Evening trips around Elliott Bay are some of our favorite memories. They usually involve friends who don't normally sail, and show off the beautiful Seattle skyline along with some good food and drinks.
I am perpetually looking for better lights for Grace, both inside and out. I stumbled across the Mantus Snap-On Light randomly a few months ago and love the portability, easy install, and light quality that it provides.
Good quality lighting is not something you have to sacrifice on a sailboat. It can also be economical now with the advent of LEDs. CREE LEDs are my favorite because of their color and quality, and I replaced almost everything on Grace with them.
Having an AIS receiver on the sailboat means I can take that data and share it with AIS websites, as a base station. Doing that from a bandwidth-limited cellular connection creates some challenges which can be overcome with some scripting.
The fridge is always one of the most power hungry items on a sailboat. Mine was no exception, and never seemed to get things as cold as I wanted. The Stainless Lobster Fridge Optimizer cut my power usage in half and kept things cooler than ever before.
Standard hatch boards on a Beneteau 311 are heavy and hard to use. I wanted something easier to open and close, and more useful when closed. Zarcor has a history of making doors for all makes of boats, and they worked for me too.
Grace had very minimal instruments when I bought her, and I wanted to add some additional space at the helm for updated electronics. This required updating the mounting location and adding a NavPod.
I’m proud to announce the re-launch of my website under a new name and structure. I have been working on this for several months, with the final steps happening
In today’s world of always-connected systems, I am surprised that there are not more vendors in the space of vessel monitoring. In 2008 I installed a system from Boat
An amazing tool to create perfect latte and cappuccino foam. Perfect for any coffee snob, like me.
I move my SignalK setup to a Raspberry Pi B after having performance issues with my older system
One of the best places for me to fly my quadcopter is at the family cabin near Nile, WA, which is in Eastern Washington and pretty remote.
