Ramblings
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Nostalgia, of sorts
While digging around for the supporting paperwork for a passport application, I came across a blue folder with the name of the college (Pennsylvania College of Technology) I attended in the US. Somehow, even though it’s decades distant, I still have my undergraduate transcript and the B.Sc. certificate. For posterity: Semester Course Title Grade Major/Support…
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Sunday Sailing
The forecast for today was sunny, moderately warm (on land at least), and sufficient breeze for sailing. So I did. Getting back on the mooring was a bit interesting, because the pickup was upwind of the main buoy, right in the stern of another boat!
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Blackberries!
And a freshly painted insect house.
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Slip maintenance
I put Blue Opal on the slip this Friday gone, with the intent of cleaning off the worst of the growth on her, replacing the shaft anode, and replacing the main anode. Spares had already been acquired, so it should have been easy. Problem number one – I didn’t slip her quite right. I failed…
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Greenery
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Drying a camera
The club has a Hikvision camera mounted up high, looking out over the bay. We call it the Slipcam, because the main view is our slip and pontoon. Last weekend, the image went all foggy – it’s a unit that apparently doesn’t have any kind of fan or vent for condensation – and I picked…