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Awesome rebuild and cool shop! You've inspired me to buy more clamps, and a few more japanese hand saws;-) Tim

Thanks for sharing Mr. Ed! We visited family in Galway this year and travelled to the Aran Islands, Dingle, and Cork. Beautiful part of the world. I want to come back by boat like you. Tim

I dunno what the offshore buoys are primary used for, but they are quite a ways out there. There is a string of 6 or 7 of them running up/down the west coast. I think most of them are operated by NOAA. I looked up one of them, and it is anchored in 4000 meters of water... way off the continental...

You guys may know this, but you can also display some of the weather buoys and stations on Windy. Some of the buoys unfortunately don't show up for some reason (e.g. a lot of the Environment Canada buoys). Others only show up if you zoom in pretty close. The US offshore buoys 300 miles off the...

Thank you guys for the great updates! I've learned a ton following this thread and alctel's thread.  It is fascinating to watch her west coast passage unfold "real-time" between Windy, her tracker updates, and the various recaps/blog entries. She is one tough lady! Tim

+1... well played alctel! Seems like a pretty smooth voyage for this stretch of water. I'd love to hear your 'lessons learned'. Tim

Good luck alctel!! I'm watching your trip with interest as I'd like to do the same in 2019 or 2020.  Tim

This is a great thread, thanks for all the posts! Compared to most of you guys, I'm a bit of a rookie in the tool department, but am subscribed and taking notes. I've got a bit of an addiction to abrasives and sanders, and the Mirka Deros looks really nice. Not sure how I'll be able to sell a...

Great story, great boat! Very best of luck to you. Tim