Or: Making Interactive Web Maps with USGS Topobathymetric Lidar Data
Continue Reading "Contours"
I’m writing this in an active thunderstorm. In February.
Continue Reading "The Woods"
This title sounds somewhat like “a sail of two sillies” said with a certain speech impediment, and while that may accurately describe the crew of Fortuitous, in this case I’m referring to Tilley hats.
Continue Reading "A Tale of Two Tilleys"
Welcome to the new boat log.
Continue Reading "Something Looks Different"
Springtime. When sailors are supposed to be thinking of antifouling paint and wax and getting their boats ready for the sailing season ahead. Except when it snows all day in April.
Continue Reading "Say Goodbye to the Old Gas Guzzler, Russ"
I have very little interest in (and some might say taste for) fashion or style.
Continue Reading "Sailing Shoes"
The plan was to drive until we got tired—hopefully we’d wind up somewhere weird and maybe slightly warmer than home.
Continue Reading "Warmer Thoughts"
It’s been a while since I’ve made a log entry. Winter will do that.
Continue Reading "The Winter Thaw"
After a few trips to the shore for winterization and removing the seasonal stuff, our living room is once again looking like a boat threw up in it. In an effort to avoid dealing with that, I thought it would be a good time to do a review of the 2015 sailing season.
Continue Reading "2015: The Year of Maintenance"
We’ve had some nasty weather in the region, and most of our allotment of boating time has been dedicated to keeping our boat safe.
Continue Reading "Battening Down the Hatches"