Ramblings by Steve when I am away from home.
When you picture a three-week yacht trip through the San Juan Islands in Washington State, the first images that might come to mind are serene waters, endless sunshine, and lazy afternoons spent in swim suits working on a perfect tan. However, the reality of our…
We are home after spending 32 days on the the boat, 610 miles, 30 humpback whale sightings, 1 bear sighting, and 2 fuel fill ups. Partway through the trip someone commented on facebook from a freind saying “Do you guys ever work? I am jealous.”…
Last night was the 100th night that we have been on the boat since purchasing it in 2020. It wa also the 15th consecutive night on board on the current trip, and it marks about 45% through the current trip. While on board, I have…
Today while working reboatly, I was able to put out the next release of Database Health Monitor, the August 2013 release version 1022. Here is a link to the release: https://stevestedman.com/2023/08/database-health-monitor-august-release-version-1022/ We are day 5 into our summer cruise to Desolation Sound, and while stuck…
Over the weekend we installed 6 of our flexible solar panels on the fly bridge hard top. That is enough to keep the batteries charged and to work for a good part of the day when we are on anchor without shore power. We use…
I finished the install and activation of the Starlink in motion internet. Starlink is a satellite internet constellation being constructed by SpaceX, the American aerospace company founded by Elon Musk. The constellation will consist of mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), working in…
He is a short video of my office this week, while underway in Canada near Galiano Island. Here is our route for the last 8 days. We have travelled about 157 miles on this trip so far, and it is about another 35 miles to…
Four years ago was the first time that I had ever actually worked from the boat. We were on our Trophy 2802 in slip across the dock from where we are today. We had traveled to Maple Bay on Vancouver Island where Marcia was showing…
Today is day 6 on the yacht, so far I have worked 3 of those days, and today I have worked 5 hours so far. The yacht office is holding up well. Yesterday and today we have been at a location with no shore power,…
Well today I was able to get my office setup for a few days. 30 inch monitor with almost 140mb internet connection via Starlink. I am now totally about to work from the boat as well as I do at home. The biggest limiting factor…