August windstorm and staycation
JJ and I had decided to see the summer out in style with one last long sailing trip on Grace. We planned for several weeks ahead of time to go
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Back to Winslow Wharf @ Bainbridge
We seem to have fallen in love with Bainbridge Island, specifically Winslow Wharf Marina. It’s so easy to get there from Elliott Bay Marina, and feels like you’re
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Bainbridge Island, our favorite place in 2015
Bainbridge Island, specifically Winslow Wharf Marina [http://winslowwharf.com/], has become our favorite place to visit this last year.Grace [https://seabits.com/grace/] was brand new, so shaking out
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Grace first official trip and a rescue!
The first official sailing adventure with our new sailboat Grace [https://seabits.com/grace/] was planned for 3 days – Friday through Sunday – in mid July. As Josh was already somewhere
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Moving Grace to her new home
After a successful survey of Grace [https://seabits.com/grace-a-new-member-of-our-family/], we had a limited amount of time to move her from Lake Union at
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Grace, a new member of our family
After our Final trip on Jammy [https://seabits.com/final-trip-on-jammy/], I began looking for the next member of our sailing family. I had already been looking prior
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Solar panel update
A while ago I wrote about my solar panel setup [https://seabits.com/solar-learning-curve]. I recently revisited the site after 6 months, and lots of problems with managing
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Final trip on Jammy
This weekend’s trip was with Josh, Heather and myself on Jammy, and was planned to be an uneventful, easy trip to one of our favorite destinations, Poulsbo. I’ve
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NMEA 2000 bus data and SignalK
A while ago I wrote about my SignalK first look [https://seabits.com/signalk-first-look/] experience, and the captures I had taken to help the dev team with various
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Maretron SMS100 Review
I am always looking for better ways to monitor things – from my home network, to our family cabin temperatures, to my sailboat. I have tried other vessel monitoring solutions [https:
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SignalK first look
SignalK [http://signalk.org/] is an astounding new project that has a ton of potential for marine electronics and connectivity. The concept is something we have needed in the industry
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Solar learning curve
A month or so ago we had some brazen trespassers [http://photos.stevem.net/Cabin/Trespassers/] at our family cabin in Eastern Washington. Being the tech in the family, and
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