a ham radio transmission from the ISS. They're making a school contact into San Jose. I have now had my teeth cleaned under my Medicare coverage. I called this morning and they had a cancellation.- it's useful to be two blocks from the office. Current Mood: pleased | | 5:49 am |
preparedness
Well, that was a nice like 4.0 (apparently) earthquake, just a few miles north of here. It woke me up and disturbed the cat. A bit of stress relief on the Heyward Fault. More people will be interested in emergency response now. I'm a few days ahead of them. Current Mood:  sleepy | | Sunday, March 4th, 2012 | | 10:20 pm |
It's a good day
I picked up some pot pies from the farmers market (not my mostest favorite, but shrimp creole is probably second), rode my bike around, got a data plan for my 'phone and found that it really can support my PC via wifi, got power tool batteries, completed a FEMA emergency service course, and listened to some great radio- http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/78394. I also have more of my plan sorted for June- I'll fly in and out of New York. Since I'll probably be getting off BOUNTY in Long Island and coming back to Philadelphia, that makes sense, and gives a lot of flexibility, since the boat plans are notoriously written in water. I've still got a lot of the June excursion details to write in ink, though. Tuesday is ACT, and maybe sand dabs. On Wednesday and Thursday I'll be getting together with my neighbors for emergency response training for the block. Current Mood: cheerful | | Monday, February 13th, 2012 | | 4:42 pm |
Accusations of terrorism!!!
I have been reading Sweatshops At Sea- Merchant seaman in the world's first globalized industry, from 1812 to the present, by Leon Fink. I was amused to find that after Samuel Plimsoll started agitating for load lines (commonly, Plimsoll marks) in the 1870's, to keep ships from putting to sea with an overload, one writer said "Plimsollism is another word for terrorism". Current Mood: amused | | Sunday, December 18th, 2011 | | 1:28 pm |
| | Thursday, December 15th, 2011 | | 11:19 pm |
Thursday night
Another good theatre experience, this time Black Box at Exit, a one-man show- "Working For The Mouse". Much fun. I have to watch the 2nd, 3rd and 4th "Pirates Of The Caribbean" movies again to see which of my shipmates I can spot, And I have to watch the Marlon Brando "Mutiny On The BOUNTY" to spot the radio antennas on the boat. I had a great telephone chat with a local friend this afternoon and I just got a lovely invitation for Christmas Eve, even better than being on SOREN LARSEN. And a massage that may have taken care of the spasms in my back. Current Mood: content | | Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 | | 11:28 pm |
More good theatre
42nd Street Moon is doing a very nice "lost" show, "Three Sisters" http://www.42ndstmoon.org/three-sisters. I highly recommend it. I also saw people I knew there tonight, who were seeing it for the second time. Among other things, it resonated since part of our job on BOUNTY is to be the "carnies" for the attraction. PT Barnum would know exactly what we do. And I have shipmates who worked for a circus in England (I visited them in Hay-on-Wye this summer) with an act as described in the show. | | 8:17 am |
| | Thursday, November 24th, 2011 | | 12:28 pm |
Leave her Johny, leave her
Anchored out on the waterfront of Charlotte Amalie, for Thanksgiving. I have a airline ticket home for the 30th, arriving SFO at 22:30. Farber please note. I don't want to leave, but I just can't stay on until 14 December, which is the projected date of arrival in San Juan. B and C watches have one deckhand each left (and we're both leaving on the 30th), and one of A watch is leaving soon. The yard "scheduling" sucks- I'd rather be at sea, sailing, than this. Anchored out is a pain since the boat only runs to shore about every 4 hours. And that's stressful and wet. At least we're going to go to the shop tomorrow and just get the parts that are high priority- no waiting for the best deal and shipping. I took the duty today, so will stay on the boat and keep everything in order. Current Mood:  depressed | | Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 | | 9:21 pm |
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