The solo sailors that circumnavigate the globe do it by sleeping no more than 20 or so minutes at a time. They average about 4 hours of cumulative...
I wouldn't say "bland".... just perhaps too safe, even staid. Not what we usually expect from Lars Modin Design.
This is an actual US navy training video: [MEDIA] Please expound upon how this is making your navy a better combat force.
My second boat (ok, technically my dad's, but really... I used it a hundred times more than he ever did) was a 12' Lucat with a 30hp Suzuki. I got...
Growing up my dad's boat was a 14' Sidewinder with one of those pseudo-art-deco Mercury outboards (80hp). I never got to drive that one alone.
Here's my first boat... like I said, small! Pretty sure it was a Glen L Minimax, or some variation thereof, with a 6hp Evinrude. [ATTACH]
I'm going to have to do some digging through old photo albums (or shoe boxes?) for the proof, but I think I may have you all beat for "smallest...
Tidy, but to my eyes just a little too much going on up top.
The flag on the bow might have given it away...
I'm in Canada... our test isn't at all the same as the US version. Your General test is 35 questions, of which a passing grade is 26 (74%). In...
I just did the math... total antenna length about 75 meters? My property, from street to back fence, is less than 36 meters. If I wanted to put...
Stunner!
I blame it on all of JT's hot air.
Loads more photos, video, etc from the Bouvet guys: https://www.dx-world.net/3y0j-bouvet-island/
The very first "expedition camper" I saw in the flesh was a Unicat owned by a friendly couple from Switzerland. It immediately became a "life...
If you're willing to cross the border (literally... just a few hours up the 5) there's a Unimog dealer in Langley BC: unimogcanada(dot)com
And here's another yacht/amateur radio story: https://www.dx-world.net/kh7z-mm-gridding-across-the-pacific/
https://www.dx-world.net/3y0j-by-wd5cov/ Pretty wild first-hand account. This was just the first few days, before they'd even landed the radio...
I first posted in this thread almost 18 years ago, and my opinion of Pelorus has not changed. As long as someone doesn't go and do something...
Awesome shot as always @CaptTom Congrats!
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