Come Along with S.V. Scream Archives: March 2007
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25 March 2007
Why sailors hole up for cyclone season
Yup, that’s a big ole cruise ship. Yikes.
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23 March 2007
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 [...]
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21 March 2007
Aarr, matey!
My man, Awed_Job, from the zefrank forum and the ORG, made this sketch for me. Isn’t it awesome?
Thanks AJ!
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13 March 2007
Maiden Voyage
This past weekend we finally got to take Scream out for her maiden voyage. We had hoped to head for Montague Harbour, a favourite haunt and a decent sail from Tsehum Harbour. However, the winds were light and, as usual, coming from the wrong direction, so we slowly wended our way to Bedwell [...]
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5 March 2007
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 entitles us to [...]
