Captain Worm

Thanks to Val Kilmer for his contribution to many great films. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is but one of my favorites.

At the same time, the organization disclosed today in a new blog post, the situation is becoming untenable: AI-driven requests for Wikipedia content are growing exponentially, at significant cost to the foundation, and are not being paid by the companies responsible. Those companies are also serving information from Wikipedia without attribution, greatly reducing the chances that their users will visit Wikipedia and contribute or donate to it. Moreover, during surges of interest in the site — after the death of a celebrity, for example, or in the wake of a natural disaster — bot traffic to other pages is now so significant that it is causing slower page loading times for human users.

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Long rotating antenna inside a plastic housing with electronics.

That's the inside of the (old) radar from our boat. No reason for posting it, I just thought it was interesting.

Installed a new chartplotter (Axiom Pro 2) from #Raymarine today. Now I'm trying to understand the interface. Anyone know how to get it to display wind speed, boat speed, etc. while looking at the chart? I checked the network devices and it saw the instruments okay, so I know it has the data.

Anse de Colombier Snorkeling YouTube video by Sailing Out n About

Made my first YouTube video today from our snorkel around Anse de Colombier: youtu.be/Bbxwo1NoUMw. If you like poorly edited videos or #fish, #turtles, #sealife then this might be worth a look...

Saw a super yacht up close this morning (5am) while sailing overnight from Antigua to St Bart's). Dark night, pouring rain, and we took evasive maneuvers while under sail to avoid a collision. Exciting start to the new year! #sailing #nearmiss #rightofway

Fresh cut loaf of Schār Gluten-free bread.

The result: better than expected! A light fluffy loaf, perhaps a little bland, but very edible. We'll be making this again.

Trying to make #Schär #glutenfree #bread today with instructions that say how important it is to follow them precisely! Feels like I'm being set up so failure is my fault. High hopes, low expectations.

Impromptu MOB drill today. Good work from the crew to point our missing "passenger", and bringing the boat around quickly, but alas our bucket still sank when trying to hook it with a fending pole. Left me wondering how best to recover a passenger if they're unresponsive. Thoughts? #sailing #mob

At the risk of creating unnecessary complexity, why can't my hatches close themselves when it rains?

Sailboat at anchor in the rain.

Do they need to be sailing?