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R E K

Ursula Le Guin: β€œA child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing and the capacity for joy in doing it. It is useless work that darkens the heart. The delight of the nursing mother, of the scholar, of the successful hunter, of the good cook, of the skilful maker, of anyone doing needed work and doing it well, - this durable joy is perhaps the deepest source of human affection and of sociality as a whole.”

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Jan Helms

@spencerbeswick Is that a quote from "The Dispossessed", or where can I find it in context? Thanks in advance!

Andrew Wedlake

@spencerbeswick I'm very happy you posted this quote. I needed this right now.

Tim Ward ⭐πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”Ά #FBPE

@spencerbeswick Yeah. When I get called by a scammer I ask them "do you feel happy when you wake up in the morning knowing that you are going to have to spend your day trying to scam people?". I don't usually get to the end before they hang up, though.

R E K

When you exit Wrangell Narrows, as the land falls away, you are rewarded with a most beautiful sight.

Hello Petersburg~!

R E K

The best part about this place is that there are no cruiseships ^___________^...

R E K

Yesterday, we tested our anchor retrieval system for when we have a lot of rope rode out(friction knot around rope with a line led back to a cockpit winch to hoist it), in very difficult conditions.
We had to get out of an anchorage fast in worsening weather. We were anchored in 65 ft, so there was a lot of weight to haul back on deck(100 ft of chain, 100ft of rope rode plus 33 lb anchor). It's not a fast, or stress-free experience, but it works...

R E K

Taking a day off today, to recuperate.
To hoist our anchor rode back on deck, I had to do a lot of hand over hand. I do hand over hand when there's not too much tension in the rode... but I think I overdid it. Just the stress of the event made me push too hard. My right forearm was a bit swollen afterwards (my fingers are very stiff this morning).

R E K

While setting the anchor, I put my sunglasses behind me on the deck, I had them on my head and was afraid they'd slip and fall in the water.
Then, I forgot they were there, stepped on them, one of the lens popped out and was launched overboard. I watched it sink slowly to the depths, it went to join our anchor in the mud. Unfortunately, I cracked the frame too...
So long sunglasses, a pair that I quite liked, and that I've had for many years now.

lown

@rek the sea is so FINAL. You know that once something goes in there, it's gone.

Max Cahill

@rek feels like damned if you do, damned if you don't with those kind of "safe places" sometimes haha

R E K

I'm actually glad the wind is up and that the weather is shit out there today, at least I can spend some time on personal projects. Also, we feel a bit less hurried to go north fast because we've finally arrived in Southeast Alaska.

Most of the month of May was spent sailing, in evenings I didn't have energy for anything other than writing the day's happenings in my logbook.

Today, I spent some time gathering notes for a future Wiktopher book, bits of story, characters, etc.

R E K

Unfortunately, all of the incessant heavy rain and winds we've been having since arriving in Ketchikan, has revealed 2 leaks aboard.

One from the mast (my pants were hanging there to dry but instead imbided all of the water leaking out of there), the other from the deck iron for the woodstove.

Last winter, we had frequent below freezing temperatures, which caused the wood of the deck iron ring to expand, and crack, now water creeps in. Another project for our return to Victoria in the fall.

R E K

At least, the new chainplates we installed aren't leaking :>.

R E K

Released the list of changes to the Hundred Rabbits projects for May 2024.

Pino is now in Ketchikan (SE Alaska).

100r.co/site/home.html#may2024

C.B.Leslie

@rek Also, more importantly, you've given the world a bird drawing.

R E K

A few restful days on a dock, waiting for weather to head towards Ketchikan.

R E K

Friends of ours on the sailboat Moonshine took this photo of us as we sailed out of Port McNeill, in Queen Charlotte Strait. We were on our way to Millbrook Cove, just around Cape Caution, on May 20th.

It is very rare to have photos of Pino from afar, with full sails :)...

R E K

Hey Merveilles :tealheart:
I have heard that we have a couple of folks now in Berlin, would you be interested in having a small merv meet up here? ^^

(I will @ a couple people in private subpost below but feel free to reach out if you are from community and would like to meet πŸ™)

Devil Lu Linvega

@mayaks I'm not in berlin, but there's a permacomputing meetup happening in a few days, I saw it in the mailing list, did you see?

R E K

Our sailing trajectory thus far.

I update our route whenever we find internet (like today, yay!).

