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We’ve cast off lines and put Honolulu to our rudder. Soon we’ll leave Hawaii in our wake as we sail on towards Japan.

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Following the setting sun to the land of the rising sun.

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Preparing to rig stun sails.

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We’ve attracted boobies.

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These birds must not have any predators.

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Instead of a quiet night watch we braced all three masts sharp to sharp then doused and furled almost all the square sails.

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Taking the noon sight.

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Meridian passage fix within a few NM of the ships GPS. (That’s nautical miles, not nanometers)

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Shooting the moon

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Mizzen mast flood light test

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On the lookout while close hauled.

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Winds have picked up so we doused and furled the main royal and sky sails and then hauled out the spanker on the mizzen.

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Time to unfurl the fore royal.

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Another evening watch begins.

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Time to repair the mainmast lower topsail sheet blocks.

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We doused and sea stowed the main topgallant, royal and sky sail before bed, and the other watch unfurled them this morning.

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According to my calculations we crossed longitude 180 from west to east and have sailed into the future.

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We have officially entered the Domain of the Golden Dragon and Wednesday is no more.

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We’ve put the Golden Gate Bridge behind our rudder and will be off line for the next month as we cross the Pacific.

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Internet comes in via geosynchronous satellite that is directly ahead and can’t pass through the three masts, so we’ve altered course slightly to check email for the first time in a few days.

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A rainbow brought us a little bit of Internet this morning.

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Cleaned the dolphin striker this afternoon.

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40 kts wind so it’s time to furl the top gallant.

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Hope for a quiet evening watch without too much sail handling

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Other than occasional checking on the braces and sheets we didn’t touch the sails all night

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Getting the rigging wet.

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We should turn all cargo ships into sailboats again. Almost zero emissions plus having to wait a month for your amazon order would incentive local business.

But above all that: Just imagine the amazing look of that beasts.

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@Ailantd plus you feel like a carbon-neutral pirate as you transport tons of cargo under sail.

people in a cargo hold, moving boxes towards the hatch
pier with dozens of pallets of boxes unloaded from the ship

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    @vampiress wow. EA nuked it (and other classic games) back in 2015! https://toucharcade.com/2015/09/11/ea-quietly-removes-flight-control-real-racing-and-other-classics-from-the-app-store/

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    Good news a from NC. Republicans passed a law that required a postcard be sent to the address of any person who took advantage of same-day registration, if the card was undeliverable by the post office the vote would be thrown out.
    (The voter would not even be notified this happened.)

    Like many voter suppression laws, it almost sounds sensible: if you don't think about it much.

    On closer inspection, it is designed to target poor, minority and/or young voters. 1/

    https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/north-carolina-politics/judge-blocks-same-day-registration-law-north-carolina-elections/275-bd051b3c-f34c-488a-a22e-c9931a643f1b

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    @futurebird @mattmcirvin occasionally I was assigned to voting precincts in NYC apartment buildings where all thousand voters had the same address, so looking them up in the voter rolls was fun.

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    @vampiress Some places seem to have a feral Macintosh problem.... I also found a SE/30 on the side of the road and had to take it home.

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    Suppose you have a satellite phone and excellent GPS— is it reasonable to avoid large bad storms and big ships in a sailboat? Let’s say you are pretty good at sailing. Would you need something bigger than 20’ to confidently avoid danger beyond your keel dappling around on the open ocean. (and you can provision and stay out of port for a month no problem.) No time tables but several places you want to get to eventually.

    (it seems possible to me but ima harbor and sound baby)

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    @futurebird with AIS it is somewhat easier to avoid big ships (and oil rigs and wind farms), even in tight channels.

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