SeaBits (Page 18)

Taking the ferry to work

The last few days I’ve been “commuting” from our place on Vashon Island into downtown Seattle. Part of it was a trial to see how it was to commute,

Dec 28, 2009 2 min read

Climbing the mast

Over the last few weeks, I’ve had to climb the mast of my sailboat to get at some things that were broken, and also to install a new system

Jun 29, 2009 3 min read

Living on a houseboat?

I’ve been thinking off and on for a while about moving from my current 1 bedroom, 900sf apartment into something a little more unique, and a little larger. Friday,

Apr 2, 2009 1 min read

Sailing ... slightly cold but still nice

In the last two weeks I’ve been out on the water twice, once only for a short sail (about 2 hours) and today for about 4. Last week it

Feb 16, 2009 1 min read

ACR Nauticast Class B transponder

Update Early 2015: I have since moved to a new boat, and have a Vesper XB-8000 AIS unit. The ACR Nauticast unit failed in 2012, and was replaced with another

Jan 9, 2009 5 min read

Favorite G1/Android stuff

I’ve had the G1 for a while now, and have found a few things that are must-haves both in hardware and software. First, the Innocell [https://www.seidioonline.com/

Jan 5, 2009 2 min read

Switched to T-Mobile G1

A few days ago I got a call from AT&T saying that I was likely going to have an increase on my cell phone bill due to the

Nov 8, 2008 2 min read

Strange iPhone icon - SOLVED

SOLVED Updated 10/13/2008 I finally found out what the icon is – it’s for TTY access. Apparently I either turned it on by accident, or it came on

Oct 6, 2008 1 min read

Boarded by the Coast Guard

Yesterday I was out sailing with a friend in Elliott Bay, well I guess we weren’t really sailing because there was no wind…. anyhow, we were trying to figure

Aug 22, 2008 2 min read