Before our 5-month trip up the Inside Passage to Alaska aboard Airship, we did some major upgrades to Airship’s electrical power system. Now, after five solid months on the boat – mostly away from marinas, here is a summary of how the system performed, what we learned, and what our…
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A couple years ago, we wrote that we had found the best-ever mobile internet solution for our boating and RV adventures – The “Moovbox” from SinglePoint Communications. We have used our Moovbox on both our boat and our RV over the past couple of years, and it has performed brilliantly!…
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Earlier this week we headed over to LaConner to have our electronics upgraded. Here's what we got: Garmin 7616xsv chart plotter, GHP Reactor autopilot with GHC20 control, GXM52 Sirius XM weather receiver, GMI20 marine instrument, Garmin gWind wind and weather sensor, and downview/sideview CHIRP sonar transducers, GST43 speed/temperature transducer. Out…
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Sometimes when I'm driving the boat and Kevin's working on his laptop next to me in the pilot house, this is what he's working on: Most of his articles are written for professional engineers and fall toward the more tech/nerdy side, but this one will be accessible by many, so…
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We depend completely on being connected when we are on the road and on the water. Because we run a virtual company which is an internet business, we can (and do) enjoy traveling extensively – even while working full time. While our blog posts focus on the adventure side of…
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Lots of people have questions about our on-the-road internet setup. Here's the current state of affairs. (Warning – this gets a little technical and messy. I'm an electronic engineer, so I like that stuff.) There are some tips at the end for simplifying the setup to be easier to use…
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Thanks to Tiffani, we now are in the club of people who can see inside this dark cupboard. I bought two of these a while back but only just installed this one yesterday. It's the Dioder LED battery-operated lamp from Ikea ($14.99). It's got a sensor, and when you open the…
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Last night after I picked Kevin up from the airport (he had a quick business trip to San Diego this week) we met up with his mom and her husband for dinner at La Hacienda de los Barrios. We sat outside in the large patio area…it was warm with a…
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Love the simple design of this stainless steel alarm clock by Northern Icon. I don't love the price though. ($352 at Northern Icon)
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We've been asked a few times now if we have any good tips for conserving resources while dry camping or boondocking. Since we seem to be pretty good at it (according to ourselves anyway, and the length of time we've managed to dry camp), we thought we'd do a post…
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