Failures and Fixes
February 16, 2019
Day 135
Noon Position: 47 15S 178 34E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 6+
Wind(t/tws): SWxW 17 – 24
Sea(t/ft): W5
Sky: Cumulus and Squalls
10ths Cloud Cover...
February 16, 2019
Day 135
Noon Position: 47 15S 178 34E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 6+
Wind(t/tws): SWxW 17 – 24
Sea(t/ft): W5
Sky: Cumulus and Squalls
10ths Cloud Cover...
Here I sit typing words into the internet while 37,000ft over the Caribbean sea, winging my way towards Antigua. What an amazing age we live in! Internet connectivity while going this fast over such a lonely stretch of the planet still blows my mind.
February 15, 2019
Day 134
Noon Position: 47 20S 175 26E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): ExN 5
Wind(t/tws): WSW 8
Sea(t/ft): W 2
Sky: Clear
10ths Cloud Cover: 0
Bar(mb)...
February 14, 2019
Day 133
Noon Position: 48 05S 172 54E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 5
Wind(t/tws): NEE 19
Sea(t/ft): NE 5
Sky: Drizzle and Fog
10ths Cloud Cover...
Nine years ago this month, Totem rocked at anchor in this exact curve of coastline on the north side of Banderas Bay where we find ourselves today. We basked in the same sunrise over the sierras to the east...
We’ll roll the ol’ chariot along
We’ll roll the ol’ chariot along
We’ll roll the ol’ chariot along
And we’ll all hang on behind.
February 13, 2019
Day 132
Noon Position: 47 36S 169 48E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 6
Wind(t/tws): NNE 17
Sea(t/ft): NE 3
Sky: Clear; thin stratus to the south
10ths Cloud Cover...
February 12, 2019
Day 131
Noon Position: 47 34S 167 18E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): –
Wind(t/tws): NNE 9
Sea(t/ft): 2
Sky: Overcast
10ths Cloud Cover: 10
Bar(mb)...
SailGP. Ever heard of it? I didn’t think so but get ready to hear a lot more about it in the next few months. In my opinion it’s the most exciting sailing event to come around in decades.
NOTE from Andy, Feb 14, 2019: I’m hesitant to publish this, for risk of it being too personal, causing too much interference with the public persona I’ve created about myself and of the business. But you know what – f&%k it.
February 12, 2019
Day 130
Noon Position: 47 52S 167 08E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): —
Wind(t/tws): ESE 15
Sea(t/ft): Slop to 4 feet
Sky: Cirrus
10ths Cloud Cover...
0936 Tuesday morning. Fiery sunrise this morning, just for those few moments when the sun appeared above the horizon but below the layer of gray clouds. The ocean was colored a dark, steel blue with flecks of whitecaps on each wavetop.
Ben Stein is already in Miami working as an Innovations Award judge and I look forward to his reporting as I man the news desk here in Maine. Today, though, I’ll discuss some of the monitoring tools...