Learning
Surveys
We hired a surveyor to inspect Scream before we purchased her. We're not experts in boat maintenance and we were enamoured with the boats, so we wanted an objective, expert opinion. We called a number of surveyors. They were recommended to us by our broker, our insurance agent, and by friends. Surveyors supervise repairs paid […]
Celestial Navigation pt 1
We're learning simple celestial nav these days - how to use a sextant andfigure out where you are using the sun, math and some tables. As I've googled around on that topic, I found a guy who figured out how to make a sextant out of an old CD, its case and some lego. I'm […]
Ham Radio
QST Nov 1928 Originally uploaded by rocknrun. As those of you who usually hear from us will attest, Steven & I have been very busy the past month. Much of that time was spent acquiring our Ham Radio licenses and learning about Ham Radio operation. We did successfully each receive our Basic (+) certification, which […]