Kaimusailing

The good news is that the AIS transducer sold and the 421 chartplotter has been listed. We have sold our first item on eBay.
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I’ve been switching computers around in the boatyard and on Kaimu so that I can access the internet to order supplies or just take a break and cruise. I have two Toughbook CF-C1‘s that are very inexpensive and have proven to be very useful. My first has a 320 gig conventional hard drive and came with a dysfunctioning wifi card, so I used an external amplified antenna with it (enGenius). The second came recently, ordered during the hurricanes, when someone in the boatyard wanted a computer just like the one I had. They didn’t really want it though, so I ended up with a second CF-C1, but this one had a functioning wifi card and had a 128 gig solid state drive. Both were loaded with Navigatrix, a linux based operating system that was put together by cruising sailors and thus has a lot of useful features, including OpenCPN navigation program.
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The external amplified wifi antenna proved useful when internet was spotty and weak in most of the boatyard. Now the system has been upgraded with more access points and more powerful signal. Boats that are anchored in the North River Marsh can hook up to the internet.
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My problem started as soon as I had a very powerful signal at Kaimu’s location, where I was using the amplified CF-C1. The new wifi signal wasn’t working very well and some websites were timing out before they loaded. I commented to one of the wifi gurus of the yard about this problem and had the idea that first I should make sure it wasn’t the computer. I brought the other CF-C1 from its location in the communal area of the yard (woodshop) to the boat and it performed fine. I decided to use it as my computer on Kaimu since it worked so well. I brought the amplified computer to the woodshop where it also worked well. My guess is that the strong signal was over amplified and that was causing the problem.
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The third computer is the Getac which is geared for navigation use on board, working the same as a chartplotter with its daylight viewable screen and waterproofing.
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I began organizing my bookmarks so that both CF-C1‘s would be the same. I noticed the bookmark for http://outriggersailingcanoes.blogspot.com/, Gary Dierking’s blog site was missing on one of the computers and I like to check his site from time to time, so I searched for it on Google and found: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/garyd/walap.html, his commercial site, plus a link to a beautiful outrigger canoe from the Marshall Islands. I like this canoe and searched Google images for it and ended up here:
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http:archive.hokulea.comholokai/1992no_na_mamo.html
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But this was an account of a voyage by Hokulea in 1992. It turns out that the Marshallese canoe was also along for part of that voyage which culminated in an important island reconciliation on Raiatea. I spent some time and read the entire account. Lots of deep Polynesian culture and history.
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Waan Aelon Kein is the name of the beautiful canoe. Compare it to this old lithograph of a couple hundred years ago:
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http:marshall.csu.edu.auMarshallshtmlhistpixHernsheim1883_92_Canoe.jpg
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or this:
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http://www.pacificproa.com/micronesia/marshall_isles_proas_lg.jpg
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It also is along the same lines as Commodore Anson’s proa from 1740 which was measured and provided a detailed accurate shape.
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I was spurred onto this thread by moving the BFB proa from its sawhorses to make room for the lifting crane when we were reblocked. I set up the proa with its windsurfing masts in place. Just a little bit more work and it will be complete.
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The image is from one of the above links.