Monthly Archives: December 2008

test message over satphone

if you can read this it works.

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test message over satphone

if you can read this it works.

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Santaclaus arrived in Honiara

Monday afternoon I got my hands on the package with the latest gadgets for Morning Light.  This included an Iridium satellite phone (for use in emergency).  And a new AIS (Automated Identification System) included an active VHF splitter (to avoid … Continue reading

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News from Honiara

Well, not much news really.  I have been in touch with the operator of the boat (KCB2) that hit me.  The captain came talk to me Wednesday morning, after two previous no shows.  He did acknowledge that he had pulled … Continue reading

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Bad stuff

Had the experience that proves once more that you are safer on a boat in the middle of the Ocean than near land.Thursday afternoon I was at the Yacht Club shooting some pool, when the sky turned dark.  There was … Continue reading

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Few pictures.

For full size image, click on the picture.  Coming into the Solomon Islands, view of Guadalcanal. Oily sea on a day with no wind. Some of the foreign fishing boats anchored off Honiara.

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