100r.co/site/western_canada.ht

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max22-

@rek what is your final destination in Alaska ?

R E K

Leg 3 of our trip in progress :).

We are currently in Prince Rupert(54Β°18β€²46β€³N, 130Β°19β€²31β€³W), to do laundry, re-stock on a few things, before we head off into SE Alaska.

gabrielbezerra

@rek Thank you for sharing your trip and keeping it up to date. What do you use to plot these charts? Is it also built with uxn?

R E K

Beautiful Fury Cove (51Β°29.291'N, 127Β°45.508'W, where we were a few days ago).

We're now in Lizzie Cove (52Β° 3.088'N, 128Β°5.083'W)

poetaster

@rek jeez, i was hoping to intercept you guys, what's your flight plan. Where will you be the beginning of august!?

R E K

We found a tiny bit of internet(unstable) while in a really beautiful place, Codville Lagoon (52 Β°3.706'N 127Β° 50.262'W).

We traveled 40 NM by sail from Fury Cove, in the rain, but at least with wind from the stern. It was our most relaxing sail yet!

R E K

Some humpback whales were jumping in the little bay right near the narrow entrance channel. Devine saw one jump right out of the water!

rezmason

@rek A degree of longitude at your latitude is 6% shorter than where you began. Watch your step when you walk east or west!

R E K

A map I drew to document our northbound transit through the Yuculta and Dent Rapids(B.C, Canada), where it's necessary to ride some back currents to make forward progress if the goal is to pass the two rapids in one go.

100r.co/site/yuculta_and_dent_

Avi Bryant

@rek that’s awesome. Someone should publish a Book of Back Eddies. I know them in Active Pass pretty well but not elsewhere.

A Ghostly Vision Of James Chip

@rek what should we call this place?

Well, its a bay and its big, so big bay?

Yes.

R E K

We had a rough, short transit to Port McNeil(B.C, Canada) yesterday. Wind was blowing 20-25 knots, coming out of where? Out of where we need to go always, of course!

We had to dodge islands, boat traffic, ferries, and contend with ever-increasing waves and wind. The current was with us, but wind opposing current makes for even larger waves.

By the end the sea was covered with whitecaps. With 2 reefs in, Pino handled it fine. Our faces were encrusted with salt by the time we arrived.

R E K

No one else was sailing that day, we were the only fools out there.

Unfortunately, the only spot available in Port McNeil was only partially shielded from the wind waves, so we got our asses kicked all night at the dock too.
The harbourmaster felt sorry for us, and found another spot for us. We couldn't move to it until today though, the wind and water was keeping us pinned to the dock.

Now we are ready to relax.

R E K

From Forward Harbor to Port Neville in Johnstone Strait (B.C., Canada), we must have tacked 25 times in total to get here.

The wind was good, 17-23 knots, but in your face. The whole of Johnstone Strait is wind in your face. I am super beat.

We encountered two pods of orcas though! They surfaced close both times, we got a really good look at them. The first pod had a baby :>.... :orca:

R E K

Hi Fedi,

Just got laid off a month after buying our first house because the company is "right-sizing" its staff.

We have moved to a small town in NC hoping for better life, thinking our jobs will last us years. Now we're panicking, as jobs here are scarce.

If anyone knows of any remote US opportunities for a generalist (can do basic coding, web design, BFA in graphic design, but spent last couple years with data analysis/entry for a remote office) do let me know.

Boosts appreciated ❀️

R E K

Day 12: Frances Bay, Desolation Sound -> Shoal Bay, Johnstone Strait

Jaxom Kaplan

@neauoire woahhh, such an amazing view that comes across my timeline. Thanks for sharing, I hope you enjoy it as much as I dream of it :)

Devil Lu Linvega

Day 13: Shoal Bay, Johnstone Strait -> Forward Harbor, Johnstone Strait

R E K

So, @abnercoimbre kindly asked me to come talk with Handmade Seattle again this year.

In response to the recent mass layoffs and crumbling tech landscape, Abner suggested that I come present some thoughts I might have on different ways to adapt and live.

See you there 🌻 Nov 20-22nd, 2024

wiki.xxiivv.com/site/talk.html

R E K

When we changed our mainsail in 2019, we kept the old battens. We've used them for a variety of projects over the years.
More recently, we used some as a way to keep the books from falling out when sailing.

David JONES

@rek a padlock on one end would also protect the books from any stowaway book thieves.

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