Journal Our Centre for Controlling the Universe Our office is taking shape, although one desk is still missing. This is where the magic happens, powered by dreams and a huge amount of caffeine.
Journal The Desks Arrived, Slightly Too Big Our desks arrived for the office, and they turned out to be slightly bigger than expected. Time to find them a home.
Journal Refocusing on the Other Half With my wrists and boat work temporarily sidelined, I’m getting back into programming while we set up our office and build new software to help pay the bills.
Journal Hot Coffee, Never Decaf I invite workshop visitors for coffee, but on hot days I briefly considered iced coffee. I still drink mine hot; cold coffee is only slightly less dangerous than decaf.
Journal Working Around the Heat The heat has forced us into early-morning and late-afternoon work sessions. Even in southeast England, apparently, the sun has been turned up too far.
Ikaroa Getting Ready to Laminate the Lower Hulls We’re preparing to laminate the lower hulls, with an exciting day—and several more—of work ahead. I’m also planning regular build videos, with early access and other extras available through Patreon.
Journal Still Here, Still Going Strong We’ve had a couple of setbacks and slowdowns, but we’re still around and coming back for more. Usual project commentary resumes next week.
Journal Going Virtually to Oceanology International We are going virtually to Oceanology International 2022 in March. Join me online from 15–17 March.
Journal Happy Holidays from All of Us We wish you happy holidays from all of us here at The Sea Nation.
Journal A Farewell to James Wharram James deeply influenced my life as a sailor and designer. I send my deepest condolences to Hanneke, with sadness that we will never show him the Tiki he helped us realise.
Journal Back to School, Powered by Caffeine I went back to school with a simple message: caffeine is good, decaf is evil.
Journal Home Office, Boat Finance, Workshop Every Day Adam starts at 6:30; I start a little later before heading to the workshop. That’s how we finance the boat every day except Shabbat.
Journal Our New Sea Nation T-Shirt I’ve got a new Sea Nation t-shirt, and Adam is modelling it. Well, “modelling” may be generous—he just washes up.
Journal Our Early Sea Nation Merchandise Arrives Our first Sea Nation merchandise arrived: t-shirts and stickers to send to the competition winners, plus fleece jackets and more for anyone interested.
Journal We Just Connected Our Instagram Account We’ve connected an Instagram account, so you can find us at @theseantionorg.
Journal Supporting Kuba’s Next Project I’m supporting Kuba as he heads home to finish his own project after six months helping us build our self-sufficient catamaran. If you support him, you may even get a workshop on designing and automating an off-grid home.
Journal Our Newsletter Is Nearly Ready I’m getting a newsletter started for more news from our tent. Subscribe if you’d like to follow along.
Journal Help Us Shape the New Newsletter We’re asking a few questions about what brings tens of thousands of people to our posts. Fill in the survey and help decide what we share in our new weekly newsletter.
Journal Helpful Tips From the Local Laundry I found some helpful laundry advice at our local laundry: sort tomorrow, wash the day after, fold next week, and iron when it gets real.
Journal A Bigger Space, Closer to the Sea We’ve moved into a bigger space, much closer to the sea—in fact, it’s just outside.
Journal More Sea Nation Details Are Coming Soon I’m getting the websites and YouTube updates ready while lockdown keeps us busy. Subscribe now and keep an eye on these addresses for the full story.
Journal Nimrod, Our Little Lockdown Beauty Locked away from our boats, I bought Nimrod, a 24ft Falmouth Gypsy, to play with before building the proper one. This post also marks the official premiere of TheSeaNation video channels.
