A Cyclistical Circumnavigation
so, its probably not a great idea to dip a toe in to the Bunker Fuel/ Container Ship ecogical issue lake.. to peer down the rabbit hole of Container Shipping a whole 5 minutes after going to bed…
bicycle stats are easier for me to remember .. but i did just see a couple container ships today, in Kitimat.. the size of which would drop your jaw.. would make you faint.
One ship, the size of which was definitely daunting and impressive, was adorned with two deck crane structures of a style you’d see spanning massive heavy machinery shops.. either one of which was apparently capable of hauling multiple millions of pounds of material.. both cranes on track systems to roll foreward/ aft in order to load.. multiple millions of pounds of material in to holds properly and efficiently.
Fun Fact:
bunker fuel is the dirtiest, cheapest fuel around.. it’s also what 99% of all cargo ships use.
Shipping was, quite possibly, my introduction to oligarchy back in the 80’s when I was looking in to buying a sailboat to circumnavigate the globe. What I found out was that most insurance companies are just underwriters.. or the person that does the calculations based on information provided by the consumer and the Insurance Company itself. And, when it comes to ships.. there is only ONE insuring company- Lloyds Register out of London, UK!
i thought that the boat I am working on, have been slowly working on for a few sporadic years, is the boat in which I’ll circle the globe….
nope… its just the FORM!
when, next, i get to the boatshed for work, i’ll be using her just as a working form.. laying up EPS foam boards on to her so they keep shape and epoxying the fibreglass fabric in place.
this means TheBoat will be massively lighter- which means quicker.. and it should speed up the build process!!
its a small change but, to me- it means a lot.
Feeling a little exhausted after a full day of working in the trailer without heat.. working hard to keep body temp up as cold comes knocking on the door.. so rather than researching bike shops and eco orgs and stuff like that.. I decided to learn something.
Well, I didn’t learn the formula.. I mean, I understand it but I can’t repeat it.. but what it does is calculate your Distance to Horizon based on elevation above sea level.
So, off the top of my cabin.. if I was looking out the hatch at the world around me.. my Distance to Horizon would be about 4.5Km for a 9Km view circumference. And this is why I am adding in a 5M carbon/ fiberglass MAST…
moving the VIEWPOINT up by 5 meters (for a total of about 6.5 meters or 22′) my Horizon grows to 9.25Km.. or an 18.5 Km Horizon Circumference.
So, I’ll be running powered webcams.. the cameras used in racing drones that WiFi back to the headset.. they usually have an on- board power source (on the drone) but I’ll be running long power cables (why cabled power? simple: USB has a max run of 5M before you add in a powered booster.. the mast is 5M.. so, needing a teensy bit of cable to run from the mast top to the camera, I’m already at 5M MAX… but POWER can run longer… so, the camera config is WiFi but the power is controlled inside the cabin).. four different ANDROID tablets (‘cuz mac tablets don’t let you use external webcams) connecting to four different web cams that overlap in view but are 5M above the upper deck of TheBoat.. so I’ll have nearly 20Km of view.
I’ll be sitting there in an extreme recumbent position.. tablets blazing my approach and where I been.. and I’m doing this to motivate 1 Million Cars to PARK!!!!
#Stopdriving.. #ParkTheCar.. #RideYourBike!
how many people bought and started riding during COVID only to rack their rides once it was “over” ??? Well, I urge you to pull it down.. DUST it off.. and get riding once again!
I’m going to CIRCLE the planet in a pedal powered boat.. lease you can do is commute to and from work by bike.via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/DQks4y1kljE/
I’ve been doing a TON of work behind the scenes on this site and other sites in “the network” and.. with all this coding momentum going on, I kept working and tuned up the Teeny Tiny Art Collective that I run with my wife/ life partner SparkleFaerie (and I just found a URL I can use for her archive website YAY!!!!)
Anyhow- we’re prepping for Season Two of The Teeny Tiny Art Collective and it’s already shaping up to be AWESOME! We have four exhibitions- art shows that all open with an art walk.. we walk from one to another tiny gallery and~ usually~ the artist gives a bit of a talk about their piece. It’s super awesome and I’ll be video taping the walks this year for broadcast in the Stream 0 Thon hybrid events.
We’re networking with some of the local artists and art affecionados for onsite presence but I’ll be in Calgary for the first and second show.. The Boat will be heading out to do it’s test run right after the second show (and hey- if I’m fast enough.. I might be back in Calgs by the third show! Who knows).
Anyhow- pretty psyched.
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There are, actually, TWO boats- the main boat and my trailer.
The *Big* Boat (Boat 1), is the boat in which I will be living in and pedalling around the world for this two year journey. She’s shorter than the inside of a mini van is tall and just a bit longer than that as well.. and not even as wide. So, there’s not a whole heck of a lot of space in there and I gotta cram my music gear, my electricity generating station (and the batteries for my gear) and as much food as I can haul.. oh, I also need space to sleep. So, there *might* be a second boat (that I alredy have on hand and am prepping to do conversions with)…
The Trailer (or Boat2) is an open cockpit tandem kayak… I’ve already done some cutting and gutting so that I’ll be able to take her out with the transmission and pedal drive installed.. but that’ll take place after some minor tweaking to the hardware.. but her big job is as a TRAILER to be pulled behind me.. and carrying all the extras that won’t fit in to the Big boat.. things like some camera gear, extra food, cooking fuel, and some extra clothes.. nothing that is necessary in case we get split apart.
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We need to CHANGE our ways and we definitely need to DROP “convenience” from our day to day exhistences.. drop Fast Food, drop Drive Thrus.. drop THINGS that cause us to NOT THINK and just buy more and more and more.
So.. Tune In, Turn On, and DROP OUT of the COMMERCIAL ratrace with me!
I am circling the planet in a pedal powered boat to prove that cycling works
TheBoat is almost finished; Departure is planned for Sept. 15th 2026
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