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Sun Monkey Island: December 2014
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Building and sailing a PocketShip in the land of 10,000 lakes. Monday, December 22, 2014. Some time ago, I wrote on these pages that I actually started this blog to trace my efforts to join the Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer. Last May, I passed the final test. Well, that next boot camp is January, 2015 and I received my official travel orders last week. In other words, less than 3 weeks from now as I write this. I will be packing up what I can on January 8 and driving out to beg...Pocke...
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Sun Monkey Island: September 2014
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Building and sailing a PocketShip in the land of 10,000 lakes. Monday, September 29, 2014. That's a Whole Lotta 'Glass - Cockpit Fiberglass. Friday, I got out with Sailor Beth on Lake Pepin. What a spectacular fall day that was. Her 30' sloop cut through the water like a champ; the fall colors along the Wisconsin and Minnesota bluffs were truly stunning. You don't hear much about Chrysler TMI's, but you should. They are fine vessels. But my favorite sail of the weekend was with none other than Garage Sail.
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Sun Monkey Island: June 2013
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Building and sailing a PocketShip in the land of 10,000 lakes. Friday, June 14, 2013. Thinking back to high school science class, I remembered that water will seek its own level. This explains why it runs off the table and onto the floor and doesn't shoot to the ceiling. It's also the rationale behind cool new liquid telescope mirrors. Tack welds forward of floor 4. It's a mess. Between 4 and 5, with slightly thickened epoxy used to smooth it out. This looked a lot like the one above. After epoxy at bulk...
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Sun Monkey Island: October 2014
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Building and sailing a PocketShip in the land of 10,000 lakes. Sunday, October 26, 2014. A Flippin' Boat Party. My friends are a bit flaky, and those who aren't, are always busy. Those who are both flaky and busy are some of the more interesting people I know, and indeed some of my best friends, but man is it hard to get a few flaky, busy people together on a single Sunday afternoon, including myself. Testing the furniture straps. These were affectionately renamed the strap ons. The crew settles in for t...
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Sun Monkey Island: June 2014
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Building and sailing a PocketShip in the land of 10,000 lakes. Saturday, June 28, 2014. Down and Out - St. Maarten Bound. View from Tintamarre to St. Martin in background. Bavaria 39' - this ain't no pocket cruiser! Labels: st. martin. Monday, June 9, 2014. Spreadsheets for Jibsheets - Assorted Progress. A cat sitting at anchor in a St. Martin bay. The tip cured in place and faired. Once that was set, I could turn my attention to the rest of the area. I sanded down what I could and added 6 oz 'glass ...
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Sun Monkey Island: A Flippin' Boat Party
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Building and sailing a PocketShip in the land of 10,000 lakes. Sunday, October 26, 2014. A Flippin' Boat Party. My friends are a bit flaky, and those who aren't, are always busy. Those who are both flaky and busy are some of the more interesting people I know, and indeed some of my best friends, but man is it hard to get a few flaky, busy people together on a single Sunday afternoon, including myself. Testing the furniture straps. These were affectionately renamed the strap ons. The crew settles in for t...
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Sun Monkey Island: October 2013
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Building and sailing a PocketShip in the land of 10,000 lakes. Sunday, October 27, 2013. Two Down. Make that Three. Five. Make that Four. to Go. About 2/3 of the way done with the first coat. Second coat finshed, a few hours later. First coat done, working on footwell. You can't see it, but I'm sweating buckets here. Update: Fast forward in time to the 3rd coat down. After the third coat. Much better coverage. I don't think I'll do a 4th. Saturday, October 26, 2013. C-269*M D-11.3NM S-3K. In the meantime...
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Sun Monkey Island: Winds of Change
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Building and sailing a PocketShip in the land of 10,000 lakes. Monday, June 3, 2013. A little known fact about this blog is that it actually started as I began the process to become a Foreign Service Officer. The Black passport. It goes with everything. For anyone curious, here's what trying to get into the State Department looks like to date:. October 2010 - Took FS exam #1. Passed. November 2010 - Submitted short essays for QEP. January 2011 - Did not pass QEP #1. End candidacy. Baghdad is more likely&...
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It Won’t Float! « Building Pocketship "Journey"
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Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows. It Won’t Float! June 10, 2014. As you might be able to tell from the long time between blog posts, my work on “Journey” came to a sudden halt around the first of April. When we first found out that our daughter and her husband were expecting a baby, my wife told her that we would buy the crib for our new grandson. “BUY a crib? 8220;Journ...
